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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. At what age did ISIS stipulate that Muslim girls marry and live in total seclusion?
(a) 14 to 19.
(b) 8 to 16.
(c) 8 to 18.
(d) 9 to 17.

2. How much did the suit cost that an Indian Hindu revivalist prime minister wore?
(a) $21,000.
(b) $8,500.
(c) $15,000.
(d) $7,500.

3. In the Prologue, when did Gabriele D'Annunzio support Italy's invasion of Libya?
(a) 1905.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1908.

4. When was a United Nations document published that said "rapid economic progress is impossible without painful adjustments" (118)?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1947.

5. Who said that the rich had a duty to never "make people conscious of inequalities of wealth" (83)?
(a) Abicht.
(b) Boulanger.
(c) Kant.
(d) Rousseau.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who or what was Voltaire's biggest foe?

2. 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)?

3. According to the Prologue, who prepared the way for neo-traditionalist backlashes to the bourgeoisie?

4. In the Prologue, when did Frenchmen massacre dozens of Italian immigrant labourers?

5. When was the first televised beheading?

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