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In The Communist Manifesto, what specter did Marx say was haunting Europe? |
| | A) | feudalism |
| | B) | militarism |
| | C) | communism |
| | D) | capitalism |
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Which of the following is NOT a contradiction discussed by Marx? |
| | A) | proletariat/bourgeoisie |
| | B) | capitalism/labor |
| | C) | proletariat/lumpenproletariat |
| | D) | use value/exchange value |
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The foundation of Marx's analysis of the contradictions of capitalism is built on which of the following concepts? |
| | A) | human nature, labor, and alienation |
| | B) | capital, money, and organic solidarity |
| | C) | use value, rationalization, and religion |
| | D) | equality, freedom, and the market |
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What three traditions influenced Marx's intellectual orientation? |
| | A) | Hegelianism, socialism, and political economy |
| | B) | communism, socialism, and capitalism |
| | C) | industrialism, feudalism, and communism |
| | D) | the Enlightenment, the Reformation, and political economy |
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Which of the following is NOT true of Marx's concept of labor? |
| | A) | Labor involves others. |
| | B) | Labor transforms ourselves. |
| | C) | Labor transforms society. |
| | D) | Labor stifles our needs. |
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Which of the following is NOT a form of alienation? |
| | A) | alienation from the product of their labor |
| | B) | alienation from their productive activity |
| | C) | alienation from their species being |
| | D) | alienation from other workers |
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For Marx, the real value of a commodity stems from: |
| | A) | the labor needed to produce it. |
| | B) | the amount for which it can sell in the market. |
| | C) | its exchange value. |
| | D) | the frequency of its use. |
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Which of the following is NOT one of Marx's forms of value? |
| | A) | use |
| | B) | exchange |
| | C) | surplus |
| | D) | price |
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Exploitation is peculiar under capitalism because: |
| | A) | it involves contradictory classes. |
| | B) | it is accomplished by the objective economic system. |
| | C) | it doesn't involve serfs and lords. |
| | D) | it worsens over time. |
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What does Marx's central concept of surplus value refer to? |
| | A) | exchange value - use value |
| | B) | use value - exchange value |
| | C) | C1 - C2 |
| | D) | value of product - value of components |
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Which of the following terms describes the desire for more profit and more surplus value? |
| | A) | capital investing |
| | B) | the law of exploitation |
| | C) | the law of capitalist accumulation |
| | D) | historical materialism |
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The two main "classes" under capitalism are: |
| | A) | those that exchange and those that use. |
| | B) | lords and peasants. |
| | C) | capitalist and the proletariat. |
| | D) | workers and the lumpenproletariat. |
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For Marx, when groups of people become aware of their conflicting relations with other groups, they are a class: |
| | A) | for itself. |
| | B) | in itself. |
| | C) | by itself. |
| | D) | unto each other. |
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Proletarianization refers to: |
| | A) | the revolution of the working classes. |
| | B) | competition between capitalists. |
| | C) | the growing number of wage laborers. |
| | D) | class consciousness among workers. |
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Historical materialism refers to: |
| | A) | reading historical materials to understand the past. |
| | B) | increasing use of material capital throughout history. |
| | C) | exploitation of workers for greater surplus value. |
| | D) | relations between people conditioned by the way they provide for their needs. |
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To change the relations of production, Marx thought _____________ was often required. |
| | A) | legislation |
| | B) | new technology |
| | C) | ideology |
| | D) | revolution |
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For Marx, successful revolutions were those that: |
| | A) | eliminated the capitalist running dogs. |
| | B) | made the workers, capitalists; and the capitalists, workers. |
| | C) | changed the relations of production. |
| | D) | changed the relations of production to better match the forces of production. |
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To Marx, the notion of "equality" under capitalism derives from: |
| | A) | the U.S. Constitution. |
| | B) | the fact that all workers are exploited. |
| | C) | the act of exchange. |
| | D) | the fact that both workers and capitalists can enter into exchange. |
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Marx thought that ________________ could be used to cover the contradictions under capitalism. |
| | A) | wages |
| | B) | ideology |
| | C) | commodities |
| | D) | capital |
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20 | |
The relations of production are: |
| | A) | Marx's theory on how families produce workers. |
| | B) | C - M - C. |
| | C) | M1 - C - M2. |
| | D) | the kinds of associations people have with one another in satisfying their needs. |
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21 | |
Karl Marx is the main character in The Communist Manifesto. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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22 | |
Both Hegel and Marx used the dialectic to focus on material contradictions in society. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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23 | |
For Marx, human nature has changed across history. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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24 | |
The fetishism of commodities is one form of reification. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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25 | |
Capital is a social relation. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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26 | |
To Marx, capitalists treat workers poorly because capitalists are bad people. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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27 | |
Marx felt that we would all be better off if capitalism had never emerged. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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28 | |
The social relations of a society shape its productive capabilities. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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For Marx, freedom is one benefit of capitalism. |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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30 | |
One of the criticisms of Marx's theory is referred to as "the missing emancipatory subject." |
| | A) | true |
| | B) | false |
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