Marxism

Question 1

Who co-authored some of Karl Marx’s works?

Answer 1

Friedrich Engels

Question 2

Which of the following beliefs are foundational for Marxists?

Answer 2

Atheism and Materialism

Question 3

what does the term “dialectic” refer to?

Answer 3

Cyclical struggle between thesis, antithesis, and synthesis.

Question 4

Many of today’s Marxists see economic struggles as the root conflict between which struggle?

Answer 4

all of the above: religion, race, gender

Question 5

According to Marx, what is the first step toward communism

Answer 5

socialism

Question 6

Socialism begins with which of the following?

Answer 6

All of the Above: Heavy Taxation, Government takeover of business, Elimination of laws protecting private property

Question 7

Marxism seek to abolish which of the following

Answer 7

All of the Above: Capitalism, Democracy, Religion

Question 8

Marxism states: Human history is driven and explained by the evolutionary drive to eliminate…

Answer 8

economic injustice

Question 9

Marxism states: Which group oppresses workers?

Answer 9

all of the above: business owner, politicians, religious leaders

Question 10

Where does Postmodernism disagree with Marxism?

Answer 10

Postmodernism denies science’s ability to discover truth

Question 11

Karl Marx was a laborer who made his living working in a factory.

Answer 11

false, he never worked, he was in the bourgeois

Question 12

Marxism advocates for a peaceful transition to communism.

Answer 12

False, they want a violent overthrow

Question 13

In the 1900’s, more people were killed under fascism than Marxist regimes.

Answer 13

False, Lenin killed more people than hitler

Question 14

The world’s five Marxist countries make up 20 percent of the world’s population.

Answer 14

true

Question 15

Goal of Marxism is class inequality through economic revolution

Answer 15

false, class equality

Question 16

According to Marxism, society advances through peace.

Answer 16

false, violent overthrow

Question 17

Everything in history is explained by an economic struggle between the government and workers.

Answer 17

not, just the government, the whole bourgeois

Question 18

Marx- Evolution isn’t just biological; it is also sociological.

Answer 18

true

Question 19

Marx- Human beings are merely matter in motion.

Answer 19

true

Question 20

Marx- Government will no longer be necessary once communism has finally been achieved.

Answer 20

true

Question 21

Socialism leads to Capitalism

Answer 21

false, it leads to communism

Question 22

The highest moral in Marxism is doing good for all people.

Answer 22

false, they are for the proletariat

Question 23

Marx- Salvation comes through the overthrow of capitalism.

Answer 23

true

Question 24

Marx- the problem with humanity is because of the oppressive nature of the working class

Answer 24

false, the working class is being oppressed by the bourgeois

Question 25

Many Marxist countries allow for "freedom of worship" but not "freedom of religion"

Answer 25

true, they want you to worship the dictators

Question 26

Marxists see the march toward capitalism as a historical inevitability.

Answer 26

false, communism

Question 27

Socialism is the abolition of private property

Answer 27

True

Question 28

Dialectical Materialism is about the class struggle and mechanism behind social progress.

Answer 28

true

Question 29

Proletariat are the people who own property and control production

Answer 29

false, Bourgeois

Question 30

Bourgeoisie is the term Marx used to refer to those who own property.

Answer 30

true

Question 31

Proletariat is the term Marxists use to refer to the working class who do not own property.

Answer 31

true

Question 32

Economic determinism is the belief that economics determines the entire course of history.

Answer 32

true

Question 33

Karl Marx wrote The Communist Manifesto

Answer 33

true

Question 34

Class consciousness allows the working class to see their oppression and rise up

Answer 34

true

Question 35

Bourgeoisie Morality is the belief that whatever advances the cause of communism is morally ok.

Answer 35

false, Proletariat

Question 36

Marx- "Religion is the opium of the people"

Answer 36

true

Question 37

Can you summarize the Marxist worldview?

Answer 37

class consciousness violent uprising socialism communism

Question 38

Can you discuss how Marx utilized Darwin's theory of evolution?

Answer 38

Marx became convinced that evolution could explain human progress as well as the survival of the fittest in nature. Evolution wasn't just biological; it was sociological.

Question 39

Can you discuss where Marxism and Secularism agree and disagree?

Answer 39

blind faith in spontaneous generation?

Question 40

Can you discuss why Marxism and violence are inseparable? F

Answer 40

obvious