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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On what did Engels write a piece for the "Annuals?"
(a) The organization of the wealthy.
(b) The benefits of wealth.
(c) The artisans of the textile industry.
(d) Economics and condition of the working poor.

2. Many thinkers were looking for answers about what?
(a) Mankind and the eternal questions that exist.
(b) How mankind came to exist.
(c) What has created space.
(d) How many planets exist in the galaxy.

3. Did Marx's works receive wide acclaim during his lifetime?
(a) No.
(b) Yes.
(c) Somewhat.
(d) Almost.

4. How did Marx's father feel about him studying philosophy?
(a) He did not have an opinion on the matter.
(b) He was not pleased.
(c) He was perplexed.
(d) He was very pleased.

5. Today, people could be divided into three different groups, according to Rius. What are these three groups?
(a) Those who do not know Marx, those who study Marx, and those who are experts of Marxism.
(b) Those who hate Marx, those who really hate Marx, and those who do not want to even think of Marx.
(c) Those who hate Marx, those who love him, and those who do not know him.
(d) Those who love Marx, those who like Marx, and those who are unsure about Marx.

6. What does Rius believe is worth trying?
(a) Believing Marx.
(b) Studying Marx.
(c) Writing a biography about Marx.
(d) Summarizing Marx.

7. For whom did Marx and Engels write this?
(a) The League of Nations.
(b) The Anarchist League.
(c) The Surrealist League.
(d) The Communist League.

8. When was Marx expelled from Germany?
(a) 1849.
(b) 1879.
(c) 1859.
(d) 1869.

9. What does Rius hope this does for the reader?
(a) Scare him or her.
(b) Educate him or her.
(c) Worry him or her.
(d) Inspire him or her.

10. How many of Marx's five children die from lack of medication?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

11. Rius states that many people would see his attempt to summarize Marx as what?
(a) An important example of Marxist ideas.
(b) An honor to Marx.
(c) A guide to Marxism.
(d) Sacrilege of important texts.

12. How was the answer to number 74 received at the time?
(a) It was not well-received.
(b) It created much of a stir.
(c) It was received with much acclaim.
(d) It did not create much of a stir.

13. Marx was of which part of the spectrum between conservative and liberal?
(a) The Socialist left.
(b) The far right.
(c) The conservative right.
(d) The Hegelian left bent.

14. Hegel wanted to justify the idea of God by proposing what?
(a) A mechanical system.
(b) A monologism system.
(c) A panlogism system.
(d) A polygist system.

15. How many economic and philosophic terms did Marx produce?
(a) Thousands.
(b) Dozens.
(c) Tens.
(d) Hundreds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was ruthlessly exploited?

2. Marx and Engels were commissioned to write what?

3. Others would say that simplifying Marxism down for certain individuals is what?

4. What type of labor was common?

5. Where was Marx born?

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