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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, Chapters 1-2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Lenin begin to read Marx?
(a) At the University of Berlin.
(b) In high school.
(c) At the University of Kazan.
(d) After being expelled from the University of Kazan.

2. What is Marx's fundamental critique of capitalists?
(a) They misspend the value they skim from the system.
(b) They do not deserve the workers' surplus value.
(c) Their technology has alienated the workers from their labor.
(d) They are fighting their own historical development into socialists.

3. Why did Saint-Simon not participate in the French Revolution?
(a) He considered it destructive.
(b) He was in exile.
(c) He was in prison.
(d) He was too young.

4. How did Marx and Engels view their theory of history?
(a) They wondered whether they had underestimated the greed of the lower classes.
(b) They never doubted it would succeed.
(c) They saw it as one model among many.
(d) They knew it was a fantasy.

5. What did Jules Michelet teach?
(a) Philosophy and history.
(b) Biology and natural sciences.
(c) Religion.
(d) Astronomy.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Marx express the desire to help humanity?

2. How were Fourier and Owen representative of early nineteenth century thinkers?

3. According to Wilson, why did the theory by Marx and Engels create "strange situations"?

4. According to the author, Michelet's writings would reappear ___________.

5. What does Marx say a society based on class prevents?

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