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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. What color uniform did Gabriele D'Annunzio design?
2. As stated in the Prologue, how many European young men went to South America to fight for poorly understood causes?
3. In the Prologue, when did Frenchmen massacre dozens of Italian immigrant labourers?
4. In what publication did Voltaire praise the globetrotting merchant?
5. When did Voltaire become court philosopher to Frederick of Prussia?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "Clearing a Space," what did Fukuyama and Zakaria have to say about Western civilization and world development?
2. In "Clearing a Space," who did Reinhold Niebuhr mock?
3. In "Clearing a Space," what has happened because of the belief systems and institutions that Britain, France, and the United States initiated and advanced?
4. In October of 1749, where was Diderot and why was he there?
5. In the Prologue, what was the attitude and thought about the world after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989?
6. In "Clearing a Space," what was the belief regarding historical inevitability in Europe in the 19th century?
7. In the Prologue during the first half of the 20th century, who embraced the theories of Social Darwinism?
8. At the end of the Prologue, what does the author believe is a measure of the global civil war taking place?
9. In "Loving Oneself Through Others," why did Rousseau become an outsider?
10. In "Clearing a Space," whose ideas need to be understood and then dismantled?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
The author reveals negative effects of materialism and consumerism. How does the author think that the Atlantic West’s ideas and economic and social structures have impacted the world? What have materialism and consumerism replaced in cultures? What does Mishra reveal about the negative effects of materialism and consumerism?
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