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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When did Tocqueville speak before the French Chamber of Deputies regarding the speed that the globe was unifying?
2. What American theologian mocked fanatics of Western civilization?
3. According to the Prologue, how long before the word "jihad" entered the common language did German and Italian nationalists call for a "holy war" (11)?
4. In what publication did Voltaire praise the globetrotting merchant?
5. According to the Prologue, who prepared the way for neo-traditionalist backlashes to the bourgeoisie?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "Clearing a Space," what has happened because of the belief systems and institutions that Britain, France, and the United States initiated and advanced?
2. In the Prologue, what was the ideological orthodoxy after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989?
3. In the Prologue, what did Mikhail Bakunin say about the revolutionist?
4. In "Loving Oneself Through Others," what was Montaigne's impression of moneymaking, and how did that idea change in the 18th century?
5. In the Prologue, what mystery did Emile Durkheim struggle with in his book from 1897?
6. In "Clearing a Space," what was the belief regarding historical inevitability in Europe in the 19th century?
7. In the Prologue, who was Gabriele D'Annunzio, and what was he know for?
8. In October of 1749, where was Diderot and why was he there?
9. In "Clearing a Space," what was the purpose of history and how did it become sanitized?
10. At the end of the Prologue, what does the author believe is a measure of the global civil war taking place?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
There are different influences that cause violence. What are some difference mediums that can incite violence? How do modern influences in literature, technology and other mediums incite violence? What is revealed about various ways that violence is caused and how modernism increases violence?
Essay Topic 2
Global capitalism sets up expectations of what life will be like, especially for the downtrodden. What do people expect when capitalism is implemented? What mismatch is there between expectations and reality? Why are people disappointed at the results of capitalism? How does this create tendencies for violence? What is revealed about the results of global capitalism because of the mismatch between what people expect from life and the speed in which life changes?
Essay Topic 3
Ghandi was assassinated by a Hindu nationalist. What was the goal of Hindu nationalists? How did Ghandi oppose those goals? What is revealed about nationalism in India through Ghandi’s assassination?
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