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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. Who said that the rich had a duty to never "make people conscious of inequalities of wealth" (83)?
(a) Kant.
(b) Boulanger.
(c) Rousseau.
(d) Abicht.

2. In the Prologue, when did an Italian poet occupy a town?
(a) 1916.
(b) 1917.
(c) 1918.
(d) 1919.

3. According to the Prologue, who prepared the way for neo-traditionalist backlashes to the bourgeoisie?
(a) Camus.
(b) Smith.
(c) Dreyfus.
(d) Rousseau.

4. How many people did Anders Behring Breivik kill in Norway in 2011?
(a) Nearly 200.
(b) 235.
(c) About 150.
(d) 175.

5. When did D'Annunzio's occupation end?
(a) 1919.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1922.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who or what was Voltaire's biggest foe?

2. How many people were massacred at a rock concert, bars, and restaurants in Paris in 2015?

3. When was the word "anti-Semitism" (20) first used?

4. When was The Post-American World written?

5. From where did a company that Voltaire joined imported grain from?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the Prologue, what mystery did Emile Durkheim struggle with in his book from 1897?

2. In "Loving Oneself Through Others," what did Adam Smith envision?

3. In "Clearing a Space," what became the universalist creed and what was seen as a marker of progress?

4. In the Prologue during the first half of the 20th century, who embraced the theories of Social Darwinism?

5. In October of 1749, where was Diderot and why was he there?

6. In "Loving Oneself Through Others," what was Rosseau's upbringing?

7. In "Clearing a Space," what was the belief regarding historical inevitability in Europe in the 19th century?

8. In "Loving Oneself Through Others," why did Rousseau become an outsider?

9. In "Clearing a Space," what has happened because of the belief systems and institutions that Britain, France, and the United States initiated and advanced?

10. In "Clearing a Space," what did Fukuyama and Zakaria have to say about Western civilization and world development?

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