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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Gandhi when he died?
(a) 78.
(b) 86.
(c) 74.
(d) 81.

2. How long had Bakunin been dead when Alexander II was assassinated?
(a) 18 months.
(b) 11 months.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 8 years.

3. At stated in "Losing My Religion," by when did civilization become synonymous with progress through the "triumph of the will" (132)?
(a) Early-19th century.
(b) Late-18th century.
(c) Late-19th century.
(d) Early-20th century.

4. Where was Adam Mickiewicz born?
(a) Poland.
(b) Albania.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Lithuania.

5. When did Timothy McVeigh write that the "American Dream" (278) has all but disappeared?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1992.

6. What was the first country where autocrats tried modernity?
(a) Russia.
(b) Iran.
(c) Iraq.
(d) Turkey.

7. How many Iraqis did McVeigh kill in cold blood during his time in the military?
(a) 9.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 11.

8. What language was The Blind Owl written in?
(a) Egyptian.
(b) French.
(c) Persian.
(d) Turkish.

9. When did McEwan write Amsterdam?
(a) 1998.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1981.

10. When did Napoleon die?
(a) 1821.
(b) 1820.
(c) 1818.
(d) 1819.

11. Where does "Regaining My Religion: I Nationalism Undound" describe a Louis Vuitton store being opened?
(a) South Africa.
(b) Borneo.
(c) Philippines.
(d) India.

12. How early did Tocqueville warn Algerian compatriots not to get rid of the country's philanthropic and educational systems?
(a) 1861.
(b) 1859.
(c) 1833.
(d) 1847.

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

14. When did Errico Malatesta, an Italian, join Egyptian nationalists in a revolt against British imperialists?
(a) 1881.
(b) 1882.
(c) 1883.
(d) 1880.

15. How old was Herder when he went to be a pastor in Riga?
(a) 50s.
(b) 40s.
(c) 20s.
(d) 30s.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Italian laborers emigrated between 1870 and 1914?

2. How many Iraqis were killed in 1990?

3. When did King Umberto I of Italy survive an attempt on his life made by an anarchist?

4. When was the attack against Brussels that was written about in Charlie Hebdo?

5. When was a United Nations document published that said "rapid economic progress is impossible without painful adjustments" (118)?

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