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Marxism Quiz: How Well Do You Understand Marxist Ideology?



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  1. What is the title of the influential pamphlet co-authored by Karl Marx in 1848?
  2. In Marxist philosophy, which social class consists of the capitalists who own the means of production?
  3. What term does Marx use to describe a system with collective ownership of the means of production and the absence of social classes?
  4. In which three-volume work did Marx argue that the driving force of capitalism lies in the exploitation of labour, whose unpaid work is the ultimate source of surplus value?
  5. In which year did the Russian Revolution start?
  6. Who was Karl Marx’s closest collaborator in developing Marxist theory?
  7. In which country was Karl Marx born?
  8. Ho Chi Minh Thought, a political philosophy that builds upon Marxism–Leninism, was developed by the Communist Party of which country?
  9. Which famous five-word slogan is popularised by the concluding phrase of The Communist Manifesto?
  10. Which far-left faction of the Marxist Russian Social Democratic Labour Party was led by Vladimir Lenin?
  11. In Marxist theory, what is the name of the working class who sell their labour for wages?
  12. What is the first name of 'Che' Guevara? In which country was Che Guevara born?
  13. Karl Marx's tomb stands in which cemetery?
  14. Which Trotskyist group in the British Labour Party shared its name with a newspaper launched in 1964?
  15. The Cuban Revolution was the military and political effort to overthrow which dictator?
  16. By what name do we better know Lev Davidovich Bronstein, who described himself as an orthodox Marxist?
  17. What was the pseudonym of Michalis N. Raptis, a Greek-born Trotskyist leader?


Answers



  1. The Communist Manifesto
  2. Bourgeoisie
  3. Communism
  4. Das Kapital
  5. 1917
  6. Friedrich Engels
  7. Germany
  8. Vietnam
  9. "Workers of the world, unite!"
  10. The Bolsheviks
  11. Proletariat
  12. Ernesto, Argentina
  13. Highgate Cemetery, North London
  14. The Militant Tendency, or Militant
  15. Fulgencio Batista
  16. Leon Trotsky
  17. Pablo (Michael Pablo)