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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Michelet begin his work on the French Revolution?
(a) With Locke and Rousseau.
(b) With the Rights of Man.
(c) With the American Revolution.
(d) With feudalism.

2. How old was Babeuf during the Revolution?
(a) Forty-six.
(b) Thirty-seven.
(c) Thirty-four.
(d) Twenty-nine.

3. What were Michelet's other books like after his History of France?
(a) Longer, and more detailed.
(b) Smaller, but more detailed.
(c) Longer, and more confusing.
(d) Smaller, but more visionary.

4. To what does Edmund Wilson attribute the need for political action in the early/mid 1800s?
(a) Lack of reform by Friedrich Wilhelm IV.
(b) Centralization of power in the hands of the aristocracy.
(c) Droughts.
(d) Riots and strikes.

5. What were Marx and Engels trying to define after writing "The Condition of the Working Class in England"?
(a) Their own individual philosophies.
(b) A revolutionary moment.
(c) An excuse for starting a class war.
(d) A grounds for opposing the ruling classes.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Edmund Wilson, Saint-Simon represented______________.

2. How does Edmund Wilson describe Marx and Engels' doctrine for intervention in human affairs?

3. What did Babeuf do when he got out of prison?

4. How did Marx review Proudhon's book on private property?

5. The "Communist Manifesto" by Marx and Engel wanted to end ____________.

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