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