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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what point did Marx agree with Engels when he first read his work?
(a) Economics was crippled by being divorced from morality and religion.
(b) History would culminate in a workers' state.
(c) German philosophy didn't provide social principles.
(d) One spirit undergirded all of history's development.

2. How did Taine examine works of literature?
(a) As historical way posts.
(b) As specimens.
(c) As living spiritual events.
(d) As living experiences.

3. What was the subject of Renan's The Future of Science?
(a) Morality and faith in society.
(b) Conflict in scientific communities.
(c) Philosophy in economics.
(d) Technology and science in religion.

4. What organization did Michelet want to create?
(a) A European army to keep workers in line.
(b) An international monetary fund.
(c) An armed peace league.
(d) A congress of industrial leaders.

5. What did Michelet study in history?
(a) The range of religious expression.
(b) The personalities that played a role in it.
(c) Technology's influence on the means of production.
(d) The theories that unified all history into one narrative.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position did Marx take in 1842?

2. What did Fourier and Owen believe about the relationship between groups and society?

3. Marx wrote his doctoral thesis on ___________.

4. What was Michelet's relationship with Marx and Engels?

5. What was Taine distancing himself from in his work?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Marx leave Germany?

2. What was Renan's view of society?

3. What was Michelet's approach to narrating history?

4. What was Vico's effect on Michelet?

5. Explain Michelet's portrayal of society.

6. Compare Renan and Taine.

7. Describe Babeuf's early career.

8. Describe Michelet's politics.

9. Describe Owen's background and career.

10. How was Saint-Simon representative of the new breed of intellectual in the 19th-century?

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