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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, what ended with the French Revolution?

2. How does Edmund Wilson describe Anatole France?

3. Michelet believed the history of the 19th century was summed up by _________.

4. What did Jules Michelet teach?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Babeuf's early career.

2. Describe Michelet's methods?

3. How were Owen's communes organized?

4. What does Edmund Wilson describe as the result of the French Revolution?

5. Compare Renan and Taine.

6. What did Jules Michelet discover in the work of Giavanni Vico?

7. Describe Marx's time as the editor of a Cologne newspaper.

8. What happened to Michelet as a result of his writing?

9. Describe the evolution of Marx's philosophical thinking.

10. Describe Anatole France's career.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the effect of imprisonment and internal exile to Siberia on the thinking of the socialist thinkers who brought about the Russian Revolution. Why were they sent there? What did they learn there?

Essay Topic 2

Which thinkers embraced Marx's work enthusiastically? Which thinkers reject his work? Describe one thinker who embraced Marx and another who rejected his work. Explain what their relationship with Marx says about their philosophies.

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think Fourier's communes never progressed, while Owen's did? Was it simply a question of money, or were there other factors? How do you explain the fact that Owen's communes fell apart if he was gone? What do these things tell us about communist theory and practice?

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