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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. How did Engels characterize classical economic theories?

2. How did the "Communist Manifesto treat education?

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

4. Who was ruler of Russia when Lenin was growing up?

5. How did Lenin differ from the German Marxists?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is dialectical materialism?

4. How does Edmund Wilson say Marx thought about Das Kapital?

5. Describe Lenin's temperament and methods.

6. Describe the environment where Engels grew up.

7. What reforms did the 1905 Soviet institute?

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

9. Why, according to Trotsky, did the 1905 Soviet fail?

10. Where did Marx and Engels apply their theories?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the terms "proletariat" and "bourgeoisie" apply to American society? Do they map neatly to recognizable parties, or are there subcultures that do not fit in this binary? Is class struggle felt in America? If so, how?

Essay Topic 2

Using Michelet's theory that government is the result of the pressures and forces and works of men, how would you explain our contemporary culture? What pressures and forces and works have created the culture in which we live?

Essay Topic 3

What was the role of education in the development of the theories that led to the Russian Revolution? Were thinkers taught in schools? In communes? What organizations fostered the growth and spread of communism? Which organizations resisted the spread of the ideology with other ideology?

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