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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) 1743.
(c) 1719.
(d) 1698.

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

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

4. In the Prologue, what did Karl Mannheim say that people were waiting for?
(a) Savior.
(b) Messiah.
(c) Retirement.
(d) Money.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was The Futurist Manifesto produced?

2. To what book did Hannah Arendt write a preface in 1950?

3. As stated in "Clearing a Space," when did democracy come into vogue?

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

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

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