Quiz for Document 21-4: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto (1848)

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   In Marx and Engels’s view, what is the fundamental source of historical change?

   A.

   Class struggle

   B.

   Religious strife

   C.

   Industrial advancement

   D.

   Intellectual advancement

   In Marx and Engels’s view, what is the fundamental source of historical change?

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   Marx and Engels depicted the relationship between the bourgeoisie and proletariat as

   A.

   an alliance formed to overthrow tyrannical governments.

   B.

   perpetually and irreconcilably antagonistic.

   C.

   complementary, with the existence of each class stimulating the betterment of the other.

   D.

   akin to the relationships between benevolent fathers and dependent children.

   Marx and Engels depicted the relationship between the bourgeoisie and proletariat as

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   What did Marx and Engels blame for the dehumanization of the proletariat and, consequently, its growing consciousness and strength?

   A.

   Mechanization and the division of labor

   B.

   The end of the feudal age and a rural lifestyle

   C.

   Jealousy of the wealth capitalists had acquired

   D.

   Changes in family structure and life

   What did Marx and Engels blame for the dehumanization of the proletariat and, consequently, its growing consciousness and strength?

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   Why did Marx and Engels believe that a working-class revolution against capitalism was inevitable?

   A.

   Because workers who longed for a return to a rural, agricultural lifestyle outnumbered capitalists

   B.

   Because capitalists will surrender the means of production when they realize communism’s benefits

   C.

   Because capitalists create the class and conditions that, ultimately, will destroy capitalism

   D.

   Because the radical “dangerous class” will take over the workers’ movement

   Why did Marx and Engels believe that a working-class revolution against capitalism was inevitable?