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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 D'Annunzio die?
2. In the Prologue, when did Gabriele D'Annunzio support Italy's invasion of Libya?
3. In 2014 in The Economist, how long was it said that it would take most of the human population to catch up with the West?
4. When did Montesquieu writing The Spirt of the Laws?
5. When did George Santayana leave the United States for Europe?
Short Essay Questions
1. In the Prologue during the first half of the 20th century, who embraced the theories of Social Darwinism?
2. In "Loving Onself Through Others," how is Rosseau's history of the human heart still playing itself out?
3. In the Prologue, who was Gabriele D'Annunzio, and what was he know for?
4. In "Clearing a Space," what was the belief regarding historical inevitability in Europe in the 19th century?
5. In the Prologue, what was the ideological orthodoxy after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989?
6. In "Clearing a Space," what has happened because of the belief systems and institutions that Britain, France, and the United States initiated and advanced?
7. In "Clearing a Space," what did Fukuyama and Zakaria have to say about Western civilization and world development?
8. In "Clearing a Space," who did Reinhold Niebuhr mock?
9. In "Loving Oneself Through Others," why did Rousseau become an outsider?
10. In the Prologue, what was the attitude and thought about the world after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Germans were some of the first to embrace nationalism. Why did German thinkers and artist reject French civilization? What did they embrace instead? What is revealed about nationalism through German nationalists?
Essay Topic 2
The author makes a connection Islamic terror and between the French Revolution and religious fundamentalism in the Atlantic West. What does the author want readers to remember from history? Why is it important to remember the French revolution, its influence, and its reign of terror? What should be remembered about religious fundamentalism in the past? In what way is the violence of today a result of the French revolution and religious fundamentalism?
Essay Topic 3
The tragedy of 9/11 made people wonder how individuals could be opposed to modernity. What does Mishra have to say about Islam versus the West? How did 9/11 increase the conflict? What is thought about people who oppose modernity? How has modernity not taken root in traditional and backward Muslim countries? How has this caused a clash between Islam and the West? What is revealed about opposition to modernity through this clash?
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