Question 1

Why were the 1830 and1848 revolutions significant? Did they represent a turning point in nineteenth-century culture and politics? Explain.

Accepted Answer

The 1830 and 1848 revolutions were signi

Question 2

Who delivered the famous "Ain't I a Woman"? speech?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sojourner Truth 
B)  Emily Dickinson 
C)  George Sand 
D)  Charlotte Brontë 
A)  Sojourner Truth 
B)  Emily Dickinson 
C)  George Sand 
D)  Charlotte Brontë

Question 3

Which nineteenth-century photographer made a famous photograph of Abraham Lincoln during Lincoln's run for the U.S. presidency?

Accepted Answer

A)  William Henry Fox Talbot 
B)  Julia Margaret Cameron 
C)  Eadweard Muybridge 
D)  Mathew Brady 
A)  William Henry Fox Talbot 
B)  Julia Margaret Cameron 
C)  Eadweard Muybridge 
D)  Mathew Brady

Question 4

The key element in Daumier's approach to painting was

Accepted Answer

A)  a love of exotic scenes. 
B)  a fascination with fiery action. 
C)  his satirical eye. 
D)  a feeling for the geometry underlying nature. 
A)  a love of exotic scenes. 
B)  a fascination with fiery action. 
C)  his satirical eye. 
D)  a feeling for the geometry underlying nature.

Question 5

All of these are products of the romantic style EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  Ingres's The Turkish Bath. 
B)  Delacroix's Hamlet and Horatio in the Graveyard. 
C)  Barry and Pugin's Houses of Parliament, London. 
D)  Verdi's Rigoletto. 
A)  Ingres's The Turkish Bath. 
B)  Delacroix's Hamlet and Horatio in the Graveyard. 
C)  Barry and Pugin's Houses of Parliament, London. 
D)  Verdi's Rigoletto.

Question 6

The artist most identified with militant realism in painting is

Accepted Answer

A)  Delacroix. 
B)  Ingres. 
C)  Courbet. 
D)  Manet. 
A)  Delacroix. 
B)  Ingres. 
C)  Courbet. 
D)  Manet.

Question 7

________ emerged in the period immediately before the American Civil War.

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A)  Science fiction 
B)  The utopian novel 
C)  The slave narrative 
D)  The thriller 
A)  Science fiction 
B)  The utopian novel 
C)  The slave narrative 
D)  The thriller

Question 8

Édouard Manet updated a sixteenth-century painting of a nude woman in his work Olympia by

Accepted Answer

A)  depicting the subject with extreme abstraction and symbolism. 
B)  romanticizing the subject's profession as a prostitute. 
C)  depicting the subject as divine. 
D)  presenting the subject with complete realism. 
A)  depicting the subject with extreme abstraction and symbolism. 
B)  romanticizing the subject's profession as a prostitute. 
C)  depicting the subject as divine. 
D)  presenting the subject with complete realism.

Question 9

How did the force of nationalism change after 1848?

Accepted Answer

A)  It shifted from eastern and southern Europe to northern and western Europe. 
B)  It became increasingly militant and ethnocentric. 
C)  It began to more strongly exhibit humanitarian values. 
D)  It began to be associated more strongly with liberalism. 
A)  It shifted from eastern and southern Europe to northern and western Europe. 
B)  It became increasingly militant and ethnocentric. 
C)  It began to more strongly exhibit humanitarian values. 
D)  It began to be associated more strongly with liberalism.

Question 10

In science, Charles Darwin

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A)  established the germ theory of disease. 
B)  marshaled data to support the theory of evolution. 
C)  introduced the anesthetic called chloroform. 
D)  formulated the periodic table of the elements. 
A)  established the germ theory of disease. 
B)  marshaled data to support the theory of evolution. 
C)  introduced the anesthetic called chloroform. 
D)  formulated the periodic table of the elements.

Question 11

Which of the following scientific advancements did NOT occur between 1830 and 1871?

Accepted Answer

A)  Data were collected showing that modern plants and animals had evolved from simpler forms through a process of natural selection. 
B)  The germ theory of disease was established. 
C)  The interior structure of the atom was fully mapped out. 
D)  Chloroform and other anesthetics were introduced. 
A)  Data were collected showing that modern plants and animals had evolved from simpler forms through a process of natural selection. 
B)  The germ theory of disease was established. 
C)  The interior structure of the atom was fully mapped out. 
D)  Chloroform and other anesthetics were introduced.

Question 12

Realpolitik, between 1850 and 1871, had a powerful impact on the

Accepted Answer

A)  unification campaign in Germany. 
B)  electoral changes in Great Britain. 
C)  economic policies of Napoleon III in France. 
D)  liberalization of Russia's domestic policies. 
A)  unification campaign in Germany. 
B)  electoral changes in Great Britain. 
C)  economic policies of Napoleon III in France. 
D)  liberalization of Russia's domestic policies.

Question 13

In science, Pasteur

Accepted Answer

A)  established the germ theory of disease. 
B)  marshaled data to support the theory of evolution. 
C)  introduced the anesthetic called chloroform. 
D)  formulated the periodic table of the elements. 
A)  established the germ theory of disease. 
B)  marshaled data to support the theory of evolution. 
C)  introduced the anesthetic called chloroform. 
D)  formulated the periodic table of the elements.

Question 14

Discuss the achievements of Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman and their contributions to American poetry.

Accepted Answer

Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman are two

Question 15

What neoclassical painter controlled French academic art until his death in 1867?

Accepted Answer

A)  Delacroix 
B)  Ingres 
C)  Courbet 
D)  Manet 
A)  Delacroix 
B)  Ingres 
C)  Courbet 
D)  Manet

Question 16

Which composer was the hero of the traditionalists who opposed the music of Wagner?

Accepted Answer

A)  Verdi 
B)  Schubert 
C)  Brahms 
D)  Chopin
Essay Questions 
A)  Verdi 
B)  Schubert 
C)  Brahms 
D)  Chopin
Essay Questions

Question 17

Compare and contrast realism in English and Russian literature with reference to the works of Charles Dickens and Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

Accepted Answer

Realism in English and Russian literatur

Question 18

Romantic music was in part characterized by the

Accepted Answer

A)  movement toward abstract composition. 
B)  abandonment of classical forms of music. 
C)  use of folk songs and ethnic dance rhythms. 
D)  trend toward atonality. 
A)  movement toward abstract composition. 
B)  abandonment of classical forms of music. 
C)  use of folk songs and ethnic dance rhythms. 
D)  trend toward atonality.

Question 19

What was realpolitik? Who were its chief proponents? How did it influence politics after 1848?

Accepted Answer

Realpolitik was a political ideology and

Question 20

Discuss the philosophies of Mill and Bentham. How were they representative of bourgeois liberalism?

Accepted Answer

John Stuart Mill and Jeremy Bentham were

Exam 19: The Triumph of the Bourgeoisie

Why were the 1830 and1848 revolutions significant? Did they represent a turning point in nineteenth-century culture and politics? Explain.

Who delivered the famous "Ain't I a Woman"? speech?

Which nineteenth-century photographer made a famous photograph of Abraham Lincoln during Lincoln's run for the U.S. presidency?

The key element in Daumier's approach to painting was

All of these are products of the romantic style EXCEPT

The artist most identified with militant realism in painting is

________ emerged in the period immediately before the American Civil War.

Édouard Manet updated a sixteenth-century painting of a nude woman in his work Olympia by

How did the force of nationalism change after 1848?

In science, Charles Darwin

Which of the following scientific advancements did NOT occur between 1830 and 1871?

Realpolitik, between 1850 and 1871, had a powerful impact on the

In science, Pasteur

Discuss the achievements of Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman and their contributions to American poetry.

What neoclassical painter controlled French academic art until his death in 1867?

Which composer was the hero of the traditionalists who opposed the music of Wagner?

Compare and contrast realism in English and Russian literature with reference to the works of Charles Dickens and Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

Romantic music was in part characterized by the

What was realpolitik? Who were its chief proponents? How did it influence politics after 1848?

Discuss the philosophies of Mill and Bentham. How were they representative of bourgeois liberalism?

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Judaism and the Rise of Christianity

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

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The Early Renaissance: Return to Classical Roots

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Northern Humanism, Northern Renaissance, Religious Reformations, and Late Mannerism

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