Deck 5: Manifesto of the Communist Party

Question 1

The authors assert that the history of all society is the history of ______.

A) modernization
B) feudalism
C) internal conflict
D) class struggles

Answer 1

D

Question 2

The bourgeoisie sprang from ______ of the middle ages.

A) serfs
B) kings
C) feuds
D) clergy

Answer 2

A

Question 3

What took the place of the manufacturing system?

A) the feudal system
B) Chinese markets
C) the Middle Ages
D) modern industry

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The modern bourgeoisie is itself the product of a series of ______ in the modes of production and of exchange.

A) revolutions
B) illusions
C) demands
D) republics

Question 5

Marx and Engels compare modern laborers to ______.

A) soldiers
B) revolutionaries
C) artists
D) politicians

Question 6

Proletariat is synonymous with the ______.

A) industry
B) bourgeoisie
C) working class
D) wealthy elite

Question 7

How does the bourgeoisie draw all nations into civilization?

A) Through more expensive commodities
B) By sharing property
C) Through the idiocy of rural life
D) By rapid improvement of production

Question 8

The feudal organization of agriculture and manufacturing was replaced by ______.

A) free competition
B) property relations
C) modern barbarism
D) common proletarians

Question 9

What has the extensive use of machinery and division of labor done to the work of the proletarian?

A) It decreased the demand for production.
B) It removed the charm from the work.
C) It advanced the worker's control.
D) It enhanced the experience.

Question 10

As the repulsiveness of the work increases, the wage for the worker ______.

A) decreases
B) remains the same
C) begins to stabilize
D) increases

Question 11

What year was the Manifesto of the Community Party written?

Question 12

Identify the two great classes.

Question 13

Explain the authors' statement "Differences of age and sex have no longer any distinctive social validity for the working class."

Question 14

Each step in the development of the bourgeoisie was accompanied by a corresponding political advance of that class. Identify one of these steps and the corresponding political advance.

Question 15

Discuss one aspect of the reading that is relevant to today's society.