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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Clearing a Space: History's Winners and Their Illusions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What Swiss-French writer pointed out Napoleon's seduction?
(a) Spitteler.
(b) Giorgio Orelli.
(c) Bichsel.
(d) Madame de Stael.

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

3. What assassinated American president did the narrator say was murdered by anarchists and nihilists?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) William McKinley.
(c) James Garfield.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

4. As stated in the Prologue, how many European young men went to South America to fight for poorly understood causes?
(a) 580.
(b) Thousands.
(c) Hundreds.
(d) 330.

5. In the Prologue, how many Italian mutineers helped an Italian poet occupy a town?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 1,500.
(c) 2,500.
(d) 2,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the Prologue, who prepared the way for neo-traditionalist backlashes to the bourgeoisie?

2. In the Prologue, what town did an Italian poet occupy with Italian mutineers?

3. When did Tocqueville speak before the French Chamber of Deputies regarding the speed that the globe was unifying?

4. How many people did Anders Behring Breivik kill in Norway in 2011?

5. As stated in "Clearing a Space, when did a switch to social welfarism occur?

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