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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1, Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Edmund Wilson examine from the Middle Ages?
(a) The development of a notion of humanity as a transcendent unity.
(b) The emergence of the idea of nations.
(c) The development of a theory of history.
(d) The emergence of the notion that man could improve himself.

2. What was Michelet's relationship with socialism?
(a) He did not endorse it.
(b) He preached it in poor neighborhoods.
(c) He prophesied it.
(d) He condemned it.

3. How does Michelet define the relations between the classes?
(a) Based on greed.
(b) Based on fear of the class below.
(c) Based on the ability to seize power.
(d) Based on envy of the class above.

4. What did Michelet focus on in his histories?
(a) Customs.
(b) Laws.
(c) Traditions.
(d) Paradoxes.

5. What did Michelet say about the French Revolution?
(a) The French Revolution was inseparable from developments in economic theory.
(b) The French Revolution was really a story about the development of military technology.
(c) The people were more important than the leaders.
(d) The masses would one day seize the means of production.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did La Scienza Nuova describe?

2. What Renaissance thinker did Michelet discover?

3. Why was Michelet suspended from his teaching post?

4. How long did the communist government last in Paris after Michelet had his stroke?

5. What name was ultimately given to the line of thought Michelet developed?

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