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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Losing My Religion: Islam, Secularism and Revolution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the Declaration of the Rights of Man written?
(a) 1791.
(b) 1789.
(c) 1774.
(d) 1786.

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

3. As stated in the Prologue, where did Rimbaud go gun-running?
(a) Tunisia.
(b) Java.
(c) Indonesia.
(d) Ethiopia.

4. As stated in "Clearing a Space, when did a switch to social welfarism occur?
(a) 1948.
(b) In the 1950s.
(c) After 1945.
(d) 1953.

5. Who admired the way that Ataturk mobilized and regenerated resources lost by a country?
(a) Hitler.
(b) Mussolini.
(c) Churchill.
(d) Roosevelt.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was The Adventures of Telemachus published?

2. What was the last book Rousseau wrote, which was never finished?

3. According to the Prologue, how long before the word "jihad" entered the common language did German and Italian nationalists call for a "holy war" (11)?

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

5. When did the Rabindranath Tagore tour the United States?

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