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