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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many lives were said to have been lost in building Western city on the banks of the Neva?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 215,000.
(c) 55,000.
(d) 25,000.

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

3. Who wrote a narrative poem about the statue of Peter the Great?
(a) Andreev.
(b) Dmitriev.
(c) Barkov.
(d) Pushkin.

4. Who became the biggest consumers of French wines?
(a) Vietnamese.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Italians.
(d) Germans.

5. When did Conrad write Heart of Darkness?
(a) 1897.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1891.
(d) 1898.

6. When did King Umberto I of Italy survive an attempt on his life made by an anarchist?
(a) 1881.
(b) 1880.
(c) 1879.
(d) 1878.

7. As stated in "Losing My Religion," how long did the postcolonial world have to create the political and economic developments that took more than a century to develop in Europe and America?
(a) 4 or 5 decades.
(b) 20 years.
(c) 60 years.
(d) 2 or 3 decades.

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

9. How many Italian laborers emigrated between 1870 and 1914?
(a) 5 million.
(b) 10 million.
(c) 2 million.
(d) 14 million.

10. When did revolution break out across Europe?
(a) 1853.
(b) 1848.
(c) 1821.
(d) 1839.

11. What religion does Mishra say is taking over India?
(a) Hinduism.
(b) Janism.
(c) Buddhism.
(d) Sikhism.

12. When was the liberal catchword "Bildung" (186)?
(a) 1780s.
(b) 1770s.
(c) 1760s.
(d) 1790s.

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

14. When did Italy sign the Triple Aliiance with German and Austria?
(a) 1883.
(b) 1884.
(c) 1882.
(d) 1881.

15. Where is the novel Indian Summer by Stifter set?
(a) Russia.
(b) Germany.
(c) United States.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did a bomb planted by Sikh militants bring down a Boeing 747 traveling from Montreal to Delhi?

2. How old was Gandhi when he died?

3. When did Byron speak of Italian longing or independence?

4. When did the movement the People's Will assassinate Alexander II?

5. When was Gandhi shot?

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