Chapter 9

Question 1

Marxism argues that capitalism is an irrelevant way of thinking about the world.
True
False

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Marx himself provided little in terms of a theoretical analysis of international relations.
True
False

Answer 2

True

Question 3

A key element of Marxist thought is the non-material conception of history.

a. True
b. False

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Gramsci suggests that Marxists should take superstructural conceptions seriously
True
False

Answer 4

True

Question 5

As opposed to Gramscians, critical theorists have involved themselves with questions concerning
international society and security.
True
False

Answer 5

True

Question 6

The vast Bulk of Marx’s theoratical efforts consisted of a painstaking analysis of capitalism as a

a. world economic system.
b. mode of production.
c. theory of hegemony.
d. tool of eman

Answer 6

b. mode of production.

Question 7

07) The scholar who deals with globalization theory is
a. Rosenberg
b. Waltz
c. Marz
d. Gramsci

Answer 7

a. Rosenberg

Question 8

08) The Marxist approach is often known as:
a. communist theory.
b. imperialist doctrine.
c. historical materialism.
d. the base-superstructure model.

Answer 8

c. historical materialism.

Question 9

09) Modern Marxist analyses of international relations aim to reveal the hidden workings of:
a. the relations of production.
b. the means of production.
c. the superstructure
d. global capitalism

Answer 9

d. global capitalism

Question 10

10) According to Marx, the central dynamic to be understood is the tension between the means of
production and relations of production that together form:
a. the economic base of a given society.
b. capitalism.
c. the mode of production.
d. the political system of a given society.

Answer 10

a. the economic base of a given society.

Question 11

In the Communist Manifesto Marx and Engels famously argued that' the history of all hitherto existing
societies is the history of:
a. war and peace'.
b. class struggle
c. survival'.
d. ideas'.

Answer 11

b. class struggle

Question 12

12) Marx was committed to the cause of which of the following?
a. Communism.
b. The ‘global South’.
c. Emancipation.
d. The proletariat.

Answer 12

c. Emancipation.

Question 13

According to Gramsci, the mutually reinforcing and reciprocal relationships between the socio-economic
relations and political and cultural practices that together underpin a given order is known as which of the
following?
a. Hegemonic order.
b. World system.
c. Mode of production.
d. Historic bloc.

Answer 13

d. Historic bloc.

Question 14

According to this chapter, the adoption of neo-liberal policies is the result or an example of:

a. the effect of capitalism
b. American hegemonic power
c. the core-periphery distinction
d. the theory of contradictions

Answer 14

b. American hegemonic power

Question 15

5) The main body of Critical Theory has emerged from which school of international relations?
a. The Frankfurt School
b. The Italian School
c. The English School
d. The Oxford University School

Answer 15

a. The Frankfurt School