Quiz: On the Jewish Question

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

1. 1. Whom does Marx call the “discoverers” of the rights of man?

   The North Americans and the French The Germans and Swiss The Greeks and the Romans of the Republic The English of 1688 and the Dutch
2. 2. How does Marx describe the character of the old society in one word?

   Theocracy Absolutism Feudality Barbarism
3. 3. What does Marx conclude from the strength of religion in the North American states?

   That Americans have a state church in all but name, in each state That America is not yet politically emancipated from its churches That religion will soon disappear there That religion does not contradict the completed state
4. 4. What did Thomas Münzer declare intolerable?

   That princes ruled the church in their own lands That the Bible was still read only in Latin by priests That all creatures had been turned into property That peasants paid tithes
5. 5. Where does Marx propose to look for “the secret of religion”?

   In the Talmud In the real, everyday Jew In the books of the Pentateuch In the history of the synagogue
6. 6. Which right does Marx show the revolutionaries violating in practice despite proclaiming it?

   Equality before the law Freedom of religion The right of property Freedom of the press
7. 7. To what figure does Hamilton compare the pious inhabitant of New England?

   Prometheus, chained to a lonely rock Sisyphus, rolling his stone uphill Midas, whose touch turned to gold Laocoön, throttled by serpents
8. 8. Which natural rights does Article 2 of the 1793 declaration list?

   Liberty, fraternity, equality, property Liberty, property, security, resistance to oppression Equality, liberty, security, property Life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, property
9. 9. What does Marx call “the last political form to recognize private property”?

   The census, a property qualification for voting and office The guild system The hereditary peerage and its seats in the upper house The land tax paid by the nobility
10. 10. In which country does Marx say the Jewish question is “a purely theological question”?

    England The United States Germany France