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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Clearing a Space: History's Winners and Their Illusions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When were their ethnic cleansings in the Balkans and Rwanda?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1986.
(c) Soon after 1989.
(d) Around 1994.

2. When did Tocqueville speak before the French Chamber of Deputies regarding the speed that the globe was unifying?
(a) 1837.
(b) 1836.
(c) 1843.
(d) 1840.

3. At stated in "Clearing a Space," when did the Soviet Union implode?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1989.

4. In the Prologue, how many Italian mutineers helped an Italian poet occupy a town?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 1,500.
(c) 2,500.
(d) 2,000.

5. When did Voltaire become court philosopher to Frederick of Prussia?
(a) 1750.
(b) 1761.
(c) 1732.
(d) 1745.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Voltaire's father's occupation?

2. What assassinated American president did the narrator say was murdered by anarchists and nihilists?

3. When did Johann Gottlieb insist on a planned and self-sufficient economy?

4. When was The Post-American World written?

5. When was there a financial crisis in Asia?

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