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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. How does Edmund Wilson characterize Marx's view of Das Kapital?
(a) He says that Marx saw it as monument to workers' sufferings.
(b) He says that Marx saw it as a rebellion against his parents' culture.
(c) He says that Marx saw it as a new testament in Christian religion.
(d) He says that Marx saw it as a work of art.

2. What made Marx and Engels pioneers in their field?
(a) The internationalism in their work.
(b) The inclusion of technological innovation in their predictions.
(c) The prophecy of a workers' state.
(d) The combination of a theory of history and a theory of economics.

3. What in particular appalled Engels about the workers' conditions?
(a) Their lack of education.
(b) Their accidents and illnesses.
(c) Their subservience to the masters.
(d) Their cruelty to each other.

4. What philosopher did Engels become interested in when he was in Berlin?
(a) Locke.
(b) Hegel.
(c) Rousseau.
(d) Voltaire.

5. Where was Engels working while he and Marx were writing articles together?
(a) In an exchange in Zurich.
(b) In a publisher's house in Berlin.
(c) In a mill in Manchester.
(d) In a factory in London.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Lenin begin to read Marx?

2. What was Lassalle's relationship with the communists, according to Edmund Wilson's account?

3. What does Edmund Wilson say Marx discovered through his work with the International Working Men's Association?

4. How does Edmund Wilson describe Marx and Engels' doctrine for intervention in human affairs?

5. How does Edmund Wilson characterize Bakunin's career?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Ferdinand Lassalle's career.

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

3. Describe Marx's relationship with Proudhon.

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

5. How did the theory of dialectical materialism by Marx and Engels reflect Hegel's influence?

6. Describe Lenin's relationship with his wife.

7. Describe the environment where Engels grew up.

8. Describe Lenin's temperament and methods.

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

10. How does dialectical materialism correlate to economic phenomena?

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