Question 1

Freud thought that human personality was

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A)  shaped by the environment and therefore could be altered by changing the situation. 
B)  determined by what God had implanted in each person and was thus unchangeable. 
C)  the product of an inescapable struggle between inborn instincts and a culturally-created conscience. 
D)  free and spontaneous and could change at will. 
A)  shaped by the environment and therefore could be altered by changing the situation. 
B)  determined by what God had implanted in each person and was thus unchangeable. 
C)  the product of an inescapable struggle between inborn instincts and a culturally-created conscience. 
D)  free and spontaneous and could change at will. C

Question 2

Whose groundbreaking research was rediscovered by three researchers in 1900 and became the basis for the new science of genetics?

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A)  Planck's 
B)  Curie's 
C)  Bohr's 
D)  Mendel's 
A)  Planck's 
B)  Curie's 
C)  Bohr's 
D)  Mendel's D

Question 3

Which impressionist artist was the first to imitate ukiyo-e prints?

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A)  Claude Monet 
B)  Auguste Renoir 
C)  Mary Cassatt 
D)  Berthe Morisot 
A)  Claude Monet 
B)  Auguste Renoir 
C)  Mary Cassatt 
D)  Berthe Morisot C

Question 4

Van Gogh launched the postimpressionist trend in painting called

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A)  abstraction. 
B)  fantasy. 
C)  expressionism. 
D)  primitivism. 
A)  abstraction. 
B)  fantasy. 
C)  expressionism. 
D)  primitivism.

Question 5

In the period 1871-1914, many Europeans moved to the cities because

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A)  urban jobs paid better than those in the country. 
B)  the cities promised free social benefits to their citizens. 
C)  city life was more spiritual than were isolated rural areas. 
D)  urban school systems were better than those in the countryside. 
A)  urban jobs paid better than those in the country. 
B)  the cities promised free social benefits to their citizens. 
C)  city life was more spiritual than were isolated rural areas. 
D)  urban school systems were better than those in the countryside.

Question 6

Impressionist painters were innovative because they

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A)  painted out of doors, not in their studios. 
B)  created the first abstract paintings. 
C)  were concerned with precise forms and lines in their works. 
D)  worked from many carefully drawn sketches and plans. 
A)  painted out of doors, not in their studios. 
B)  created the first abstract paintings. 
C)  were concerned with precise forms and lines in their works. 
D)  worked from many carefully drawn sketches and plans.

Question 7

Cézanne's paintings pointed the way to the twentieth century's

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A)  primitivist art. 
B)  abstract art. 
C)  expressionist art. 
D)  surrealist art. 
A)  primitivist art. 
B)  abstract art. 
C)  expressionist art. 
D)  surrealist art.

Question 8

Max Planck is credited with

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A)  discovering X-rays. 
B)  establishing the quantum theory of radiation. 
C)  formulating the theory of dominant and recessive genes. 
D)  explaining the behavior of electrons at the subatomic level. 
A)  discovering X-rays. 
B)  establishing the quantum theory of radiation. 
C)  formulating the theory of dominant and recessive genes. 
D)  explaining the behavior of electrons at the subatomic level.

Question 9

Women, in the Second Industrial Revolution, experienced which of the following?

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A)  They had no opportunities to advance in education. 
B)  They were unable to get themselves organized around certain common goals, such as property rights and divorce laws. 
C)  They found new careers, including teaching, nursing, and retailing. 
D)  They joined labor unions in larger numbers than their male counterparts. 
A)  They had no opportunities to advance in education. 
B)  They were unable to get themselves organized around certain common goals, such as property rights and divorce laws. 
C)  They found new careers, including teaching, nursing, and retailing. 
D)  They joined labor unions in larger numbers than their male counterparts.

Question 10

Nietzsche's life and thought are ironical in what way?

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A)  Despite his anti-Christian views, many Christians admired him. 
B)  Although he was an opponent of a strong German state, his writings were later taken up by the Nazis, who advocated a unified Germany. 
C)  A popular thinker during his lifetime, he ceased to have any influence after World War II. 
D)  While he glorified socialism, the West's individualistic artists made him one of their heroes. 
A)  Despite his anti-Christian views, many Christians admired him. 
B)  Although he was an opponent of a strong German state, his writings were later taken up by the Nazis, who advocated a unified Germany. 
C)  A popular thinker during his lifetime, he ceased to have any influence after World War II. 
D)  While he glorified socialism, the West's individualistic artists made him one of their heroes.

Question 11

One example of expressionism in literature is

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A)  Chekhov's The Three Sisters. 
B)  Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. 
C)  Proust's Remembrance of Things Past. 
D)  Strindberg's The Dream Play. 
A)  Chekhov's The Three Sisters. 
B)  Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. 
C)  Proust's Remembrance of Things Past. 
D)  Strindberg's The Dream Play.

Question 12

The hero in Huysmans's Against Nature expresses what decadence means by

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A)  cultivating unfashionable and exotic pleasures. 
B)  embracing materialism. 
C)  escaping to a tropical island. 
D)  becoming a devotee of mass culture. 
A)  cultivating unfashionable and exotic pleasures. 
B)  embracing materialism. 
C)  escaping to a tropical island. 
D)  becoming a devotee of mass culture.

Question 13

Who developed a theory of a universal, collective unconscious?

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A)  Freud 
B)  Jung 
C)  Nietzsche 
D)  Émile Zola 
A)  Freud 
B)  Jung 
C)  Nietzsche 
D)  Émile Zola

Question 14

What were the guiding purposes and characteristics of impressionism? Use the paintings of Monet, Renoir, Cassatt, and Morisot (choose two) as the basis of your discussion.

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The guiding purposes and characteristics

Question 15

One of the results of the impressionist movement was that

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A)  a single international style now emerged. 
B)  content now became more important than form in art. 
C)  myth, literature, and history became the subjects of art. 
D)  art was freed to move in many directions. 
A)  a single international style now emerged. 
B)  content now became more important than form in art. 
C)  myth, literature, and history became the subjects of art. 
D)  art was freed to move in many directions.

Question 16

What is meant by postimpressionism? Who were its leading painters? Describe how the works of Seurat, van Gogh, Gauguin, or Cézanne expressed this style.

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Postimpressionism was an art movement th

Question 17

Which of the following can be considered a social change that occurred between 1871 and 1914?

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A)  the passing of laws giving women the right to vote 
B)  the establishment of public school systems 
C)  the creation of a bill of rights for peasants in eastern European states 
D)  the founding of a social welfare system in Russia 
A)  the passing of laws giving women the right to vote 
B)  the establishment of public school systems 
C)  the creation of a bill of rights for peasants in eastern European states 
D)  the founding of a social welfare system in Russia

Question 18

Discuss early modernist literature, focusing on the styles of naturalism, decadence, and expressionism. Identify at least two representative works from each style in your essay.

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Early modernist literature was a period

Question 19

What were the patterns of industrial growth in central and eastern Europe, and how did the countries in those regions deal with the economic changes between 1871 and 1914?

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The patterns of industrial growth in cen

Question 20

Kate Chopin can be described as

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A)  one of the most important of the romantic authors. 
B)  a writer whose work reflected the trend away romanticism and toward realism and naturalism. 
C)  the last of the naturalistic writers. 
D)  a poetess who caught the meaning of nature in her verse. 
A)  one of the most important of the romantic authors. 
B)  a writer whose work reflected the trend away romanticism and toward realism and naturalism. 
C)  the last of the naturalistic writers. 
D)  a poetess who caught the meaning of nature in her verse.

Exam 20: The Age of Early Modernism

Freud thought that human personality was

Whose groundbreaking research was rediscovered by three researchers in 1900 and became the basis for the new science of genetics?

Which impressionist artist was the first to imitate ukiyo-e prints?

Van Gogh launched the postimpressionist trend in painting called

In the period 1871-1914, many Europeans moved to the cities because

Impressionist painters were innovative because they

Cézanne's paintings pointed the way to the twentieth century's

Max Planck is credited with

Women, in the Second Industrial Revolution, experienced which of the following?

Nietzsche's life and thought are ironical in what way?

One example of expressionism in literature is

The hero in Huysmans's Against Nature expresses what decadence means by

Who developed a theory of a universal, collective unconscious?

What were the guiding purposes and characteristics of impressionism? Use the paintings of Monet, Renoir, Cassatt, and Morisot (choose two) as the basis of your discussion.

One of the results of the impressionist movement was that

What is meant by postimpressionism? Who were its leading painters? Describe how the works of Seurat, van Gogh, Gauguin, or Cézanne expressed this style.

Which of the following can be considered a social change that occurred between 1871 and 1914?

Discuss early modernist literature, focusing on the styles of naturalism, decadence, and expressionism. Identify at least two representative works from each style in your essay.

What were the patterns of industrial growth in central and eastern Europe, and how did the countries in those regions deal with the economic changes between 1871 and 1914?

Kate Chopin can be described as

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