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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Marx wrote his doctoral thesis on ___________.
(a) Saint-Simon.
(b) Rousseau.
(c) Michelet.
(d) Hegel.
2. What language did Michelet NOT read?
(a) Spanish.
(b) German.
(c) Latin.
(d) Greek.
3. What did Michelet write after he had become the Conservator of the French Archives?
(a) Introduction to Universal History.
(b) History of the Middle Ages.
(c) Roman History.
(d) The Insect.
4. According to the author, what happened to the bourgeoisie after the French Revolution?
(a) They were reduced to workers.
(b) They became entrepreneurs.
(c) They became the capitalist owners.
(d) They retained their power.
5. What did La Scienza Nuova examine?
(a) The factors that led to the development of societies.
(b) The factors that allowed republican nations to turn into empires.
(c) The factors that determined which species would survive.
(d) The inevitable lifecycle of imperial cultures.
6. According to Edmund Wilson, Babeuf saw the center of power during the French Revolution as being ______________.
(a) In the hands of people who appointed the leaders.
(b) In the hands of the people who were unhappy.
(c) In the hands of the people with armies.
(d) In the hands of people who counted the votes.
7. Where were most French artists and thinkers living in the early 1850s?
(a) In London.
(b) In exile.
(c) In Munich.
(d) In Paris.
8. What made Michelet unique?
(a) He injected his own feelings into his historical narrative.
(b) He saw the interrelatedness of all life.
(c) He described the underlying unity of historical themes.
(d) He wrote in the language of the ordinary man.
9. Where did Robert Owen work?
(a) In a mining town in Nottingham.
(b) In a factory in London.
(c) In a textile mill in Manchester.
(d) In a shipping company in Glasgow.
10. Why did Marx decide to leave Germany?
(a) It was becoming too rigid for his views.
(b) He was always being threatened.
(c) He was broke.
(d) He was wanted for his political activities.
11. How were Marx' early writings received?
(a) They generated interest from the newspaper readers.
(b) They were not much noticed.
(c) They incited radical groups to action.
(d) They resulted in his exile from Germany.
12. What happened to Michelet's interest in nations?
(a) It became an interest in communities.
(b) It became an interest in empires.
(c) It became an interest in religions.
(d) It became an interest in individuals.
13. What did Taine study after 1871, when the Commune was established?
(a) Science and religion.
(b) Politics and economics.
(c) Mysticism and spirituality.
(d) Philosophy and language.
14. What was Marx's passion while he was studying law?
(a) Contract law.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) International law.
15. What were Michelet's other books like after his History of France?
(a) Smaller, but more visionary.
(b) Longer, and more detailed.
(c) Smaller, but more detailed.
(d) Longer, and more confusing.
Short Answer Questions
1. When was Jules Michelet teaching?
2. According to the author, Michelet's writings demonstrate _____________.
3. Why did Saint-Simon not participate in the French Revolution?
4. Saint-Simon thought society should be based on ____________.
5. How did Taine examine works of literature?
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