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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 many people died when Timothy McVeigh bombed a federal building in Oklahoma City?

3. When did Timothy McVeigh write that the "American Dream" (278) has all but disappeared?

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

5. When did Conrad write Heart of Darkness?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In "Losing My Religion," what happened that left men uprooted from rural habits and led them to rage against the modern West?

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

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

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

6. In "Regaining My Religion: I Nationalism Unbound," how did Germany defeat France in 1871?

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

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

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

10. In "Regaining My Religion: I Nationalism Unbound," what did Martin Wolf say about the "magic of the market" (167)?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mishra discusses the poem Le Mondain written by Voltaire. What was Le Mondain an ode to? What ideals about wealth were followed in the Middle Ages? How did Voltaire dismiss the Christian past? What did he promote instead? What changes did he propose in Western culture? In what way did Voltaire usher in a moral revolution through Le Mondain?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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