For Marx by Louis Althusser - Test
  • 1. Which term describes the processes through which ideology shapes individuals?
A) Reification
B) Alienation
C) Class struggle
D) Interpellation
  • 2. What does Althusser argue about the function of ideology?
A) It is merely a reflection of material reality
B) It leads to class consciousness
C) It serves to reproduce the conditions of production
D) It is inherently false
  • 3. Althusser believes that Marx's work can be understood as a...
A) Support for individual agency
B) Break from humanism
C) Continuation of classical liberal thought
D) Rejection of historical materialism
  • 4. Althusser's view on Marx's contributions emphasizes...
A) A focus on moral philosophies
B) A return to structuralism in analysis
C) The supremacy of individual action
D) The importance of biography in Marx's work
  • 5. Where does Althusser believe the revolutionary potential lies?
A) In the purity of Marxist doctrine
B) In the unity of the proletariat
C) In idealist philosophy
D) In the contradictions of capitalism
  • 6. Which text highlights the distinction between 'scientific' and 'philosophical' socialism?
A) The German Ideology
B) The Communist Manifesto
C) For Marx
D) Capital
  • 7. What does Althusser identify as a significant break in Marx's thought?
A) From idealism to a focus on production
B) From communalism to socialism
C) From feudalism to capitalism
D) From capitalism to communism
  • 8. In Althusserian theory, 'the ISAs' refers to...
A) Industrial Social Associations
B) Ideological State Apparatuses
C) International State Agreements
D) Institutional State Authorities
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