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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. As stated in "Clearing a Space," until when did a "revealed religion" dominate Europe?
(a) 19th century.
(b) 16th century.
(c) 18th century.
(d) 17th century.

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

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

4. When was the tract Le Philosophe, which was reissued by Voltaire, originally issued?
(a) 1683.
(b) 1719.
(c) 1743.
(d) 1698.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When did D'Annunzio die?

4. In the Prologue, what town did an Italian poet occupy with Italian mutineers?

5. In the Prologue, how many Italian mutineers helped an Italian poet occupy a town?

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