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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. When did Dostoyevsky attend a conference of exiled radicals in Geneva?
(a) 1861.
(b) 1863.
(c) 1864.
(d) 1862.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Italy sign the Triple Aliiance with German and Austria?

2. Who wrote a narrative poem about the statue of Peter the Great?

3. When did Georg Forster died?

4. When did Conrad write Heart of Darkness?

5. Where did Ataturk defeat Allied forces?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Finding True Freedom and Equality," how did McVeigh feel about the people he killed in Iraq?

2. In "Regaining My Religion: I Nationalism Unbound," why were Germans impatient for their country to become a new society in the 18th century?

3. In "Losing My Religion," what ideas about the unenlightened Oriental can be traced back to Montesquieu?

4. In "Finding True Freedom and Equality," what does Mishra argue that ISIS owes its existence to?

5. In "Finding True Freedom and Equality," what was Herzen's plan as he wrote to his son?

6. In "Finding True Freedom and Equality," who was Ramzi Ahmed Yousef?

7. In "Finding True Freedom and Equality," what was the first large-scale attack by a "domestic" (275) terrorist in the United States?

8. In "Losing My Religion," what is the clash of civilizations theory?

9. In "Losing My Religion," what did some argue about the suitability of the Western model of development for their countries?

10. In "Losing My Religion," why did Hitler admire Ataturk?

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