Question 1

Which is a true statement about John Constable?

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A) He worked exclusively in his studio. 
B) He studied and recorded the movement of the clouds. 
C) He painted portraits of famous Englishmen. 
D) He went unnoticed in his own lifetime. 
A) He worked exclusively in his studio. 
B) He studied and recorded the movement of the clouds. 
C) He painted portraits of famous Englishmen. 
D) He went unnoticed in his own lifetime. B

Question 2

Which painter's treatment of color anticipated that of the impressionists?

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A) Turner 
B) Ingres 
C) Goya 
D) Friedrich 
A) Turner 
B) Ingres 
C) Goya 
D) Friedrich A

Question 3

The economic conclusions reached by Malthus and Ricardo

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A) indicated that farmers were prospering under industrialism. 
B) forecast a rise in the working-class standard of living. 
C) asserted that the economy operated by chance. 
D) offered rationales to justify the consequences of industrialization for the poor. 
A) indicated that farmers were prospering under industrialism. 
B) forecast a rise in the working-class standard of living. 
C) asserted that the economy operated by chance. 
D) offered rationales to justify the consequences of industrialization for the poor. D

Question 4

The country that could best claim to be the heart of romanticism was

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A) England. 
B) France. 
C) Germany. 
D) Italy. 
A) England. 
B) France. 
C) Germany. 
D) Italy.

Question 5

Europe by 1830 can be described as a continent that

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A) was controlled by one power,France. 
B) had enjoyed almost fifty years of peace and prosperity. 
C) was divided into the progressive west and the conservative east. 
D) was about to enter into a period of long decline. 
A) was controlled by one power,France. 
B) had enjoyed almost fifty years of peace and prosperity. 
C) was divided into the progressive west and the conservative east. 
D) was about to enter into a period of long decline.

Question 6

Immanuel Kant's idealism distinguished between

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A) the ideal and the spiritual. 
B) the world that can be understood by science and the world that can be understood by intuition. 
C) art and religion. 
D) materialism and determinism. 
A) the ideal and the spiritual. 
B) the world that can be understood by science and the world that can be understood by intuition. 
C) art and religion. 
D) materialism and determinism.

Question 7

Which groups welcomed the social and political revolutions of the late eighteenth century? What were their reasons for doing so?

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The social and political revolutions of

Question 8

What were the causes of the French Revolution? What changed in the first year of revolution (1789)?

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The causes of the French Revolution were

Question 9

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen included the guarantee of

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A) a job and base wage scale. 
B) natural and civil rights. 
C) freedom of travel throughout the French Empire. 
D) the right to 20 acres of land given by the state to each farmer. 
A) a job and base wage scale. 
B) natural and civil rights. 
C) freedom of travel throughout the French Empire. 
D) the right to 20 acres of land given by the state to each farmer.

Question 10

The Industrial Revolution began in England in part because its

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A) peasants were clamoring for new jobs. 
B) feudal system had collapsed. 
C) government was willing to fund industrial growth. 
D) colonial empire was a source for raw materials. 
A) peasants were clamoring for new jobs. 
B) feudal system had collapsed. 
C) government was willing to fund industrial growth. 
D) colonial empire was a source for raw materials.

Question 11

Adam Smith in his Wealth of Nations

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A) dealt with manufacturing,not with agriculture and commerce. 
B) emphasized the concept of enlightened self-interest. 
C) called for the intervention of governments to control their economies. 
D) praised mercantilism as the best economic policy. 
A) dealt with manufacturing,not with agriculture and commerce. 
B) emphasized the concept of enlightened self-interest. 
C) called for the intervention of governments to control their economies. 
D) praised mercantilism as the best economic policy.

Question 12

The period between 1760 and 1830 can be described as a time when

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A) rural values were paramount. 
B) there were few artistic achievements. 
C) the middle class began to win power from the aristocracy. 
D) peace reigned on the continent. 
A) rural values were paramount. 
B) there were few artistic achievements. 
C) the middle class began to win power from the aristocracy. 
D) peace reigned on the continent.

Question 13

Neoclassicism in literature continued in England after 1800 in the works of

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A) John Constable. 
B) William Wordsworth. 
C) Lord Byron. 
D) Jane Austen. 
A) John Constable. 
B) William Wordsworth. 
C) Lord Byron. 
D) Jane Austen.

Question 14

Contrast the differing impact made by the French Revolution and Napoleon's reforms on women.

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The French Revolution and Napoleon's ref

Question 15

Discuss Napoleon's successes and failures as a military leader and as a diplomat.

Accepted Answer

Napoleon Bonaparte was a highly successf

Question 16

Romanticism viewed nature as

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A) a resource to be exploited. 
B) the fount of all evil. 
C) a well-ordered system run by mathematical laws. 
D) a spiritualized,divine force. 
A) a resource to be exploited. 
B) the fount of all evil. 
C) a well-ordered system run by mathematical laws. 
D) a spiritualized,divine force.

Question 17

After the American Revolution,the new nation's leaders realized their democratic goals by

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A) establishing universal voting rights for the entire population. 
B) creating a written constitution with specific and enforceable laws. 
C) placing political power in the hands of one branch of the government. 
D) redistributing the land so that the poor would have a source of income. 
A) establishing universal voting rights for the entire population. 
B) creating a written constitution with specific and enforceable laws. 
C) placing political power in the hands of one branch of the government. 
D) redistributing the land so that the poor would have a source of income.

Question 18

France's revolutionary leaders favored neoclassicism because

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A) they liked its elaborately decorated architectural styles for the home. 
B) they admired its association with the Middle Ages. 
C) they thought the style morally uplifting. 
D) it reminded them of France's past glory under Louis XIV. 
A) they liked its elaborately decorated architectural styles for the home. 
B) they admired its association with the Middle Ages. 
C) they thought the style morally uplifting. 
D) it reminded them of France's past glory under Louis XIV.

Question 19

France under Louis XVI can be described as a

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A) country with a uniformly high standard of living. 
B) nation with a large national debt. 
C) people united under a well-beloved king. 
D) country with an equitable tax system. 
A) country with a uniformly high standard of living. 
B) nation with a large national debt. 
C) people united under a well-beloved king. 
D) country with an equitable tax system.

Question 20

What contributions did English poets make to romantic literature? Discuss two of the following: Wordsworth,Coleridge,Lord Byron,Percy Bysshe Shelley,Keats.

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English poets made significant contribut

Exam 18: Revolution,reaction,and Cultural Response 1760-1830

Which is a true statement about John Constable?

Which painter's treatment of color anticipated that of the impressionists?

The economic conclusions reached by Malthus and Ricardo

The country that could best claim to be the heart of romanticism was

Europe by 1830 can be described as a continent that

Immanuel Kant's idealism distinguished between

Which groups welcomed the social and political revolutions of the late eighteenth century? What were their reasons for doing so?

What were the causes of the French Revolution? What changed in the first year of revolution (1789)?

The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen included the guarantee of

The Industrial Revolution began in England in part because its

Adam Smith in his Wealth of Nations

The period between 1760 and 1830 can be described as a time when

Neoclassicism in literature continued in England after 1800 in the works of

Contrast the differing impact made by the French Revolution and Napoleon's reforms on women.

Discuss Napoleon's successes and failures as a military leader and as a diplomat.

Romanticism viewed nature as

After the American Revolution,the new nation's leaders realized their democratic goals by

France's revolutionary leaders favored neoclassicism because

France under Louis XVI can be described as a

What contributions did English poets make to romantic literature? Discuss two of the following: Wordsworth,Coleridge,Lord Byron,Percy Bysshe Shelley,Keats.

Prehistory and the Rise of Civilization in the Near East and Egypt

The Aegean: the Minoans,the Mycenaeans,and the Greeks of the Archaic Age

Classical Greece: the Hellenic Age

The Hellenistic World

Classical Rome: From Republic to Empire

Judaism and the Rise of Christianity

Late Antiquity: the Transformation of the Roman Empire and the Triumph of Christianity

The Heirs to the Roman Empire: Byzantium and the West in the Early Middle Ages

The Rise of Islam 622-1520

The High Middle Ages 1000-1300

The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Recovery, 1300-1500

The Early Renaissance: Return to Classical Roots, 1400-1494

The High Renaissance and Early Mannerism, 1494-1564

Northern Humanism, northern Renaissance, religious Reformations, and Late Mannerism, 1500-1603

The Baroque Age I: Glamour and Grandiosity, 1600-1715

The Baroque Age Ii: Revolutions in Scientific and Political Thought, 1600-1715

The Age of Reason 1700-1789

The Triumph of the Bourgeoisie 1830-1871

The Age of Early Modernism 1871-1914

The Age of the Masses and the Zenith of Modernism 1914-1945

The Age of Anxiety and Late Modernism 1945-1970

The Contemporary World: Globalization, terrorism, and Postmodernism, 1970-2001

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