To the Finland Station; a Study in the Writing and Acting of History Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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To the Finland Station; a Study in the Writing and Acting of History Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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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. What did Michelet describe about each social class?
(a) Its interdependence with the other classes.
(b) Its lack of connection with the earth.
(c) Its unique pressures and fears.
(d) Its unity with the other classes.

2. What did Michelet focus on in his histories?
(a) Traditions.
(b) Paradoxes.
(c) Laws.
(d) Customs.

3. What did Michelet write as a result of his reading in the Renaissance?
(a) L'Amour.
(b) The Insect.
(c) Roman History.
(d) Introduction to Universal History.

4. What was Michelet trying to develop when he discovered the Renaissance philosopher?
(a) A theory of gravity.
(b) A new science of history.
(c) A new basis for poetry.
(d) A theory of evolution.

5. What did Jules Michelet teach?
(a) Philosophy and history.
(b) Biology and natural sciences.
(c) Astronomy.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the the author, what did Babeuf want for the people?

2. What Renaissance thinker did Michelet discover?

3. On what point did Marx agree with Engels when he first read his work?

4. What does Edmund Wilson say Taine tried to represent in his history?

5. How did Taine examine works of literature?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Anatole France's career.

2. What work did Michelet do after he had read Vico, and how did Vico's influence come through in that work?

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

4. What happened to Michelet as a result of his writing?

5. What does Edmund Wilson describe as the result of the French Revolution?

6. What was Renan's view of society?

7. Compare Renan and Taine.

8. What intellectual tradition had Michelet inherited from the Middle Ages?

9. Describe Owen's background and career.

10. What does Edmund Wilson say about communes in America?

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