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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 was Germany able to defeat France by military might?

2. When was the word "anti-Semitism" (20) first used?

3. When did Marx and Engels write The Communist Manifesto?

4. When did D'Annunzio die?

5. In the Prologue, when did Gabriele D'Annunzio support Italy's invasion of Libya?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Loving Onself Through Others," how is Rosseau's history of the human heart still playing itself out?

2. In "Clearing a Space," what became the universalist creed and what was seen as a marker of progress?

3. At the end of the Prologue, what does the author believe is a measure of the global civil war taking place?

4. In "Clearing a Space," what is modernity?

5. In "Clearing a Space," what did Fukuyama and Zakaria have to say about Western civilization and world development?

6. In the Prologue, what did Mikhail Bakunin say about the revolutionist?

7. In the Prologue, who was Gabriele D'Annunzio, and what was he know for?

8. In "Loving Oneself Through Others," what was Montaigne's impression of moneymaking, and how did that idea change in the 18th century?

9. In the Prologue what are many themes of the global unrest that the author has seen?

10. In "Clearing a Space," what was the belief regarding historical inevitability in Europe in the 19th century?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The word “philosophes” was a French word for philosopher. How did philosophes view themselves and their abilities? How did their role change in the time period before and after Voltaire? What was the role of the philosophe in society?

Essay Topic 2

Mishra connects Timothy McVeigh and his actions to the concept of “ressentiment” (276). Why was it surprising when McVeigh was arrested for the Oklahoma City bombing? What did McVeigh’s writings and speech reveal about his dissatisfactions with life? How did McVeigh’s actions and ideals relate to the concept of ressentiment?

Essay Topic 3

Mishra discusses free-market capitalism and economic life. When was free-market capitalism touted as the only way to organize economic life? What problems have arisen from the free-market capitalism economic system? What does the author communicate about free-market capitalism as a way to organize global economic life?

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