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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Marx concerned himself less with making a living than doing what?
(a) Asking the meaning of life.
(b) Spending time in nature.
(c) Partying.
(d) Making art.

2. How important was Hegel to Marx?
(a) He was somewhat important.
(b) He was a big influence on Marx.
(c) He was not known by Marx.
(d) He was not important to Marx.

3. How does Rius describe Marx?
(a) As very confused.
(b) As an interesting man.
(c) As crazy.
(d) As an important thinker.

4. How was Marx influenced in Paris?
(a) French art and music.
(b) Both French ideas and Russian anarchists.
(c) The government was very liberal.
(d) The French socialists.

5. Of what church did Marx's father become a member?
(a) The Lutheran church.
(b) The Methodist church.
(c) The Catholic church.
(d) The Mormon church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Today, people could be divided into three different groups, according to Rius. What are these three groups?

2. How much of Marx's work does Rius want to present?

3. How did Marx's father feel about him studying philosophy?

4. Marx's work birthed political journalism. What did he invent?

5. Hegel suggested that who might be God?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were Marx and Engels commissioned to write? For whom did they write this?

2. How did Marx use his poverty to his advantage?

3. What do many think of Marx's works? How did his works affect others?

4. Is Rius attempting to be prove himself to be a Marx scholar?

5. For whom is this book? Why is it for this type of person?

6. What did Marx study in Berlin? How did this suit his personality? How did his father feel about this?

7. What gives Rius an amount of credibility?

8. What does Rius think of his attempt to summarize Marxism?

9. How does the author describe Marx's works?

10. What else did Marx write?

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