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MMW Exam Preparation Guide for Enlightenment and Global Issues

Prepare for your MMW exam on Wednesday, 28 May 2013, at 2 PM in the Panorama Room, Roote Building. Arrive 10-15 minutes early for a prompt start. The exam lasts one hour. Read the questions carefully and choose one that fits your strengths; avoid questions too close to your presentation or short essays. Structure your answer with a clear introduction, argument, and conclusion. Be analytical and comparative where possible. Key topics include Enlightenment ideas, colonialism, secularism, and the impact of cinema. Good luck!

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MMW Exam Preparation Guide for Enlightenment and Global Issues

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  1. MMW Revision

  2. MMW exam When? • Wednesday, 28 May 2013, 2 pm (but be there 10 - 15 minutes early) • How long? • 1 h • Where? Panorama Room (Roote Building) Link

  3. Read questions carefully • Choose question you feel most comfortable with • Do not choose a question which is too close to your presentation or short essays • Make a plan • Introduction, main part (argument), conclusion • Everything you write should be related to the question • Do not do ‘the elephant and tapeworm thing’ • Be comparative (if possible) • Don’t panic!

  4. MMW Exam 2012/13 • What Enlightenment ideas flourished or floundered in the modern era? • 2. Was European colonialism responsible for modern global poverty? • 3. Was Charles Darwin a racist? • 4. ‘The principles of liberalism are universal’. Discuss. • 5. What role did cinema play in propaganda? Discuss with reference to two or more countries. • 6. How important is war remembrance for national identity? • 7. Has secularism defeated religious belief? • 8. How, if at all, does women's history differ from gender history? • 9. ‘The end of the Cold War heralds the final triumph of western liberal democracy.’ Discuss. • 10. To what extent were the student protests of the 1960s part of a global revolt?

  5. MMW Timetable: • Other MMW exams

  6. Good Luck!

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