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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. In the Prologue, when did an Italian poet occupy a town?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1916.
(c) 1917.
(d) 1918.

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

3. As stated in "Clearing a Space," what was the result of cutting the tie between a consciousness of the past to the present?
(a) Loss of interest in history.
(b) History for the masses.
(c) Sanitized history.
(d) Disregard for history.

4. When did Voltaire become court philosopher to Frederick of Prussia?
(a) 1750.
(b) 1761.
(c) 1732.
(d) 1745.

5. When was The Futurist Manifesto produced?
(a) 1903.
(b) 1911.
(c) 1909.
(d) 1907.

Short Answer Questions

1. As stated in "Clearing a Space, when did a switch to social welfarism occur?

2. What Swiss-French writer pointed out Napoleon's seduction?

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

4. When was the word "anti-Semitism" (20) first used?

5. What assassinated American president did the narrator say was murdered by anarchists and nihilists?

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