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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 Marx first hear of Engels?

2. According to the author, what does the "dialectic" means in "dialectic materialism"?

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

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

5. Why did Marx break with Proudhon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Bakunin's relationship with Marx?

2. Describe Ferdinand Lassalle's career.

3. Describe Marx's relationship with Proudhon.

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

5. What critique did Engels make of classical economics?

6. Describe Lenin's relationship with his wife.

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

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

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

10. Where did Marx and Engels apply their theories?

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

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

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?

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