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

2. What did Fourier and Owen believed about wealth?
(a) It should be kept by the strong and the powerful.
(b) It should be given to the poor and weak.
(c) It should be equally distributed to all.
(d) It should be distributed too all based on a formula.

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

4. Where did Owen put his idealistic notions into practice?
(a) In New Lanark.
(b) In Fruitlands.
(c) In Brook Farm.
(d) In Utopia.

5. How were Fourier and Owen representative of early nineteenth century thinkers?
(a) They wanted a return to law and order.
(b) They supported totalitarian leaders.
(c) They did not subscribe to liberal politics.
(d) They espoused liberal political views.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did the communist government last in Paris after Michelet had his stroke?

2. According to Edmund Wilson, Saint-Simon represented______________.

3. What character trait does Edmund Wilson see in both Fourier and Owen?

4. According to the author, what ended with the French Revolution?

5. What did Babeuf do when he got out of prison?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reforms did Saint-Simon want to institute?

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

3. Describe Owen's background and career.

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

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

6. Describe Michelet's methods?

7. Compare Renan and Taine.

8. Describe Michelet's politics.

9. Describe Anatole France's career.

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

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