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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. At stated in "Clearing a Space," when did the Soviet Union implode?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1989.

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

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

4. Where did Alexis de Tocqueville wish to create a French Empire?
(a) Ghana.
(b) Libya.
(c) North Africa.
(d) South Africa.

5. What Swiss-French writer pointed out Napoleon's seduction?
(a) Spitteler.
(b) Giorgio Orelli.
(c) Bichsel.
(d) Madame de Stael.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many people were massacred at a rock concert, bars, and restaurants in Paris in 2015?

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

4. What country originated "Arab Spring" (5)?

5. When was there a financial crisis in Asia?

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