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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Marx grow up?

3. Where did Owen put his idealistic notions into practice?

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

5. According to the author, what was the result of the French Revolution?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Saint-Simon representative of the new breed of intellectual in the 19th-century?

2. Describe Marx's time as the editor of a Cologne newspaper.

3. Compare Renan and Taine.

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

5. What reforms did Saint-Simon want to institute?

6. Describe Marx's education and upbringing.

7. What was Renan's view of society?

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

9. What was Vico's effect on Michelet?

10. What work did Michelet do after he had read Vico, and how did Vico's influence come through in that work?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the relationship between socialism and communism? Where did communes become an integral part of the vision for Russia?

Essay Topic 2

Cite a contemporary class conflict that fits neatly into the dialectical materialism model of bourgeoisie and proletariat fighting. Choose one conflict that does not fit neatly into the model. Explain how the cases either fit or do not fit.

Essay Topic 3

Which of the thinkers which Edmund Wilson describes had the greatest effect on bringing about the Russian Revolution? What metrics would you use to justify such a claim for a particular thinker?

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