1 The first May Day demonstrations by labor and socialist organizations were scheduled for May 1,1890, to commemorate

a.       Adam Smith’s publication of the Wealth of Nations

b.      The French Revolution

c.       The Haymarket demonstrations and trial  in the U.S

d.      The birth of Karl Marx

2.  May Day was conceived of as a

     a. day of picnics and other celebrations

     b. a holiday for workers

     c.  a day to demonstrate for workers rights and legislation to advance the interests of the working class

    d. a day for the  representatives of business and labor to speak to each other about common interests

3. Karl Marx  distinguished himself from others who called themselves socialists in his lifetime because

a. he believed that socialism would be established through education under the leadership   of the professional middle classes

b. he believed that the working class and labor organizations would establish socialism through alliances with capitalist governments and parties.

c. he believed that the use of terms like socialism and communism would only frighten the working class

d.  He believed that the working class, composed of the overwhelming majority of people,  through developing class consciousness and class struggle would abolish capitalism and establish socialism, a system that would reflect its interests

4. Marx  used the term Communist to signify

    a. those who fight for the most advanced positions in all democratic and peoples struggles

b. those who point to the economic questions and interests behind political and social struggles

c. those who both fight for reforms to increase the security and influence of the working class while educating that reforms in themselves do not change capitalism or remove the necessity to fight for socialism

d. all of the above

5. Lenin in his lifetime separated himself from others who called themselves Marxists because

a. He saw the  huge concentration of capital and new technologies of the early 20^th century as advancing the decay and crisis of  capitalism through imperialism, not the basis for progress and reform

b. He saw the need for a revolutionary party, a party of both theory and practice to educate and organize working class struggle, not conventional parties that engaged in electoral campaigns and forged alliances with various organizations

c.  He saw need to create through revolution a new socialist state(power structure)  to replace rather than either take over or smash the existing  capitalist state(power structure)

d. all of the above

Answers to April's Marxist IQ

1. c(although I apologize because the line was truncated

2.c

3.d

4.d

5.b