Deck 25: Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, Manifest of the Communist Party

Question 1

What do Marx and Engels think will happen when those who own the economy can no longer effectively manage the forces they have created?

A) Society will collapse and people will return to a "state of nature."
B) They will recognize their errors and shift their attention to protecting the environment.
C) Workers will take over and run the economy for the good of everyone in society.
D) Technology and information systems will take over and do the work of managing

Answer 1

C

Question 2

According to Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, capitalism would lead to conflict between these two groups

A) the people who profit from the ownership of property and the people who work for a wage or a salary.
B) the people living in industrialized nations and the people in nonindustrialized societies.
C) farmers and urban workers.
D) wage earners and the unemployed.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

When Marx and Engels looked at societies in the past and present, they saw

A) war and perpetual fighting between armies.
B) a machine that could produce abundance.
C) an organism of interdependent parts, all working for a common goal.
D) social divisions between the powerful and those who served the powerful.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

According to Marx and Engels, those who control the economy of a capitalist society

A) are inherently conservative and cautious about social and economic change.
B) have no interest in politics or power, but are content only to make money.
C) live very affluent lifestyles and frequently present themselves as celebrities.
D) are constantly in search of new global markets.

Question 5

Which nineteenth-century scholar argued that social change is driven by economic power rather than ideas, religion, beliefs, or values?

A) Karl Marx
B) George Herbert Mead
C) Emile Durkheim
D) Max Weber

Question 6

Marx and Engels argue that the modern ruling class has created the conditions for

A) nuclear war.
B) its own destruction by the working class.
C) democracy.
D) authoritarian rule.