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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Hegel fail to see that still existed in society?
(a) The uneducated.
(b) The poor.
(c) The wealthy.
(d) The oppression and exploitation.

2. The coalition can gain even more ground by doing what?
(a) Becoming more organized.
(b) Starting more unions.
(c) Gaining more members.
(d) Entering the political realm as a political party.

3. Why is a worker's labor power a commodity in a capitalist state?
(a) The capitalist buys the labor power.
(b) The capitalist sells the labor power.
(c) The capitalist gives the laborer the power.
(d) The capitalist is the power.

4. How did Spinoza think of God?
(a) As the Almighty.
(b) As a leader of men.
(c) As a spiritual principle.
(d) As a myth.

5. Greece produced three of the most well-known and important philosophers. Who were these philosophers?
(a) Plato, Democritus, and Aristotle.
(b) Aristotle,Parfit, and Plato.
(c) Plato, Bouwsma, and Zenon Pylyshyn.
(d) Democritus, Vassallo, and Jesús Mosterín.

6. The Communist Manifesto was a call for all workers to do what?
(a) Consider Communism.
(b) Unite against capitalism.
(c) Listen to Marx.
(d) Form unions.

7. Rius examines the roots of Marxism. At what does he begin by looking?
(a) Neanderthals.
(b) The Middle Ages.
(c) The Book of Genesis.
(d) Early man.

8. Why does Marx not believe that simply raising the workers' salaries would change the situation for the worker?
(a) The workers do not want more money. They want to work less.
(b) The capitalists will not raise workers' salaries.
(c) The capitalists will also want a raise.
(d) The capitalist will not accept making less profit and will raise prices or find other ways of making sure that the rise in salary does not affect his bottom line.

9. The capitalist figures in the price of production, hidden costs, and his own profit when deciding the value of a product. What keeps the capitalist's profits growing?
(a) The efficiency at which he works.
(b) The desire for the product.
(c) The increase in interest in the product.
(d) The worker's labor power.

10. Seeing the world as mechanical is also known as what?
(a) Metaphysical.
(b) Maniachal.
(c) Mechanism.
(d) Matriarchal.

11. Who were the individuals who tried to find logical explanations for natural events?
(a) The conservatives.
(b) The non-believers.
(c) The thinkers.
(d) The intelligent.

12. The law of supply and demand often determines what?
(a) The price of a product.
(b) The amount of work required.
(c) The amount of supplies needed.
(d) The number of laborers needed.

13. As the worker is not paid enough to meet his basic needs, he is forced to do what?
(a) Quit.
(b) Go on strike.
(c) Continue working at the low wage.
(d) Change jobs.

14. Hegel was attacked for these thoughts. Why?
(a) Largely because he was considered insane.
(b) Largely because he used the dialectical method.
(c) Largely because he was wrong.
(d) Largely because his beliefs went against more powerful individuals.

15. Marx is a materialist and his work attempts to bring more consistency to _______________.
(a) Conservative.
(b) Realists.
(c) Materialism.
(d) Christians.

Short Answer Questions

1. The dialectical method views everything as ____________________.

2. What does alienation do to men?

3. A group of the intellectuals thought the means of production needed to be destroyed and that individuals should do what?

4. The capitalist gets richer, while the worker struggles to keep pace with basic needs. This led Marx to what idea?

5. Marx and Engels used dialectics. What are dialectics?

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