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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Loving Oneself Through Others: Progress and Its Contradictions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the Declaration of the Rights of Man written?
(a) 1789.
(b) 1791.
(c) 1786.
(d) 1774.

2. How many children did Rousseau have with a near-illiterate seamstress?
(a) 5.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

3. When did D'Annunzio's occupation end?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1922.

4. As stated in the Prologue, how many European young men went to South America to fight for poorly understood causes?
(a) Hundreds.
(b) Thousands.
(c) 330.
(d) 580.

5. Who did Rousseau disagree with most violently?
(a) Kant.
(b) Hume.
(c) Voltaire.
(d) Diderot.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who envisioned an open global system of trade powered by envy and admiration of the wealthy?

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

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

4. When was Rousseau born?

5. 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)?

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