This Week’s Marxist IQ by Norman Markowitz

1.       Marxists traditionally see the capitalist state as

a.       Standing above social classes

b.      The protector of democracy

c.       A state controlled in the last analysis by the capitalist class

d.      A dictatorship which must be smashed

2.       On the issue of rights and freedoms  Karl Marx distinguished between

a.       Property rights and human rights

b.      Formal or paper rights  and effective or implemented rights

c.       Freedom of speech and freedom of religion

d.      Rights and responsibilities

3.        In the Communist Manifesto, Marx and Engels called upon Communists to

a.       Participate in and advance the struggles for democracy

b.      Organize workers for armed revolution

c.       Support existing capitalist political parties that would enact reforms

d.      Go among workers preaching the Manifesto’s ideas

4.       After the civil war, Marx believed that the U.S. was one of the nation’s most likely to see the rise of a mass socialist workers movement because

a.       The U.S. had no large feudal classes and institutions in its history

b.      The defeat of the slaveholders and  the abolition of slavery removed the greatest obstacle to  working class unity

c.       The U.S. had more advanced democratic institutions then any other nation at the time

d.      All of the above

5.May is Asian –Pacific-American Heritage Month.  Which of the following Asians and Asian-Americans did not contribute to the workers and Communist movement in the U.S.

              a. Karl Yoneda

              b. Noriko Sawada

             c. Wendi Deng

            d. Sen Katayama

Last week's correct answers

1. c

2.c

3. b

4. d, as I see it  although here some would argue c( so don'take off  if you answered c)

5 b