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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. What Swiss-French writer pointed out Napoleon's seduction?
(a) Giorgio Orelli.
(b) Spitteler.
(c) Madame de Stael.
(d) Bichsel.

2. When was The Futurist Manifesto produced?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1909.
(c) 1903.
(d) 1907.

3. When was there a financial crisis in Asia?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1997.
(d) 1999.

4. How many people were massacred at a rock concert, bars, and restaurants in Paris in 2015?
(a) 115.
(b) Nearly 200.
(c) 89.
(d) About 150.

5. From where did volunteers come to join Fiume's carnival of militarism?
(a) United States, Egpyt, and Liberia.
(b) Monaco, South Africa, and Portugal.
(c) France, Germany, and Sweden.
(d) Ireland, India, and Egypt.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the tract Le Philosophe, which was reissued by Voltaire, originally issued?

2. When was The Post-American World written?

3. As stated in the Prologue, where did Rimbaud go gun-running?

4. When did George Santayana leave the United States for Europe?

5. When did Timothy McVeigh kill 168 Americans in Oklahoma City?

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