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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. What did Jules Michelet teach?

2. Why was Marx placed under police surveillance at the university?

3. What was Saint-Simon's theory of history?

4. What was Michelet trying to develop when he discovered the Renaissance philosopher?

5. What did Michelet focus on in his histories?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Compare Renan and Taine.

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

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

7. What was Renan's view of society?

8. Explain Michelet's portrayal of society.

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

10. What opinions were shared by Fourier and Owen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a review of "To Finland Station." What is the book's accomplishment? What did it set out to do? What were its methods? Did it accomplish its goal? What else could or should "Finland Station" have done?

Essay Topic 2

Which thinkers embraced Marx's work enthusiastically? Which thinkers reject his work? Describe one thinker who embraced Marx and another who rejected his work. Explain what their relationship with Marx says about their philosophies.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the effect of imprisonment and internal exile to Siberia on the thinking of the socialist thinkers who brought about the Russian Revolution. Why were they sent there? What did they learn there?

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