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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. Who did Huntington hail as the "epitome of a modernizing monarch" (129)?

2. Who was the first man to call himself an anarchist?

3. Where does "Regaining My Religion: I Nationalism Undound" describe a Louis Vuitton store being opened?

4. When did Gandhi write Hind Swanaj?

5. When did a bomb planted by Sikh militants bring down a Boeing 747 traveling from Montreal to Delhi?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Finding True Freedom and Equality," what does Mishra argue that ISIS owes its existence to?

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

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

4. In "Losing My Religion," what did some argue about the suitability of the Western model of development for their countries?

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

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

7. In "Regaining My Religion: I Nationalism Unbound," why were Germans impatient for their country to become a new society in the 18th century?

8. In "Finding True Freedom and Equality," what was Herzen's plan as he wrote to his son?

9. In "Finding True Freedom and Equality," what was the first large-scale attack by a "domestic" (275) terrorist in the United States?

10. In "Losing My Religion," what was a religious or medieval society?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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