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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. As stated in "Losing My Religion," how long did the postcolonial world have to create the political and economic developments that took more than a century to develop in Europe and America?

2. When did Georg Forster died?

3. When was Germany able to defeat France with the help of railways and telegraph networks?

4. When did Ahmed Darrawi disappear and then resurface months later?

5. When did Omar Mateen kill 49 people at a gay club in Orlando?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Finding True Freedom and Equality," how did Bakunin view the future?

2. In "Finding True Freedom and Equality," who was Ahmed Darrawi and what was his philosophy?

3. At the end of "Regaining My Religion: II Messianic Visions," what does Mishra say about nationalism?

4. In "Losing My Religion," why did Hitler admire Ataturk?

5. In "Regaining My Religion: I Nationalism Unbound," what did Martin Wolf say about the "magic of the market" (167)?

6. In "Losing My Religion," what did some argue about the suitability of the Western model of development for their countries?

7. In "Regaining My Religion: I Nationalism Unbound," how was Ghandi killed?

8. In "Losing My Religion," what was a religious or medieval society?

9. In "Finding True Freedom and Equality," who was Ramzi Ahmed Yousef?

10. In "Finding True Freedom and Equality," what was the first large-scale attack by a "domestic" (275) terrorist in the United States?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Germans were some of the first to embrace nationalism. Why did German thinkers and artist reject French civilization? What did they embrace instead? What is revealed about nationalism through German nationalists?

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

Global capitalism sets up expectations of what life will be like, especially for the downtrodden. What do people expect when capitalism is implemented? What mismatch is there between expectations and reality? Why are people disappointed at the results of capitalism? How does this create tendencies for violence? What is revealed about the results of global capitalism because of the mismatch between what people expect from life and the speed in which life changes?

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