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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. Which university did Marx attend?
(a) Munich.
(b) Weisbaden.
(c) Bonn.
(d) Berlin.

2. What were Michelet's other books like after his History of France?
(a) Longer, and more detailed.
(b) Longer, and more confusing.
(c) Smaller, but more detailed.
(d) Smaller, but more visionary.

3. What did Michelet say about the French Revolution?
(a) The French Revolution was really a story about the development of military technology.
(b) The people were more important than the leaders.
(c) The masses would one day seize the means of production.
(d) The French Revolution was inseparable from developments in economic theory.

4. Michelet believed the history of the 19th century was summed up by _________.
(a) Capitalism, militarism, and colonialism.
(b) Industrialism, militarism, and socialism.
(c) Religion, technology, and militarism.
(d) Expansionism, militarism, and scientific progress.

5. According to the author, Michelet's writings would reappear ___________.
(a) In Marx.
(b) In Freud.
(c) In Marcuse.
(d) In Darwin.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Marx express the desire to help humanity?

2. How were Fourier and Owen representative of early nineteenth century thinkers?

3. What did Taine believe about the French Revolution?

4. What did La Scienza Nuova do for Michelet?

5. What language did Michelet NOT read?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What opinions were shared by Fourier and Owen?

5. Describe Marx's time as the editor of a Cologne newspaper.

6. Explain Michelet's portrayal of society.

7. Describe Babeuf's early career.

8. Describe Michelet's methods?

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

10. Compare Renan and Taine.

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