Quiz: Address of the Central Committee to the Communist League (March 1850)

10 questions drawn at random. Score 80% for a silver medal.

1. Why does the Central Committee want its emissary to leave at once? The League is about to be dissolved, and its members must be told before the police learn of it A new revolution is near, and the workers’ party must be organised and independent The emissary is wanted by the police in London and must leave England before he is arrested A congress of all German democrats has been called, and the League must send its delegates
2. What does the Address demand about arms? Arming of the whole proletariat at once, and no revival of the citizens’ militia That the citizens’ militia be revived and the workers enrolled in its ranks That arms be held only by the regular army, under the control of a new parliament That the workers give up their weapons once victory is won, as a pledge of good faith
3. Who issued the Address, and to whom? The Central Committee, to the Communist League The General Council, to the International Marx, to the Prussian government The Frankfurt Assembly, to the whole German people
4. What happened to Joseph Moll? He joined the democratic party and broke with the Central Committee in London He was arrested in Cologne and sentenced to prison for his part in the rising He emigrated to America after the defeat and never returned to the League He joined the Baden-Palatinate army and fell in the engagement on the Murg
5. What does the Address expect to hasten the coming German revolution? An English blockade of the Baltic ports A war between Austria and Prussia The direct victory of the workers in France A new Prussian constitution imposed by decree
6. Which of these is not one of the three elements the Address finds in the democratic party? The republican petty bourgeois The most advanced sections of the big bourgeoisie The democratic-constitutional petty bourgeois The industrial working class
7. In which two ways does the Address say the League proved itself in 1848–49? Its members fought in the front ranks, and its view of the movement proved right It raised large funds abroad and founded workers’ newspapers in every German state It won elections and passed laws It avoided all fighting and kept its members safe
8. What must be the workers’ battle-cry, according to the closing sentence? Liberty, Equality, Fraternity Bread and peace Workers of the world, unite The Revolution in Permanence
9. After the overthrow of the existing governments, what will the Central Committee do? Move to Germany and convene a congress to centralise the workers’ clubs Join the new government and take charge of a ministry of labour Remain in London and direct the German workers from abroad by letter Dissolve itself, since the workers will then be free to organise openly
10. Which emissary did the Central Committee send to Germany in the winter of 1848–49? Wilhelm Weitling Ferdinand Lassalle Joseph Moll Karl Schapper

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