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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Finding True Freedom and Equality: The Heritage of Nihilism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Germany able to defeat France by military might?
(a) 1870.
(b) 1871.
(c) 1868.
(d) 1869.

2. What was Voltaire's father's occupation?
(a) Tax collector.
(b) Merchant.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Ship's captain.

3. When did King Umberto I of Italy survive an attempt on his life made by an anarchist?
(a) 1878.
(b) 1880.
(c) 1879.
(d) 1881.

4. At stated in "Losing My Religion," by when did civilization become synonymous with progress through the "triumph of the will" (132)?
(a) Late-19th century.
(b) Early-20th century.
(c) Early-19th century.
(d) Late-18th century.

5. When did al-Suri drop out of university to join a radical group?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1980.
(d) 1981.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did McEwan write Amsterdam?

3. When did Gandhi write Hind Swanaj?

4. When was the attack against Brussels that was written about in Charlie Hebdo?

5. When did Tocqueville speak before the French Chamber of Deputies regarding the speed that the globe was unifying?

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