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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. In "Clearing a Space," when was My Age, My Beast written?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1915.
(d) 1918.

2. What country originated "Arab Spring" (5)?
(a) Tunisia.
(b) Iraq.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Syria.

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

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

5. 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)?
(a) More than a century.
(b) About 90 years.
(c) 120 years.
(d) 70 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 2014 in The Economist, how long was it said that it would take most of the human population to catch up with the West?

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

3. What color uniform did Gabriele D'Annunzio design?

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

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

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