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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Adam Mickiewicz arrive in Istanbul?
(a) 1855.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1857.
(d) 1854.

2. When was McVeigh executed for his crimes?
(a) 1998.
(b) 2002.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1999.

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

4. When in the 19th century did French troops occupy Berlin?
(a) 1839.
(b) 1822.
(c) 1807.
(d) 1819.

5. When was the referendum on Brexit held?
(a) June 2016.
(b) April 2014.
(c) May 2015.
(d) July 2017.

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

7. Where did Dylann Roof killed nine people in 2015?
(a) Restaurant.
(b) Church.
(c) School.
(d) Post office.

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

9. When did the movement the People's Will assassinate Alexander II?
(a) 1880.
(b) 1882.
(c) 1881.
(d) 1883.

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

11. How many states were in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation?
(a) 300.
(b) 325.
(c) 275.
(d) 350.

12. 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) 2 or 3 decades.
(b) 4 or 5 decades.
(c) 60 years.
(d) 20 years.

13. Since when had the Ottoman Empire offered refuge to Polish exiles?
(a) 1746.
(b) Early-18th century.
(c) 1793.
(d) Late-18th century.

14. When did Gandhi write his first eulogy to Mazzini?
(a) 1904.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1906.
(d) 1907.

15. Where did Ataturk defeat Allied forces?
(a) Egypt.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Iran.
(d) Iraq.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Nirad C. Chaudhuri an influential commentator on India?

2. When was Gandhi shot?

3. What Mexican revolutionary did Paz write about in the late 1940s?

4. When did Gandhi write Hind Swanaj?

5. When did Asia and Africa begin large-scale emulation of Western ideas?

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