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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 does Marx say a society based on class prevents?

2. Why did Marx break with Proudhon?

3. What kind of approach toward the study of economics did Marx take?

4. What did "The Condition of the Working Class in England" do for Marx?

5. When did Marx finish the first volume of Das Kapital?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conditions made Russia a good candidate for a transition to communism?

2. How did Marx ultimately find Engels?

3. Describe the environment where Engels grew up.

4. How was Engels brought to socialism?

5. Describe Lenin's temperament and methods.

6. Where did Marx and Engels apply their theories?

7. What is dialectical materialism?

8. What defined the views of Marx and Engels on international relationships between nations?

9. What critique did Engels make of classical economics?

10. How does dialectical materialism correlate to economic phenomena?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think Fourier's communes never progressed, while Owen's did? Was it simply a question of money, or were there other factors? How do you explain the fact that Owen's communes fell apart if he was gone? What do these things tell us about communist theory and practice?

Essay Topic 2

How would you characterize Edmund Wilson's values and his intellectual temperament? What part of this genealogy was interesting to Wilson? Judging by his material, his omissions, and his methods, what can you say about Wilson's style and his intellectual preoccupations?

Essay Topic 3

What changes in European and Russian cultures created ripe conditions for the socialist thought that led from Hegel to Michelet and, ultimately, to Lenin? Was it industrialism, or was it economic transition itself?

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