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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 15-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What doctrine influenced both Marx and Engels?
(a) America's doctrine of democracy.
(b) Michelet's doctrine of science.
(c) Hegel's doctrine of historical change.
(d) Rousseau's doctrine of man's natural rights.

2. What kind of approach toward the study of economics did Marx take?
(a) Scientific.
(b) Pragmatic.
(c) Literary.
(d) Religious.

3. How does Edmund Wilson characterize Marx's view of Das Kapital?
(a) He says that Marx saw it as monument to workers' sufferings.
(b) He says that Marx saw it as a rebellion against his parents' culture.
(c) He says that Marx saw it as a new testament in Christian religion.
(d) He says that Marx saw it as a work of art.

4. Where did Friedrich Engels grow up?
(a) Barmen, Germany.
(b) Stuttgart, Germany.
(c) Zurich, Switzerland.
(d) Salzburg, Austria.

5. What did "The Condition of the Working Class in England" do for Marx?
(a) It gave him a background in economics and society.
(b) It gave him publicity.
(c) It gave him legitimacy as an author.
(d) It gave him experience organizing and writing a long tract

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Taine distancing himself from in his work?

2. What industrial facility did Engels grow up across the river from?

3. How does Edmund Wilson describe Taine's approach to history?

4. How does Edmund Wilson characterize for Taine the difference between history and science?

5. How old was Anatole France at the time of the Commune?

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