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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Prologue: Forgotten Conjunctures.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Prologue, what town did an Italian poet occupy with Italian mutineers?
(a) Otranto.
(b) Barletta.
(c) Fiume.
(d) Trieste.

2. How many people were massacred at a rock concert, bars, and restaurants in Paris in 2015?
(a) 89.
(b) 115.
(c) About 150.
(d) Nearly 200.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As stated in the Prologue, how many European young men went to South America to fight for poorly understood causes?

2. Where did Alexis de Tocqueville wish to create a French Empire?

3. When did D'Annunzio's occupation end?

4. When did D'Annunzio die?

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

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