1) according to karl marx and freidrich engels (henceforth m/e) the history of the world is basically that of class struggle.

(a) true (b) false

(2) according to m/e present society has complicated the situation in that there are now more classes in society in conflict whereas before there were simply the roman patricians and the slaves.

(a) true (b) false

(3) according to m/e what paved the way for modern industry to establish the world market?

(a)the invention of the printing press

(b)the industrialization of the cities

(c)the discovery of america

(d) all the above

(4) the only nexus, connection, that the bourgeoisie has created between man and man is naked self-interest, the callous "cash payment."

(a) true (b) false

(5) according to m/e the constant revolutionizing of production, uninterrupted disturbance of all social conditions, everlasting uncertainty and agitation, distinguish the bourgeois epoch from all earlier ones.

(a) true (b) false

(6) according to m/e the bourgeoisie has drawn from under the feet of industry the national ground on which it stood

(a) true (b) false

(7) according to m/e the bourgeoisie has destroyed the concept of world literature, replacing it with literature that is local and parochial.

(a) true (b) false

(8) according to m/e the bourgeoisie has actually forged the weapons that will bring death to itself, the capitalist.

(a) true (b) false

(9) according to m/e one of the results of the massing of workers together into factories is the potential establishment of trade unions.

(a) true (b) false

(10) the organization of the proletarians into a class, and consequently into a political party, is continually being upset again by the competition between the workers themselves. (a) true (b) false

(11) unlike many movements, the proletarian movement is the self-conscious, independent movement of the small minority, in the interest of the small minority.

(a) true (b) false

(12) the theory of the communists may be summed up in the single sentence: promotion of private property.

(a) true (b) false

(13) according to m/e the first step in the communist revolution is to raise the proletariat to the position of ruling class.

(a) true (b) false

(14) m/e want to institute a graduated income tax.

(a) true (b) false

(15) m/e claim that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions

(a) true (b) false

(16) according to m/e the proletarians have nothing to lose but the world

(a)true (b) false .

1 - True

2- False

3- C

4- True

5- True

6- True

7- True

8- True

9- True

10- True

11- False

12- False

13- True

14- True

15- True

16- False

Explanation:

1- Yes, even through out the history, there has been a constant struggle between the classes over the means of production and property.

2- No, even in ancient Rome, there were slaves, Patricians, Knights and plebeians. So through out the history there have been a complicated arrangement of societies.

3- According to Karl Marx, the discovery of America paved the way to establishment of modern industry which lead to establish the world market.

4- Yes, Marx says that by doing so the world has lost other interest and enjoys that one might find in religion  and philanthropy, and every one has indulged in egoistic calculations.

5- Yes, by doing so the bourgeois have created a world in their own image. He uses this idea to substantiate that the means of production grows faster than the development of sociopolitical order in the society.

6- Yes, bourgeois have risen to ruling the working class by in fact drawing out on the resources from the working class. It has given cosmopolitan character to the production.

7- The bourgeois have created local and narrow minded literature to keep the working class separate, but through these local literature there will arise a world literature.

8- Yes, according to Marx, the working class have forged weapons and also a class which is wielding those weapons, the working class, therefore its own weapons will being the death to itself.

9- Yes, establishment of trade unions is necessary for formation of working class into a union.

10- Yes, in order for proletariat to organize and rise to the position of the ruling class, the competition among the workers has to end otherwise it will keep on benefiting the bourgeois in their exploitation of the working class.

11- False, most of the movements in history have been the independent movement by small minorities for the interest of small minorities, where as communism is the most for the interest of large majority.

12- False, in fact the idea of communism is the abolishing of private property and nationalizing the means of production. This is in contract to the idea of capitalism which promotes private property.

13- In order to achieve true democracy, the first step is to raise the proletariat to the position of working class and this responsibility lies on the shoulder of the militant proletariat.

14- Yes, M/E do want to institute a graduated income tax that is already being done in many of the developed countries.

15- M/E do claim that a revolution from the worker class can only be achieved by the forceful overthrow of the current system, only then the world can move towards a better economic system.

16 - Actually according to the communist Manifesto, the proletarians having nothing to loose but their chains, but on the other hand they have a world to win.

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the correct answer is:     [c]:     " cyclical unemployment " .