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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue: Finding Reality.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what publication did Voltaire praise the globetrotting merchant?
(a) Essay on the Customs and the Spirit of the Nations.
(b) Philosophical Letters.
(c) Plato's Dream.
(d) Le Mondain.

2. When did James Macpherson publish ancient Gaelic poetry he said he discovered in Scotland?
(a) 1773.
(b) 1761.
(c) 1750.
(d) 1794.

3. When did Alexander Herzen predict that Europe was approaching a horrible cataclysm?
(a) Early-19th century.
(b) Mid-19th century.
(c) Mid-18th century.
(d) Late-18th century.

4. What was Alexander Herzen's nationality?
(a) Russian.
(b) Italian.
(c) French.
(d) German.

5. When did King Umberto I of Italy survive an attempt on his life made by an anarchist?
(a) 1878.
(b) 1880.
(c) 1879.
(d) 1881.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was Germany able to defeat France by military might?

3. When did Gandhi write his first eulogy to Mazzini?

4. When did McVeigh participate in exercises against Saddam Hussein's troops?

5. Who became the biggest consumers of French wines?

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