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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. Where did Lenin move after being released from prison?
(a) Moscow.
(b) Munich.
(c) London.
(d) Zurich.

2. When did Lenin begin to read Marx?
(a) At the University of Kazan.
(b) In high school.
(c) After being expelled from the University of Kazan.
(d) At the University of Berlin.

3. How did Marx and Engels view their theory of history?
(a) They saw it as one model among many.
(b) They wondered whether they had underestimated the greed of the lower classes.
(c) They never doubted it would succeed.
(d) They knew it was a fantasy.

4. Marx's study of economics contains a discrepancy because he included _______.
(a) Statistics in predicting class warfare.
(b) Religion in making a mathematical argument.
(c) Morality in predicting economic behavior.
(d) Pragmatism in defining group psychology.

5. What were Marx and Engels trying to define after writing "The Condition of the Working Class in England"?
(a) A grounds for opposing the ruling classes.
(b) Their own individual philosophies.
(c) An excuse for starting a class war.
(d) A revolutionary moment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Friedrich Engels grow up?

2. How do Marx and Engels describe the bourgeoisie?

3. Where does stability come from in dialectic materialism?

4. What did Marx and Engels see as the end of capitalism?

5. What did Engels see as a sign of the workers' poor working conditions?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Lenin's meeting with Trotsky.

2. What is dialectical materialism?

3. What was Marx' engagement with the Workers' Associations by the time Das Kapital was finished?

4. What conditions made Russia a good candidate for a transition to communism?

5. How did Marx approach the question of studying capitalism?

6. What defined the views of Marx and Engels on international relationships between nations?

7. Describe Ferdinand Lassalle's career.

8. Describe the relationship between Lenin and Trotsky.

9. Describe the environment where Engels grew up.

10. Describe Lenin's relationship with his wife.

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