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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. After the Greek epoch, the so-called Age of Faith occurred during what period?

2. To what do Vico's stages correspond?

3. What seeks scientific proof for what it examines, including religion?

4. From what does this type of value come?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Communist Manifesto?

2. Describe the French socialists. What did Marx think of these men?

3. What does Marx say about alienation?

4. What does Marx say about the capitalist?

5. What are Kant's ideas?

6. What took place after the Greek epoch? Describe this period of time.

7. Who was Ludwig Feuerbach?

8. How does Rius begin to examine the roots of Marxism?

9. Who are the two types of men philosophy sees? Describe these two types.

10. How did Marx and Engels get the opportunity to write the Communist Manifesto?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Karl Marx was a Jewish German.

Part 1) Why did he not consider himself a Jew? With what religious organization was he once affiliated? Why might this have changed?

Part 2) If he had been raised in a different religion or church, could he have grown up as a religious person? Why or why not?

Part 3) How do his feelings towards religion affect his political beliefs?

Essay Topic 2

Marx marries Jenny Von Westphalen.

Part 1) Who is Jenny? Why does this cause some difficulties?

Part 2) Why might Jenny have married Marx? How does her marriage to Marx affect her life? Do you believe she, in the end, was happy with this marriage? Why or why not?

Part 3) Why does Marx marry Jenny? Should he have married her? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Giambattista Vico suggests that man passes through three different stages.

Part 1) Who is Giambattista Vico? What are these three stages?

Part 2) How does he support this belief? Is it valid? Why or why not?

Part 3) How do his beliefs compare to others at the same time?

Part 4) Are his suggestions relevant today? If so, how? If not, why not?

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