Question 1

What was the major issue dividing England and her American colonies in 1776?

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A) cultural differences 
B) class conflicts 
C) taxes and the cost of upkeep of the colonies 
D) the slave trade 
A) cultural differences 
B) class conflicts 
C) taxes and the cost of upkeep of the colonies 
D) the slave trade

Question 2

Which of the following was a theme or subject found in romantic paintings?

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A) kings and aristocrats at play 
B) scenes of the middle class enjoying the countryside 
C) landscapes 
D) classical Greeks and Romans in set poses 
A) kings and aristocrats at play 
B) scenes of the middle class enjoying the countryside 
C) landscapes 
D) classical Greeks and Romans in set poses

Question 3

The painter who launched the sublime theme in Germany was

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A) Millet. 
B) Delacroix. 
C) Friedrich. 
D) Géricault. 
A) Millet. 
B) Delacroix. 
C) Friedrich. 
D) Géricault.

Question 4

Hegel's ideas influenced which of the following groups?

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A) democrats,who shared his views on the role of people in history 
B) monarchists,who believed in the divine right of kings 
C) atheists,who agreed with him that spiritual forces do not exist 
D) Marxists,who borrowed his concept of the dialectic operating in history
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A) democrats,who shared his views on the role of people in history 
B) monarchists,who believed in the divine right of kings 
C) atheists,who agreed with him that spiritual forces do not exist 
D) Marxists,who borrowed his concept of the dialectic operating in history
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Question 5

The French painter Ingres is best remembered as

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A) an interpreter of the French countryside. 
B) a portrait painter who caught his subject's distinctive appearance and social class markers. 
C) the first of the romantic painters. 
D) an artist outside of the mainstream of the French neoclassical style. 
A) an interpreter of the French countryside. 
B) a portrait painter who caught his subject's distinctive appearance and social class markers. 
C) the first of the romantic painters. 
D) an artist outside of the mainstream of the French neoclassical style.

Question 6

English literary romanticism was launched by the writings of

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A) Mary and Percy Shelley. 
B) Lord Byron and Jane Austen. 
C) Turner and Constable. 
D) Wordsworth and Coleridge. 
A) Mary and Percy Shelley. 
B) Lord Byron and Jane Austen. 
C) Turner and Constable. 
D) Wordsworth and Coleridge.

Question 7

Romantic writers and artists expressed

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A) an admiration for creative nonconformity. 
B) a deep respect for the middle class. 
C) a yearning to be part of the aristocracy. 
D) a preference for the classical world. 
A) an admiration for creative nonconformity. 
B) a deep respect for the middle class. 
C) a yearning to be part of the aristocracy. 
D) a preference for the classical world.

Question 8

How were the writings of Adam Smith,Thomas Malthus,and David Ricardo used to justify the Industrial Revolution?

Accepted Answer

The writings of Adam Smith, Thomas Malth

Question 9

The most profound influence on America's classical heritage in architecture was exercised by

Accepted Answer

A) George Washington 
B) Benjamin Franklin 
C) Thomas Jefferson 
D) James Madison 
A) George Washington 
B) Benjamin Franklin 
C) Thomas Jefferson 
D) James Madison

Question 10

The painting Liberty Leading the People by Delacroix

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A) conveys a sense of profound sadness. 
B) became a rallying cry for France's bourgeois establishment. 
C) offers an optimistic nationalist symbolism. 
D) was the product of Delacroix's wishes that an uprising would occur. 
A) conveys a sense of profound sadness. 
B) became a rallying cry for France's bourgeois establishment. 
C) offers an optimistic nationalist symbolism. 
D) was the product of Delacroix's wishes that an uprising would occur.

Question 11

The major accomplishment of the French Revolution's first phase was the

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A) end of the class system in France. 
B) triumph of the workers. 
C) creation of a limited constitutional monarchy. 
D) right to vote being given to women citizens. 
A) end of the class system in France. 
B) triumph of the workers. 
C) creation of a limited constitutional monarchy. 
D) right to vote being given to women citizens.

Question 12

Wordsworth's Lyrical Ballads

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A) were written in a neoclassical style. 
B) celebrate the joys and pleasures of ordinary life. 
C) illustrate the alienation between humans and nature. 
D) praise the benefits of the Industrial Revolution. 
A) were written in a neoclassical style. 
B) celebrate the joys and pleasures of ordinary life. 
C) illustrate the alienation between humans and nature. 
D) praise the benefits of the Industrial Revolution.

Question 13

Malthus's argument about population held that

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A) the future is inevitably brighter than the past. 
B) wages inevitably fall behind prices. 
C) population growth will inevitably outstrip food production,leading to natural calamities such as famines,plagues,and wars. 
D) populations remain fairly stable in industrial states because of the widespread use of birth control measures. 
A) the future is inevitably brighter than the past. 
B) wages inevitably fall behind prices. 
C) population growth will inevitably outstrip food production,leading to natural calamities such as famines,plagues,and wars. 
D) populations remain fairly stable in industrial states because of the widespread use of birth control measures.

Question 14

The second phase of the French Revolution can be described as

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A) a time of absorbing the radical changes of the first phase. 
B) an era of good feeling among the revolutionaries. 
C) a period of extreme and violent changes. 
D) an age of restoration. 
A) a time of absorbing the radical changes of the first phase. 
B) an era of good feeling among the revolutionaries. 
C) a period of extreme and violent changes. 
D) an age of restoration.

Question 15

What is meant by German idealism,and how was it expressed in the philosophy of Kant?

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German idealism refers to a philosophica

Question 16

One of Napoleon's major domestic reforms was a

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A) new law code. 
B) state religion based on Deism. 
C) state-run farm system. 
D) free press. 
A) new law code. 
B) state religion based on Deism. 
C) state-run farm system. 
D) free press.

Question 17

The major ways in which nature was represented in romantic painting were the

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A) realistic and the abstract. 
B) impression and the study. 
C) exotic and the classical. 
D) pastoral and the sublime. 
A) realistic and the abstract. 
B) impression and the study. 
C) exotic and the classical. 
D) pastoral and the sublime.

Question 18

Romantic nationalism was at first

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A) an attempt to reduce the influence of folk culture. 
B) a rejection of aristocratic culture. 
C) little more than a reaction against foreign influences. 
D) an aggressive attitude that insisted on the moral superiority of one people over all others. 
A) an attempt to reduce the influence of folk culture. 
B) a rejection of aristocratic culture. 
C) little more than a reaction against foreign influences. 
D) an aggressive attitude that insisted on the moral superiority of one people over all others.

Question 19

Goethe's novel entitled The Sorrows of Young Werther

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A) opened an early phase of the romantic movement. 
B) showed the working class realistically. 
C) defended society's rules and values. 
D) showed how the mind can overcome the heart. 
A) opened an early phase of the romantic movement. 
B) showed the working class realistically. 
C) defended society's rules and values. 
D) showed how the mind can overcome the heart.

Question 20

In his paintings,Constable

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A) tended to emphasize the human form. 
B) painted "night scenes" in the manner of Caravaggio. 
C) relied on Greek and Roman myths for subjects. 
D) emphasized the play of sunlight. 
A) tended to emphasize the human form. 
B) painted "night scenes" in the manner of Caravaggio. 
C) relied on Greek and Roman myths for subjects. 
D) emphasized the play of sunlight.

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

What was the major issue dividing England and her American colonies in 1776?

Which of the following was a theme or subject found in romantic paintings?

The painter who launched the sublime theme in Germany was

Hegel's ideas influenced which of the following groups?

The French painter Ingres is best remembered as

English literary romanticism was launched by the writings of

Romantic writers and artists expressed

How were the writings of Adam Smith,Thomas Malthus,and David Ricardo used to justify the Industrial Revolution?

The most profound influence on America's classical heritage in architecture was exercised by

The painting Liberty Leading the People by Delacroix

The major accomplishment of the French Revolution's first phase was the

Wordsworth's Lyrical Ballads

Malthus's argument about population held that

The second phase of the French Revolution can be described as

What is meant by German idealism,and how was it expressed in the philosophy of Kant?

One of Napoleon's major domestic reforms was a

The major ways in which nature was represented in romantic painting were the

Romantic nationalism was at first

Goethe's novel entitled The Sorrows of Young Werther

In his paintings,Constable

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