Q 01/05

With whom did Karl Marx co-write The Communist Manifesto in 1848?

A) Friedrich Engels

B) Ludwig Feuerbach

C) Vladimir Lenin

D) Mikhail Bakunin

Answer · why

A) Friedrich Engels

The two met in a Paris café in August 1844 and stayed collaborators for life.

Q 02/05

What is the title of Marx's multi-volume critique of political economy, his magnum opus?

A) The German Ideology

B) Grundrisse

C) Das Kapital

D) The Holy Family

Answer · why

C) Das Kapital

Only the first volume appeared in his lifetime; Engels edited the other two from his manuscripts.

Q 03/05

In which city was Marx born in 1818?

A) Bonn

B) Berlin

C) Trier

D) Cologne

Answer · why

C) Trier

The house on Brückengasse is now a museum; the family also owned Moselle vineyards.

Q 04/05

Marx's mother came from a Dutch Jewish family that later founded which famous company?

A) Heineken brewing

B) Royal Dutch Shell

C) Philips Electronics

D) Unilever foods

Answer · why

C) Philips Electronics

Her sister married Lion Philips, grandmother of Gerard and Anton Philips; Karl often borrowed money from Lion in his years of exile.

Q 05/05

Why did Marx's father Heinrich convert from Judaism to Christianity?

A) To inherit a vineyard

B) To marry a Christian

C) He had a religious conversion

D) To keep his career as a lawyer

Answer · why

D) To keep his career as a lawyer

Prussia had abrogated Jewish emancipation after annexing the Rhineland in 1815; Karl was baptised a Lutheran in 1824.