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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 first televised beheading?
(a) 2004.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2006.
(d) 2007.

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

3. In the Prologue, when did Frenchmen massacre dozens of Italian immigrant labourers?
(a) 1892
(b) 1893.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1895

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

5. How many people did Anders Behring Breivik kill in Norway in 2011?
(a) About 150.
(b) 175.
(c) 235.
(d) Nearly 200.

Short Answer Questions

1. As stated in the Prologue, where did Rimbaud go gun-running?

2. When did Santayana die?

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

4. When did Voltaire become court philosopher to Frederick of Prussia?

5. When did Marx and Engels write The Communist Manifesto?

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