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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As stated in "Clearing a Space," when did democracy come into vogue?
(a) 1833.
(b) About 1820.
(c) Around 1830.
(d) 1829.

3. When did Johann Gottlieb insist on a planned and self-sufficient economy?
(a) 1800.
(b) 1793.
(c) 1822
(d) 1814.

4. When was there a financial crisis in Asia?
(a) 1997.
(b) 1999.
(c) 1996.
(d) 1995.

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

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

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

8. When did Tocqueville speak before the French Chamber of Deputies regarding the speed that the globe was unifying?
(a) 1843.
(b) 1840.
(c) 1837.
(d) 1836.

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

10. As stated in "Clearing a Space," until when did a "revealed religion" dominate Europe?
(a) 18th century.
(b) 19th century.
(c) 17th century.
(d) 16th century.

11. What assassinated American president did the narrator say was murdered by anarchists and nihilists?
(a) William McKinley.
(b) James Garfield.
(c) Abraham Lincoln.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

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

13. When did Santayana die?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1951.

14. In the Prologue, when did Frenchmen massacre dozens of Italian immigrant labourers?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1892
(c) 1893.
(d) 1895

15. What was the last book Rousseau wrote, which was never finished?
(a) Constitutional Project for Corsica.
(b) Narcissus, or The Self-Admirer: A Comedy.
(c) Essay on the Origin of Languages.
(d) Reveries of a Solitary Walker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was philosopher and theologian Herder's nationality?

2. When was the tract Le Philosophe, which was reissued by Voltaire, originally issued?

3. What Catholic monarchist disliked Voltaire and Rousseau?

4. When was The Adventures of Telemachus published?

5. When was Voltaire born?

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