A New Marxist IQ by Norman Markowitz

Here is a new Marxist IQ for today.  The correct answers to last week’s Marxist IQ are at the bottom of the page. 

1.        Karl Marx saw ancient Athens, hailed as

a.       The beginnings of peoples democracy

b.      The antithesis of Sparta

c.       An example of the slave mode of production

d.      The center for great philosophy

2.       While Barack Obama was the first American American elected President of the U.S the first African American to run on a national ticket for Vice President was

a.       Frederick Douglass for  the  Republican

b.      A. Philip Randolph for the Socialist Party

c.       James W. Ford for the Communist Party

d.      Adam Clayton Powell for the Democratic Party

3.       In traditional Marxist-Leninist theory , new developments like “Hedge Funds” are seen as

a.       Expressions of free market capitalism

b.      New forms of parasitic finance capital

c.       The work of stock market crooks

d.      A way to protect investors

4.       To contemporary Marxists, the working  class consists of

a.       Industrial workers producing surplus value

b.      All workers and poor peasants/farmers

c.       All blue and white collar workers , employed and self -employed

d.      All workers and employees on wages and salaries

5.       In the early years of the Great Depression Communists raised the slogan

a.       “the worse the better

b.      “Black and White, Unite and Fight”

c.       “Brother Can You Spare a Dime”

d.      “We’re in the Money”

Correct answers for last week's Iq

1.b

2.c

3.d

4.a

5.c