1a: One cannot accurately predict what will happen from the past, although it might help. Please read the essay or just choose another answer

1b: Maybe some foreigners understand more than Americans, maybe some understand less. Please read the essay or just choose another answer

1c: RIGHT! One cannot take historical lessons or lessons from another country and predict exactly what will happen in the here and now, but it would be stupid to ignore them if they might help guide us! Please skip to the next question

1d: As everything is moving, nothing is exact because it can't be isolated in time. Check out the lessons on change in the school. Please read the essay or just choose another answer

2a: RIGHT! What's fair to one isn't always fair to someone else. Please skip to the next question

2b: There is no perfect world, except inside the heads of idealists. Please read the essay or just choose another answer

2c: There is no perfect world, except inside the heads of idealists. Please read the essay or just choose another answer

2d: There is no perfect world, except inside the heads of idealists. Please read the essay or just choose another answer

2e: There is no perfect world, except inside the heads of idealists. Please read the essay or just choose another answer

3a: It's an old saw about the best man for the job. Just because something gets repeated a lot doesn't make it a good guide for action. Please read the essay or just choose another answer

3b: RIGHT! If you just "think of the class" you'll come out OK most of the time! Please skip to the next question

3c: This old argument about the "lesser evil" doesn't really answer any questions and is hardly a guide for action. Please read the essay or just choose another answer

3d: Just supporting the supposed winner is the height of opportunism. Please read the essay or just choose another answer

3e: Beware multiple-choice answers with the word "always" in them, especially if you are a serious materialist. Please read the essay or just choose another answer

4a: RIGHT! Just as there are always divisions in the working class, there are divisions in the ruling class, too. It's ridiculous to say that all capitalists are exactly equal and should be equally condemned. Workers may not get the choices that they want in capitalist elections, but they do get choices! Please skip to the next question

4b: There are some anti-capitalist canididates, even in elections that are generally capitalistic. Please read the essay or just choose another answer

4c: It's nice to think that some of the capitalist candidates are really anti-capitalist, but it's difficult to use it as a basis for decisions. Please read the essay or just choose another answer

4d: Elections certainly matter. Power moves in elections. Please read the essay or just choose another answer

5a: Ah, if only life were so simple! The truth is that serious activists have to make choices, big and little, day in and day out. Please read the essay or just choose another answer

5b: RIGHT! Just as the small quantitative changes add up to the big qualitative changes, our everyday activities affect the great turns of history. Thanks for running through this little lesson. Please use the feedback option so we can keep updating and correcting the Little School!

5c: I'm not really sure what either one of these phrases means. I just put them in there because, lots of time, people will pick an answer just because they saw it somewhere before. "All politics is local" is more of a slogan than an actual description of facts. Please read the essay or just choose another answer

5d: The essay argues that elections are important, but not that they are the MOST IMPORTANT arena of struggle. That's a tactical matter that has to be figured out in consideration of time and place, just like any other tactic. Please read the essay or just choose another answer