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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. How many Iraqis did McVeigh kill in cold blood during his time in the military?

2. How old was Gandhi when he died?

3. When did Herder travel from France to Riga?

4. When did Gandhi write his first eulogy to Mazzini?

5. What Mexican revolutionary did Paz write about in the late 1940s?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Losing My Religion," what did Escobar reveal about Western ways of modernizing not working in the 1970s?

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

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

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

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

6. In "Regaining My Religion: I Nationalism Unbound," how was Ghandi killed?

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

8. At the end of "Regaining My Religion: II Messianic Visions," what does Mishra say about nationalism?

9. In "Losing My Religion," what ideas about the unenlightened Oriental can be traced back to Montesquieu?

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 that modernization in non-Western countries causes an identity crisis. What does Mishra say about an identity crisis arising from attempts to modernize in non-Western countries? What examples does he provide? What is exposed about identity crises and modernity?

Essay Topic 2

Voltaire and Rousseau had differing viewpoints, especially regarding modernity. How would you describe the viewpoints of Voltaire and of Rousseau? How were their ideas about wealth and materialism different? What did their differences reveal about the meaning of modernity?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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