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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. What American theologian mocked fanatics of Western civilization?
(a) Asa McGray.
(b) Jon Meacham.
(c) David Low Dodge.
(d) Reinhold Niebuhr.

2. When did George Santayana leave the United States for Europe?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1911.

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

4. As stated in "Clearing a Space," what was the result of cutting the tie between a consciousness of the past to the present?
(a) Disregard for history.
(b) History for the masses.
(c) Loss of interest in history.
(d) Sanitized history.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was there a financial crisis in Asia?

3. When did the words "perfectibilite" and civilisation" (55) make their first appearance in a European language?

4. From where did volunteers come to join Fiume's carnival of militarism?

5. When was the Declaration of the Rights of Man written?

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