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Ideologies are always bad things, according to Karl Marx, because they are


A) ideas that mask, defend, and rationalize the interests of the dominant class in society.
B) "useless clarifications" that do not help people understand what political action to take.
C) "terrible simplifiers" that are nothing more than "intellectual vending machines."
D) essentially contested concepts that defy clear definition.
E) complicated and confusing attempts to inspire people to think for themselves.

F) A) and E)
G) C) and E)

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According to the materialist conception of history, every human society must have which of the following?


A) a material-productive "base"
B) an ideological "superstructure"
C) a ruling class
D) both A and C
E) both A and B

F) D) and E)
G) B) and E)

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By what sequence of events did Marx believe that communism would come about? Be specific.

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According to Marx, the "revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat" eventually will be Followed by


A) the immiseration of the proletariat.
B) the seizure of state power by the working class.
C) the development of revolutionary class consciousness.
D) the withering away of the state.
E) an awesome concert and light show.

F) None of the above
G) A) and E)

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In general, socialists believe that


A) every member of society should receive an equal share of society's wealth.
B) at least the major forms of property should be publicly owned and controlled.
C) common ownership of property includes "the community of women and children."
D) people should be free to do as they want as long as they do not harm or threaten harm to others.
E) the history of all hitherto existing societies is the history of class struggles.

F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

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Marx's word for the working class is proletariat.

A) True
B) False

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Socialism is opposed to freedom.

A) True
B) False

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Identify and explain the significance of the following names or terms. -the master-slave dialectic

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The stage of Marx's revolutionary sequence in which the workers realize that capitalism is responsible for their poverty and oppression is the stage of


A) shock and awe.
B) revolutionary class consciousness.
C) the dictatorship of the proletariat.
D) the immiseration of the proletariat.
E) mature or fully developed communism.

F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

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According to Robert Owen, drunkenness, theft, and other social evils are caused by


A) a deformed social system that rewards greed and selfishness.
B) a society in which no one is responsible because property is publicly owned and controlled.
C) original sin.
D) the failure of parents to take responsibility for the education of their children.
E) excessive exposure to television sitcoms.

F) B) and D)
G) C) and E)

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Identify and explain the significance of the following names or terms. -the opium of the masses

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After the revolution, but before reaching full communism, Marx says, society must follow the principle:


A) "From each according to his ability, to each according to his labor."
B) "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need."
C) "Inequality is justified only if it works to the benefit of the worst-off people in society."
D) "Equal pay for everyone, but more free time for those who produce the most."
E) "Immiserate the proletariat."

F) B) and D)
G) D) and E)

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What is the materialist conception of history? Who formulated it, and for what purposes?

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By "the cunning of history," Hegel meant that history has its own internal logic of which (most) humans are unaware.

A) True
B) False

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Marx predicted that the proletarian revolution would begin in economically underdeveloped "third world" countries.

A) True
B) False

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Identify and explain the significance of the following names or terms. -the revolutionary dictatorship of the proletariat

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Marx termed which of the following "the opiate of the masses/people"?


A) capitalism
B) feudalism
C) religion
D) all of the above
E) none of the above

F) B) and E)
G) None of the above

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