Das Kapital Quizzes

Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Das Kapital? Put your knowledge to the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. What does Marx call the elements of profit?


Commodities
Means of production
Moments
Lottery tickets
Q. According to Marx, what's the relationship between the economic structure of society and social, political, and intellectual life?


Economic structure is the foundation for social, political, and intellectual life
Social, political, and intellectual life is the foundation for economic structure
There is no relationship; the two are independent variables
I don't have time to answer this—I have to go to work
Q. What decides between equal rights, according to Mister Marx?


Force
The judicial system
Money
I give up
Q. In relation to the length of the working day, what does Marx say workers have to do in order to protect themselves?


Become capitalists themselves to negotiate favorable contracts
Cast magical spells to increase their armor class
Demand higher wages for additional time spent working
Work together as a class to compel the passing of protective laws
Q. What does Marx call the secret behind commodities?


If you go shopping on Friday, you can get shampoo on sale
The history of class struggle
The length of the working day
The determination of value by labor-time