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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. Where did Ataturk defeat Allied forces?

2. What was the first country where autocrats tried modernity?

3. When was a United Nations document published that said "rapid economic progress is impossible without painful adjustments" (118)?

4. When did Napoleon die?

5. When did Timothy McVeigh bomb the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Losing My Religion," what did Stifter say in his novel Indian Summer about the things that occurred when modernity encroached on an area?

2. In "Regaining My Religion: II Messianic Visions," who was Adam Mickiewicz?

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

4. In "Finding True Freedom and Equality," what did men in the 19th century long for?

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

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

7. In "Finding True Freedom and Equality," who was Ahmed Darrawi and what was his philosophy?

8. In "Losing My Religion," how was Iran transformed and what were the effects of the transformation?

9. In "Finding True Freedom and Equality," how did Bakunin view the future?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mishra believes there is a connection between fanaticism and extremism. How are fanaticism and extremism timeless ideals? How does the intensity of fanaticism determine how destructive it becomes? What is extremism a reaction to? How is fanaticism the intensity of the response to those perceived wrongs?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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