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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, Chapters 3-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Taine believe about the French Revolution?
(a) It would end in totalitarianism.
(b) It was evidence of a workers' state coming into existence.
(c) It was evidence of corrections taking place.
(d) It was the beginning of the Communist Revolution.

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

3. How did Fourier and Owen want to administer education in their ideal society?
(a) It should revert to the apprentice system.
(b) It should be paid for by students' families.
(c) It should be free and open to all.
(d) It should be provided within the commune.

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

5. When was Jules Michelet teaching?
(a) The 1850s.
(b) The 1820s.
(c) The 1920s.
(d) The 1880s.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, Saint-Simon viewed society's goals as changing ______________.

2. What was Michelet trying to develop when he discovered the Renaissance philosopher?

3. How does Michelet define the relations between the classes?

4. Where did Owen put his idealistic notions into practice?

5. Edmund Wilson relates that Babeuf worked at __________.

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