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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When did wars in Chechnya, Afghanistan, Africa, and South America occur?
2. To what book did Hannah Arendt write a preface in 1950?
3. When did Timothy McVeigh kill 168 Americans in Oklahoma City?
4. As stated in "Clearing a Space," when did democracy come into vogue?
5. When did George Santayana leave the United States for Europe?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "Loving Oneself Through Others," what did Adam Smith envision?
2. In "Clearing a Space," what has happened because of the belief systems and institutions that Britain, France, and the United States initiated and advanced?
3. In "Clearing a Space," what is modernity?
4. In "Clearing a Space," what was the belief regarding historical inevitability in Europe in the 19th century?
5. In "Clearing a Space," what was the purpose of history and how did it become sanitized?
6. In the Prologue, what mystery did Emile Durkheim struggle with in his book from 1897?
7. In the Prologue, who was Gabriele D'Annunzio, and what was he know for?
8. In the Prologue what are many themes of the global unrest that the author has seen?
9. In the Prologue, what was the attitude and thought about the world after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989?
10. In "Loving Oneself Through Others," why did Rousseau become an outsider?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The author discusses the problems of modernizing third-world countries. How does Mishra describe postcolonial nation-building? What obstacles need to be overcome? What problems are created? What are the problems of modernizing third world countries?
Essay Topic 2
Mishra believes there is a connection between fanaticism and extremism. How are fanaticism and extremism timeless ideals? How does the intensity of fanaticism determine how destructive it becomes? What is extremism a reaction to? How is fanaticism the intensity of the response to those perceived wrongs?
Essay Topic 3
Mishra believes that modernization in non-Western countries causes an identity crisis. What does Mishra say about an identity crisis arising from attempts to modernize in non-Western countries? What examples does he provide? What is exposed about identity crises and modernity?
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