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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. What did Rius want to do regarding Marx?
(a) Help others understand him better.
(b) Promote communism.
(c) Encourage others to be interested in Marxism.
(d) Understand him better.

2. Can Rius cover all of these terms?
(a) Mostly.
(b) Not likely.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

3. To whom does Rius hope to present this summary?
(a) A broader audience.
(b) Only professors of economics.
(c) Only Marxists.
(d) Only intellectuals.

4. How much of Marx's work does Rius want to present?
(a) Most of it.
(b) Only one piece of writing.
(c) All of it.
(d) A sample.

5. Rius argues that Marx has done what?
(a) Made the world a better place.
(b) Made the world a simpler place.
(c) Made the world a complicated place.
(d) Made the world a scarier place.

Short Answer Questions

1. Did Marx's works receive wide acclaim during his lifetime?

2. Of what church did Marx's father become a member?

3. Hegel's predecessor wanted to separate science from religion. What did Hegel want to do?

4. Engels was the son of whom?

5. How many of Marx's five children die from lack of medication?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do people think of Marx?

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

3. Who is Frederick Engels?

4. Describe the creation of Capital.

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

6. Why can Rius not cover all of Marx's terms? What does he attempt to do instead?

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

8. What is known about Marx's relationship with Jenny Von Westphalen?

9. What is the significant of Marx?

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

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