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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color uniform did Gabriele D'Annunzio design?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Black.
(d) Khaki.

2. When did D'Annunzio die?
(a) 1940.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1939.

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

4. How many people were massacred at a rock concert, bars, and restaurants in Paris in 2015?
(a) Nearly 200.
(b) 89.
(c) About 150.
(d) 115.

5. What was the occupation of Rousseau's father?
(a) Watchmaker.
(b) Blacksmith.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Grocer.

6. When were their ethnic cleansings in the Balkans and Rwanda?
(a) 1991.
(b) Soon after 1989.
(c) 1986.
(d) Around 1994.

7. How many articles did Rousseau contribute to the Encyclopedia?
(a) 415.
(b) 375.
(c) Nearly 400.
(d) About 350.

8. What was philosopher and theologian Herder's nationality?
(a) French.
(b) German.
(c) Spanish.
(d) English.

9. When was The Post-American World written?
(a) 2008.
(b) 2009.
(c) 2011.
(d) 2010.

10. Where did Alexis de Tocqueville wish to create a French Empire?
(a) Libya.
(b) Ghana.
(c) South Africa.
(d) North Africa.

11. When did Timothy McVeigh kill 168 Americans in Oklahoma City?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1994.

12. 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)?
(a) 120 years.
(b) About 90 years.
(c) More than a century.
(d) 70 years.

13. In the Prologue, what town did an Italian poet occupy with Italian mutineers?
(a) Fiume.
(b) Trieste.
(c) Barletta.
(d) Otranto.

14. What was Voltaire's father's occupation?
(a) Tax collector.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Ship's captain.
(d) Merchant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Rousseau born?

2. When did Diderot write Supplement to the Voyage of Bougainville?

3. When did Rousseau inaugurate the modern revolt against modernity?

4. In what publication did Voltaire praise the globetrotting merchant?

5. How many children did Rousseau have with a near-illiterate seamstress?

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