Monday, December 8, 2008

EXAM!!!

Today I have my Europe in Revolution exam and I turn in my final paper for Africa to 1800. I'm a little nervous about the exam as it makes me feel sort of sleepy looking at my study material. Let's just say that yesterday I had a few naps. Also, the exam study questions are insanely complex, for example:

"From 1848 to 1914, Europe's socialists sought to serve the political and economic interests of Europe's working class. Though socialists generally agreed on the economic and political goals that they hoped to reach for workers, various socialist groups developed different and even competing ideas, plans and programs to reach these goals. In an essay, discuss the factors that united adn divided two important socialist factions: the hard line adherents of Marxist revolutionalry socialism and the adherents of revisionism or reform socialism. What basic economic and political goals did both factions hope to achieve for the working class? How did the revolutionary (Marxist) socialists argue such goals would be realized? What concret plans and policies did they pursue to forward their cuase? (Please point to the revolutionary socialists in at least one nation to illustrate your points.) How did the reform socialists (reformists) argue that the economic and political goals or the working would be realized? What concrete plans and policies did they pursue to forward their cause? (Please point to the reform socialists in at least one nation to illustrate your points.) How would you account for the icy and often hostile relationship between the thinkers and followers of these two socialist movements?"

And that's just one of five diff. essays I could prepare for. Granted, I will only have to answer two, but you got to be ready to answer any of the five.

Sigh. Back to studying!

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