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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 break with Proudhon?
(a) He doubted Proudhon's commitment to a revolution.
(b) He disliked Proudhon as a person.
(c) He found gaps in Proudhon's logic.
(d) He no longer agreed with him.

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

3. What kind of approach toward the study of economics did Marx take?
(a) Scientific.
(b) Pragmatic.
(c) Religious.
(d) Literary.

4. According to Marxist economics, what kind of value does the worker create?
(a) Social value.
(b) Historical value.
(c) Moral value.
(d) Surplus value.

5. What is Marx's fundamental critique of capitalists?
(a) They do not deserve the workers' surplus value.
(b) They misspend the value they skim from the system.
(c) They are fighting their own historical development into socialists.
(d) Their technology has alienated the workers from their labor.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Wilson, why did the theory by Marx and Engels create "strange situations"?

2. What was Marx's relationship with Engels after the 1850s?

3. What was the state of the Russian intelligentsia in the end of the 19th century?

4. According to the author, what does the "dialectic" means in "dialectic materialism"?

5. When did Lenin begin to read Marx?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why hadn't Marx and Engels thought that Russia would have the revolution they anticipated?

2. Describe Lenin's temperament and methods.

3. What was Bakunin's relationship with Marx?

4. Where did Marx and Engels apply their theories?

5. What was Marx' standard for saying that the proletariat and bourgeoisie moralities are opposed to each other?

6. Describe the relationship between Lenin and Trotsky.

7. How did Marx ultimately find Engels?

8. What are the ten points addressed in the Communist Manifesto?

9. Describe the environment where Engels grew up.

10. What is dialectical materialism?

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