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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How old was Rousseau when his mother died?
(a) 11.
(b) 6.
(c) 10.
(d) 8.

3. To what book did Hannah Arendt write a preface in 1950?
(a) Crises of the Republic.
(b) The Human Condition.
(c) The Origins of Totalitarianism.
(d) The Life of the Mind.

4. According to the Prologue, who prepared the way for neo-traditionalist backlashes to the bourgeoisie?
(a) Rousseau.
(b) Dreyfus.
(c) Camus.
(d) Smith.

5. What was Rousseau's ideal society?
(a) Mycenaea.
(b) Chalcis.
(c) Eretria.
(d) Sparta.

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

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

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

9. What Swiss-French writer pointed out Napoleon's seduction?
(a) Giorgio Orelli.
(b) Madame de Stael.
(c) Bichsel.
(d) Spitteler.

10. When did the words "perfectibilite" and civilisation" (55) make their first appearance in a European language?
(a) 1730s.
(b) 1720s.
(c) 1740s.
(d) 1750s.

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

12. In the Prologue, what did Karl Mannheim say that people were waiting for?
(a) Savior.
(b) Money.
(c) Retirement.
(d) Messiah.

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

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

15. What country originated "Arab Spring" (5)?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Tunisia.
(c) Syria.
(d) Iraq.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Voltaire born?

2. In the Prologue, when did Gabriele D'Annunzio support Italy's invasion of Libya?

3. As stated in "Clearing a Space," when did democracy come into vogue?

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

5. From where did volunteers come to join Fiume's carnival of militarism?

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