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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What problem did the Chinese not solve?
(a) The evil emperor problem.
(b) The good emperor problem.
(c) The bad emperor problem.
(d) The incompetent emperor problem.

2. When was the Peace of Westphalia signed?
(a) 1425.
(b) 1658.
(c) 1653.
(d) 1648.

3. What was the impersonal bureaucracy of the Han Dynasty eroded by?
(a) Invasion.
(b) Aristocratic families.
(c) Lack of applicants.
(d) High cost.

4. What countries were examples of weak absolutism and failed accountability, according to Chapter 25?
(a) Spain and France.
(b) Germany and Italy.
(c) Britain and France.
(d) Italy and Spain.

5. When was the Table of Ranks put in place in Russia?
(a) 1798.
(b) 1743
(c) 1722.
(d) 1756.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was "Political Order in Changing Societies" published according to Chapter 30?

2. When did the Kwangju massacre take place?

3. How much land did the French peasants own at the eve of the Revolution?

4. What emerged as a a result of lineages need to place to bury their ancestors and appease the souls of the dead according to Chapter 29?

5. When did the Catholic church upheld the right of women to inherit property?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Fukuyama define accountability in Chapter 22?

2. What eventually happened to the central authority of the state in Hungary?

3. What two countries are examples of states that failed to develop accountability in Chapter 25?

4. What did the Orthodox Christian Church not do?

5. How does Fukuyama rest his theory in Chapter 29?

6. What was a necessary step for accountability in France?

7. What happened in the final years of the French monarchy according to Chapter 23?

8. What does Fukuyama distinguish between when discussing the "rule of law" in Chapter 17?

9. What was British Common Law?

10. Who had no strong concept of a rule of law according to Chapter 19?

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