1a: RIGHT! Please skip to the next question

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1b: We will get around to discussing fixed capital in the next module. Please look for a better answer, or just try another answer

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1c: Subjectively, you may be right. But we couldn't build much science on subjective evaluations. Please look for a better answer, or just try another answer

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1d: Surplus labor produces surplus value, but they aren't two different parts of a work week. Please look for a better answer, or just try another answer

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2a: RIGHT! s/v = 3/2=1.5. 1.5 X 100 = 150%. Please skip to the next question

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2b: You might have gotten 120% by dividing 5/4, but that's not surplus/variable. Please look for a better answer, or just try another answer

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2c: You might have gotten 20% by dividing (3-2)/5, but that's not surplus/variable. Please look for a better answer, or just try another answer

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2d: You might have gotten 40% by dividing 2/5, but that's not surplus/variable. Please look for a better answer, or just try another answer

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3a: RIGHT! Please skip to the next question

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3b. Don't give the bosses so much credit! Please look for a better answer, or just try another answer

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3c. Actually, the bosses are always scrambling to outdo one another. Please look for a better answer, or just try another answer

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3d: This is might be what he would tell a worker who asked. Please look for a better answer, or just try another answer

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Yes, but that's not all! Please look for a better answer, or just try another answer

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4e. RIGHT! Please skip to the next question

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5a: "Perfection" is an idealistic kind of answer, not a material one. That module on materilism in the ABC's of Marxism is absolutely critical to understanding anything else. Please look for a better answer, or just try another answer

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5b. Maybe the ivory-tower professors are struggling over humanistic goals, but not the ruling class and the oppressed classes. Please look for a better answer, or just try another answer

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5c: RIGHT! Thanks for doing this little educational module. Your feedback is important if we're going to get better at this!

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5d: Actually, harmony among all peoples makes a really good long-term communist goal. But it's not what the ruling classes fight the oppressed classes over. Please look for a better answer, or just try another answer

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