SparkNotes: The Communist Manifesto: Review Quiz

According to Marx, the history of all society up to his time is the history of:

(A) Darwinian natural selection

(B) Class struggles

(C) The intellectual elite

(D) General harmony punctuated by barbaric invasions

According to Marx, what is one difference between modern bourgeois society and societies of the past?

(A) Modern society has class conflicts, while in the past different classes lived in harmony

(B) Gradations of class are more complicated in modern society than in the past

(C) In modern society class antagonisms have been simplified into a struggle between two main rival groups

(D) There is no substantial difference

Which of the following traits is characteristic of modern bourgeois society?

(A) Exploitative class relationships are no longer hidden

(B) Exploitative class relationships are hidden by religious illusions

(C) Exploitative class relationships have been eliminated

(D) None of the above

The mistake made by "Reactionary Socialism" is that it:

(A) Reacted against the historical development of the bourgeoisie without understanding its context in the broader march of history

(B) Supported the bourgeoisie's developing power

(C) Represented the interests of the working class, instead of the ruling class

(D) All of the above

Conservative Socialism redresses social grievances by mitigating the suffering of the proletariat, with the unstated goal of:

(A) Aiding the proletariat in its violate uprisings

(B) Eliminating modern bourgeois society without a violent revolution

(C) Restoring the feudal social system

(D) Securing the continued existence of bourgeois society

Is it possible, according to Marx, for the Communists' aims to be achieved without the use of force?

(A) Yes, their aims can be achieved without force if the state makes worker-friendly reforms

(B) Yes, their aims can be achieved without force if enough people join Utopian Socialist communities

(C) Yes, their aims can be achieved without force if workers receive equal political representation in government

(D) No, their aims can only be achieved with force

Which of the following thinkers had the most major intellectual influence on Marx?

(A) John Stuart Mill

(B) Aristotle

(C) G.W.F. Hegel

(D) Vladimir Lenin

Which of the following goals is the immediate aim of the Communists?

(A) The unification of the proletariat into a ruling class

(B) The overthrow of the bourgeois supremacy

(C) The conquest of political power by the proletariat

(D) All of the above

Which of the following is presented as a common objection to the Communist agenda?

(A) No one will work if private property is abolished

(B) The family will be destroyed

(C) Communism violates property rights

(D) All of the above

During which century was the Communist Manifesto published?

(A) The 19th century

(B) The 17th century

(C) The 20th century

(D) The 18th century

Who wrote the Communist Manifesto with Marx?

(A) Vladimir Lenin

(B) Friedrich Engels

(C) Joseph Stalin

(D) John Stuart Mill

What is the FIRST step in the working class revolution?

(A) The raising of the proletariat to the status of ruling class

(B) The eliminate all conceptions of class

(C) The creation of a permanent dictatorship of the proletariat

(D) None of the above

Which of the following is NOT suggested as a likely development during the early stages of the proletariat revolution?

(A) The abolition of all inheritance rights

(B) State centralization of communication and transportation

(C) The establishment of free education for children

(D) An increase in the distinction between town and country

What sort of political parties do the Communists say they will work with?

(A) Those parties that will forward the ends of Communism

(B) Any party that opposes the bourgeoisie

(C) Those parties that promote worker-friendly reforms

(D) All of the above

Which of the following is NOT a trait of the proletariat?

(A) They are a class of modern wage-laborers

(B) They do not have their own means of production

(C) They are a small minority of the population

(D) They must sell their own labor in order to survive

Which of the following is a component of the "means of production"?

(A) The instruments of production (tools, machines, etc.)

(B) Methods of working (skills, forms of cooperation, division of labor, etc.)

(C) Applied knowledge (science, etc.)

(D) All of the above

What is the primary source of changes in man's ideas?

(A) Natural selection

(B) Man's material conditions

(C) Progress towards Reason

(D) None of the above

What system did modern Industrial society replace?

(A) Feudalism

(B) Capitalism

(C) Utopianism

(D) None of the above

What do the proletariat stand to lose in their revolution?

(A) Their property

(B) Their class dominance

(C) Control of their labor

(D) Nothing

The "mode of production" consists of each of the following EXCEPT

(A) The means of production

(B) The relations of production

(C) Inevitable class antagonism

(D) None of the above

Which of the following is a true statement about the struggles that dominate history?

(A) They reflect class antagonism

(B) They are sometimes visible but sometimes hidden

(C) They either end in reconstruction of society or total ruin

(D) All of the above

Whose interests does the modern state serve?

(A) The proletariat's interests

(B) The aristocracy's interests

(C) The bourgeoisie's interests

(D) The Church's interests

In modern society, who owns the means of production?

(A) The bourgeoisie

(B) The proletariat

(C) The military

(D) The state

Who will own property after the workers' revolution is over?

(A) The proletariat

(B) The bourgeoisie

(C) The nobles

(D) It will be owned communally

Which of the following characteristics does NOT describe the bourgeoisie?

(A) They are the employers of wage-laborers

(B) They are the owners of the means of production

(C) They are the class of modern Capitalists

(D) They were the ruling class in the feudal period