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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. Why did Marx decide to leave Germany?
(a) He was always being threatened.
(b) It was becoming too rigid for his views.
(c) He was wanted for his political activities.
(d) He was broke.

2. Where were most French artists and thinkers living in the early 1850s?
(a) In Munich.
(b) In London.
(c) In Paris.
(d) In exile.

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

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

5. According to the author, Saint-Simon viewed society's goals as changing ______________.
(a) From production and consumption to war and conquest.
(b) From community and church to production and consumption.
(c) From war for conquest to war for annihilation.
(d) From communal power to individual power.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Edmund Wilson contrast Taine with Renan?

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

4. Michelet believed the history of the 19th century was summed up by _________.

5. How does Edmund Wilson describe Anatole France?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What opinions were shared by Fourier and Owen?

5. Describe Michelet's methods?

6. Describe Michelet's politics.

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

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

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

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

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