Marxism Jeopardy

Marx Mania

100

Karl Marx was born in this European country.  

Germany

300

Karl Marx was raised under Protestantism along with this many siblings.   

Seven

500

Karl Marx received his doctorate in philosophy from this university.  

Jena

Colour Me Communist

100

Some texts support the status ___ while others subvert it.

Quo

300

The dissolution of this Marxist-Communist state was the last straw for popular Marxist beliefs.  

The Soviet Union

500

_______ critics examine whose interests a text serves and whether or not it promotes revolutionary consciousness.

Marxist

Decoding the Dialect

100

A term to describe the working class.

Proletariat

300

The class who holds the power (controls the wealth).

Bourgeoisie

500

One class dominating over others through the spread of cultural and ideological beliefs.  

Hegemony

Revolutionary Reads

100

Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels co-wrote and published this important historical text in 1848.  

The Communist Manifesto

300

Volume 1 of this series of texts, published in 1867, analyzed capitalism's impact on culture and society.  

Das Kapital

500

Terry Eagleton published this text in 1976, popularizing Marxist Literary Theory.  

Marxism and Literary Criticism