Think you’ve got your head wrapped around The Communist Manifesto? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Marx says the history of all previously existing society is the history of what?
Technological innovations
Revolutions
Class struggles
Students waiting for the bell to ring
Q. Which opponent do the bourgeoisie and the proletariat have in common?
Absolute monarchs
Patricians
Teachers
The dangerous class
Q. When Marx advocates abolishing private property, what does he mostly refer to?
Hard-won, self-acquired, self-earned property
Spaceships
Bourgeois property such as the means of production or other capital
All forms of currency such as dollar bills today
Q. What is to happen to the vanguard government?
It is supposed to remain in power to manage the sharing of resources
It is supposed to abolish itself by means of ending class antagonisms altogether
It is supposed to be reduced to a federation of small, local councils of elders
The leaders are supposed to become obsessed with ice cream
Q. What does Marx say the history of ideas proves?
The best ideas ultimately win out
The ruling ideas are those of the ruling class
The ideas that are usually accepted are religious ones
The ideas of the proletariat are taught in school