Answer all the questions.  All questions count equally.  Turn in your answers to me (in my office or my department mailbox) in typed/printed/neatly handwritten form by 1:55 p.m. on Thursday, May 13.

Limit your answers to the word limits shown at the end of each question.  (Note:  one standard-format page is about 325 words.)  These limits are for your and my protection, so you won't feel driven to write a dissertation and I won't have to read one.  You need not reach the stated number of words in order to provide an excellent answer (or to get an excellent grade).  However, you will probably have to tighten your prose in order to get maximum effect out of the number of words permitted.

Follow this standard format.   The quality of your writing should meet these writing standards.

QUESTIONS

Answer all questions.  Each question counts equally.

I. The Amin reading:  In his analyses, Marx was always careful to look not just at the theoretical situation but also at the practical possibilities inherent in the concrete situation.  Thus he was not just concerned with the exploitation of the proletariat by the bourgeousie;  he was also as much concerned with the practical circumstances that made a proletarian revolt possible and even inevitable.  (One example of this was his analysis showing that the wages of the workers would decline until they had the choice of dying in a revolt or dying by starvation.)  The question for this exam is, "Concentrating on Chapters 6 and 7, what problem(s) does Amin see in the world, what solution(s) does he propose, and what concrete circumstance(s) does Amin see as affecting our ability to bring those solutions into existence?"  Please notice the word limit and so concentrate on the most important problems, solutions, and circumstances.  Note that this question does not require you to agree with Amin, just to lay out what he says.   [975 words max]

II. The Lerner and Raskin readings:  [Due to the outstanding performance on the part of the entire class throughout the semester, your grade on this question is an A.]

III. The course overall:  [Due to the outstanding performance on the part of the entire class throughout the semester, your grade on this question is an A.]

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