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

2. What color uniform did Gabriele D'Annunzio design?
(a) Khaki.
(b) Blue.
(c) Black.
(d) Green.

3. When were their ethnic cleansings in the Balkans and Rwanda?
(a) 1986.
(b) Around 1994.
(c) 1991.
(d) Soon after 1989.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At what age did ISIS stipulate that Muslim girls marry and live in total seclusion?

3. What was Voltaire's father's occupation?

4. How many people did Anders Behring Breivik kill in Norway in 2011?

5. When did Timothy McVeigh kill 168 Americans in Oklahoma City?

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