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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) German philosophy didn't provide social principles.
(b) Economics was crippled by being divorced from morality and religion.
(c) One spirit undergirded all of history's development.
(d) History would culminate in a workers' state.

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

3. What was Michelet's relationship with Marx and Engels?
(a) They all endorsed class warfare against the rich.
(b) They were all persecuted together.
(c) They all worked toward brokering a peace between owners and workers.
(d) They all signed an international pacifist manifesto.

4. When was Jules Michelet teaching?
(a) The 1820s.
(b) The 1880s.
(c) The 1850s.
(d) The 1920s.

5. How old was Anatole France at the time of the Commune?
(a) Twenty-one.
(b) Fifty-one.
(c) Twenty-seven.
(d) Thirty-seven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Taine study after 1871, when the Commune was established?

2. What language did Michelet NOT read?

3. To what does Edmund Wilson attribute the need for political action in the early/mid 1800s?

4. What happened to Michelet's interest in nations?

5. What was Michelet trying to develop when he discovered the Renaissance philosopher?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain Michelet's portrayal of society.

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

3. Describe Babeuf's early career.

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

5. Describe Owen's background and career.

6. What was Renan's view of society?

7. In what way did Taine distinguish between history and science?

8. What opinions were shared by Fourier and Owen?

9. Why did Marx leave Germany?

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

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