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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Finding True Freedom and Equality: The Heritage of Nihilism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who were Rosseau's most famous disciples?
(a) Robespierre and Marat.
(b) Louis the XVI and Napoleon.
(c) The Jacobins and German Romantics.
(d) Louis de Saint-Just and Marie Antoinette.

2. In "Clearing a Space," when was My Age, My Beast written?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1918.

3. From where did a company that Voltaire joined imported grain from?
(a) Tunisia.
(b) Turkey.
(c) North Africa.
(d) Russia.

4. At what age did ISIS stipulate that Muslim girls marry and live in total seclusion?
(a) 9 to 17.
(b) 8 to 16.
(c) 8 to 18.
(d) 14 to 19.

5. When was The Adventures of Telemachus published?
(a) 1686.
(b) 1704.
(c) 1701.
(d) 1699.

Short Answer Questions

1. When in the 19th century did French troops occupy Berlin?

2. In the Prologue, what did Karl Mannheim say that people were waiting for?

3. When did James Macpherson publish ancient Gaelic poetry he said he discovered in Scotland?

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

5. In 2014 in The Economist, how long was it said that it would take most of the human population to catch up with the West?

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