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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Losing My Religion: Islam, Secularism and Revolution.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Voltaire born?
(a) 1688.
(b) 1668.
(c) 1694.
(d) 1679.

2. Who admired the way that Ataturk mobilized and regenerated resources lost by a country?
(a) Churchill.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Mussolini.
(d) Roosevelt.

3. What was the occupation of Rousseau's father?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Blacksmith.
(c) Watchmaker.
(d) Grocer.

4. When did the American CIA and British M16 conspire to give the Shah total authority in Iran?
(a) 1949.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1948.
(d) 1951.

5. From where did volunteers come to join Fiume's carnival of militarism?
(a) United States, Egpyt, and Liberia.
(b) Ireland, India, and Egypt.
(c) Monaco, South Africa, and Portugal.
(d) France, Germany, and Sweden.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Voltaire's father's occupation?

2. When did Rousseau inaugurate the modern revolt against modernity?

3. When did Voltaire publish Le Mondain?

4. What was the last book Rousseau wrote, which was never finished?

5. When did George Santayana leave the United States for Europe?

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