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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the Iranian Islamist revolution take place?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1976.

2. How much land did the Catholic Church own in Denmark in 1536?
(a) 40%.
(b) 60%.
(c) 30%.
(d) 50%.

3. How many serfs did Count N. P. Sheremetov own?
(a) 175,610.
(b) 185,610.
(c) 18,610.
(d) 185,100.

4. How many mechanisms offset growing poverty?
(a) 6.
(b) 2.
(c) 8.
(d) 4.

5. What was the nickname of Empress Wu?
(a) Evil CWu.
(b) Beautiful Empress Wu.
(c) Crazy Empress Wu.
(d) Good Empress Wu.

6. When was an examination system put back in place in China?
(a) 125.
(b) 635.
(c) 458.
(d) 605.

7. When did the Kwangju massacre take place?
(a) 1980.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1981.

8. When did Louis XIV die?
(a) 1715.
(b) 1735.
(c) 1725.
(d) 1705.

9. When did Napoleon win at Jena-Auerstadt?
(a) 1806.
(b) 1802.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1824.

10. When did Mátyás Hunyadi die?
(a) 1498.
(b) 1569.
(c) 1423.
(d) 1490.

11. How long did the Russian occupation by the Mongols last?
(a) 250 years.
(b) 350 years.
(c) 450 years.
(d) 200 years.

12. What country has become what some political scientists label an "electoral authoritarian" regime according to Chapter 26?
(a) Britain.
(b) The Russian Federation.
(c) Japan.
(d) Liberia.

13. When did Warren Hastings decide to apply the Dharmasastra to the Hindus, Islamic law to the Muslims, and some version of English "Justice, Equity, and Good Conscience" to all other cases?
(a) 1772.
(b) 1774.
(c) 1775.
(d) 1779.

14. When was "Political Order in Changing Societies" published according to Chapter 30?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1960.

15. What are the Shastras according to Chapter 19?
(a) God's spoken words.
(b) The bad law.
(c) The law for the men.
(d) The first law.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Philip II issue the law that stated "no impositions, contributions, or other taxes are to be imposed on the whole Kingdom without the Cortes being summoned and without their being granted by the procuradores"?

2. What countries were examples of weak absolutism and failed accountability, according to Chapter 25?

3. What was the population of China at the start of the Ming Dynasty?

4. When was the Duma reinstated after Peter the Great?

5. Who are not formally accountable to their people except through a parliament with very limited powers, but have been careful to attend to the demands of the various groups that make up the country?

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