To What Other Year,packed with Events and Uncertainty,has 1968 Frequently

question 31

Multiple Choice

To what other year,packed with events and uncertainty,has 1968 frequently been compared?

• A) 1933, with the emergence or consolidation of reactionary populist regimes
• B) 1914, with the sudden rush toward a general European war
• C) 1848, with its wave of widespread, idealistic, but ultimately failed popular revolutions
• D) 1830, and the French Revolution portrayed in Les Misérables
• E) 1815, with the profound shift in the balance of European power and suppression of social dissent

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