1,If Karl Marx were alive to see the recent U.S. government shutdown he would most likely see it as

   a. an attempted seizure of power by the representatives of the most reactionary sectors of the capitalist class

   b. the beginnings of a socialist revolution

   c. an example of gridlock in government

  d. a struggle without meaning for either the working class or the capitalist class

2. Looking at the specific events of the coup, Marx would probably apply his famous dictum

    a. "workers of the world unite" against the tea party Republicans

     b." history repeats itself, but not exactly; the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce," from the

         tragedy of the oppositions acceptance and appeasement of the Reagan-Bush policies to the farce of

         this shutdown to nowhere.

     c. The Republicans today are a "spectre haunting" the United States

     d. The tea party Republicans stand for the principle of "from each according to his ability to each  

          according to his need"

3. In the past, attempts to prevent the implementation of legislation  resulted in

     a. South Carolina's attempt to "nullify" tariff legislation(1832)

      b. The slave states succession in an attempt to prevent anti-slavery legislation following Lincoln's

           election(1861)

       c. Richard Nixon's attempt to refuse to sign appropration bills to fund passed legislation(1972) which

          encouraged Congress to begin the Watergate investigation

     d. all of the above

4. The most positive aspect to emerge from the crisis was

     a. the postponement

     b. the debate over the debt ceiling

     b. the criticism of the Affordable Care Act

     d. the support of labor and peoples movement's for President Obama's refusal to concede anything to

        right Republicans

  5.  The  great danger to emerge from this crisis

        a.it will be followed by a military coup

        b. it will lead to a counter-coup by the Obama administration

        c. it will become a precedent to extort concessions on both pending and existing legislation unless

           the Republican right is not punished at the polls

       d,  It will lead to a down-grading of U.S. government bonds

Answers to last months post labor day IQ

1.c

2.c

3.b

4.c

5.b