Question 1

Robert Own and Charles Fourier advocated small-scale communities of jointly owned productive property.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

What was one of the things that the Communist Manifesto of 1848 did NOT advocate?

Accepted Answer

A)  free education 
B)  abolition of the right of inheritance 
C)  progressive income tax 
D)  confiscation of luxury items by the state

Question 3

The first socialist party in Canada was the ___________ founded in ___________ in 1932 and which later became known as the ___________.The first socialist government in North America was elected in ___________ in 1944.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The first socialist party in Canada was...

Question 4

Those who opposed Lenin and his methods regrouped under the general name of social democrats.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Ray wants to be a medical doctor but faints at the sight of blood.Jody graduated from med school at the top of her class,but would be most content working outdoors as a rafting guide.What does this example NOT demonstrate?

Accepted Answer

A)  the differences in individual abilities 
B)  the difficulty of designing a system based on equality of result 
C)  the differences in individual ambitions 
D)  the difficulty or relying on equality of opportunity

Question 6

The Second International saw the emergence of socialist political parties that succeeded in making inroads into democratic processes.What was perhaps the most significant contributing factor to the direction the movement took?

Accepted Answer

A)  The anarchists had split from the movement. 
B)  Marx passed away and Engles took over as leader. 
C)  Some of the more strict socialist ideas had been abandoned. 
D)  Lenin created a parallel movement based on revolutionary reform.

Question 7

What was Canada's first important social democratic party?

Accepted Answer

A)  Canadian Communist Party 
B)  Co-operative Commonwealth Federation 
C)  New Democratic Party 
D)  Social Credit Party

Question 8

The industrial working class is known as the ___________,and those who own the means of production are the ___________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The industrial working class is known as...

Question 9

François-Noël Babeuf organized a communist uprising in 1796.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

A form of common ownership in which workers own their own factories is called __________.The transition to a market economy from a fully planned one is called __________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A form of common ownership in which...

Question 11

According to Lenin,why had capitalism not yet spent itself,as Marx predicted?

Accepted Answer

A)  Overproduction was overcome by imperialist expansion. 
B)  Capitalism had found the solution to all its problems. 
C)  Overproduction would never occur. 
D)  Overproduction was never a problem.

Question 12

Which term is used to describe the hitherto unparalleled concentration of state ownership,control,and power in the former Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

A)  proletarianism 
B)  planning 
C)  totalitarianism 
D)  socialism

Question 13

The first socialist government in North America was elected in Saskatchewan in 1944.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

What is the term for the transition from a centrally planned economy to a market economy?

Accepted Answer

A)  marketization 
B)  nationalization 
C)  capitalization 
D)  syndicalism

Question 15

Who wrote the Communist Manifesto?

Accepted Answer

A)  Karl Marx and V.I. Lenin 
B)  Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels 
C)  Mikhail Bakunin and Friedrich Engels 
D)  V.I. Lenin and Mikhail Bakunin

Question 16

In Canada,the Hutterites would fit most closely with the ideas of which thinker?

Accepted Answer

A)  François-Noël Babeuf 
B)  Plato 
C)  Charles Fourier 
D)  Friedrich Engles

Question 17

Does socialism necessarily entail revolutionary violence? Can socialism be attained by democratic and constitutional means? Consider the views of Marx as well as the history of socialism in answering.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Does socialism necessarily entail revolutionary violence? Can...

Question 18

Marx's unpublished manuscripts written in his youth emphasize the issue he called ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Marx's unpublished manuscripts written in his youth...

Question 19

Marx didn't necessarily believe in violence; he argued that in constitutional states with a parliamentary system socialism could be achieved through democratic elections.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

What was the International Workingmen's Association (1864-1872)more commonly known as?

Accepted Answer

A)  Second International 
B)  Comintern 
C)  First International 
D)  Cominform

Exam 12: Socialism and Communism

Robert Own and Charles Fourier advocated small-scale communities of jointly owned productive property.

What was one of the things that the Communist Manifesto of 1848 did NOT advocate?

The first socialist party in Canada was the _____ founded in _ in 1932 and which later became known as the _.The first socialist government in North America was elected in _____ in 1944.

Those who opposed Lenin and his methods regrouped under the general name of social democrats.

Ray wants to be a medical doctor but faints at the sight of blood.Jody graduated from med school at the top of her class,but would be most content working outdoors as a rafting guide.What does this example NOT demonstrate?

The Second International saw the emergence of socialist political parties that succeeded in making inroads into democratic processes.What was perhaps the most significant contributing factor to the direction the movement took?

What was Canada's first important social democratic party?

The industrial working class is known as the _,and those who own the means of production are the _.

François-Noël Babeuf organized a communist uprising in 1796.

A form of common ownership in which workers own their own factories is called .The transition to a market economy from a fully planned one is called .

According to Lenin,why had capitalism not yet spent itself,as Marx predicted?

Which term is used to describe the hitherto unparalleled concentration of state ownership,control,and power in the former Soviet Union?

The first socialist government in North America was elected in Saskatchewan in 1944.

What is the term for the transition from a centrally planned economy to a market economy?

Who wrote the Communist Manifesto?

In Canada,the Hutterites would fit most closely with the ideas of which thinker?

Does socialism necessarily entail revolutionary violence? Can socialism be attained by democratic and constitutional means? Consider the views of Marx as well as the history of socialism in answering.

Marx's unpublished manuscripts written in his youth emphasize the issue he called ________.

Marx didn't necessarily believe in violence; he argued that in constitutional states with a parliamentary system socialism could be achieved through democratic elections.

What was the International Workingmen's Association (1864-1872) more commonly known as?