/SPRING 2018 – FINAL EXAM
Answer the questions below in three separate essays. Use lectures and the assigned readings (textbook and primary sources) to craft your responses. Do NOT use outside sources. You will not receive credit if you resort to outside sources, even if you cite them.
- SHORT ESSAY TWO: Briefly compare and contrast the definitions of the state provided by Lenin in The State and Revolution and Mussolini in Doctrine of Fascism. How are socialist and fascist states different from the liberal state, and why do both authors reject capitalism and democracy?
Essay Format
The essays should be typed, 12 point font, double-spaced, 1 inch margins all around. Your name should appear on all pages. A title page is not needed.
You will submit both a hard copy to me and an electronic version to Turnitin.com. Further instructions will be given in class. Please note that I will not grade any exam that has not been submitted to Turnitin.com.
Guidelines
Please read the guidelines below before you start writing your exam. The issues listed under each essay will be used as grading criteria for the content section.
- SHORT ESSAY TWO. Your essay should indicate an understanding of the following concepts: Lenin’s “dictatorship of the proletariat;” Mussolini’s “the state creates the nation;” liberalism; capitalism; democracy.
Suggested max. length: 2 pages
