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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. According to Edmund Wilson, Saint-Simon represented______________.
(a) The new kind of writer.
(b) The bourgeoisie.
(c) The poor.
(d) The ancien regime.

2. What was Marx's passion while he was studying law?
(a) Poetry.
(b) Contract law.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) International law.

3. What did Fourier and Owen believe about the role of government?
(a) It should be concerned with public morality.
(b) It should be founded in church doctrine.
(c) It should focus on industry.
(d) It should be based on its ability to maintain order.

4. What value does Edmund Wilson attribute to Michelet's work?
(a) He described history from the perspective of the people living through it.
(b) He described the subterranean narrative driving history.
(c) He told history from the poor people's perspective.
(d) He told the history of nations who lost wars but kept their culture intact.

5. What does Edmund Wilson examine from the Middle Ages?
(a) The development of a notion of humanity as a transcendent unity.
(b) The emergence of the idea of nations.
(c) The emergence of the notion that man could improve himself.
(d) The development of a theory of history.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, Michelet's writings demonstrate _____________.

2. According to the author, the success of Owen's community depended on ______________.

3. What did Michelet say about the French Revolution?

4. What was Michelet's relationship with socialism?

5. What French philosopher influenced both Fourier and Owen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the evolution of Marx's philosophical thinking.

2. Why did Marx leave Germany?

3. What did Michelet write about, and what was the effect of his writing?

4. What was Michelet's later career like?

5. What did Jules Michelet discover in the work of Giavanni Vico?

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

7. Describe Taine's career after the Commune was founded in 1871.

8. Describe Babeuf's early career.

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

10. Describe Michelet's politics.

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