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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue: Finding Reality.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the American CIA and British M16 conspire to give the Shah total authority in Iran?
(a) 1948.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1951.

2. When did Bakunin and Wagner flee the failed revolution in Dresden?
(a) 1849.
(b) 1850.
(c) 1848.
(d) 1851.

3. When was a United Nations document published that said "rapid economic progress is impossible without painful adjustments" (118)?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1951.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1947.

4. When did Max Stirner write that individuals could not bear to be considered a small part of society?
(a) 1839.
(b) 1836.
(c) 1842.
(d) 1849.

5. In "Epilogue: Finding Reality," how many young men does Mishra say are between the age of 15 and 30?
(a) 1.8 billion.
(b) 1.7 billion.
(c) 1.1 billion.
(d) 1.4 billion.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Prologue, what town did an Italian poet occupy with Italian mutineers?

2. At stated in "Losing My Religion," by when did civilization become synonymous with progress through the "triumph of the will" (132)?

3. What was the occupation of Rousseau's father?

4. When did Henry David Thoreau write the quote in "Epilogue: Finding Reality"?

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

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