Question 1

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 2

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 3

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 4

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 5

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 6

One of the major events that occurred at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the English cloth-making industry was

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A)  the creation of unions to protect the workers. 
B)  when Parliament passed laws to ensure minimum wages. 
C)  when factories were built in the villages near the workers. 
D)  the invention of the steam engine by James Watt. 
A)  the creation of unions to protect the workers. 
B)  when Parliament passed laws to ensure minimum wages. 
C)  when factories were built in the villages near the workers. 
D)  the invention of the steam engine by James Watt.

Question 7

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 8

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 9

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 10

Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People was inspired by the

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A)  Revolution of 1789. 
B)  defeat of Napoleon in 1815. 
C)  July Revolution of 1830. 
D)  restoration of the Bourbons in 1815. 
A)  Revolution of 1789. 
B)  defeat of Napoleon in 1815. 
C)  July Revolution of 1830. 
D)  restoration of the Bourbons in 1815.

Question 11

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 12

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 13

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 14

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 15

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.

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

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

Europe by 1830 can be described as a continent that

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

The second phase of the French Revolution can be described as

One of the major events that occurred at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the English cloth-making industry was

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

Wordsworth's Lyrical Ballads

France's revolutionary leaders favored neoclassicism because

Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People was inspired by the

English literary romanticism was launched by the writings of

Romanticism viewed nature as

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

The painter who launched the sublime theme in Germany was

Goethe's novel entitled The Sorrows of Young Werther

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Exam 18: Revolution, Reaction, and Cultural Response

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

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

Europe by 1830 can be described as a continent that

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

The second phase of the French Revolution can be described as

One of the major events that occurred at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the English cloth-making industry was

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

Wordsworth's Lyrical Ballads

France's revolutionary leaders favored neoclassicism because

Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People was inspired by the

English literary romanticism was launched by the writings of

Romanticism viewed nature as

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

The painter who launched the sublime theme in Germany was

Goethe's novel entitled The Sorrows of Young Werther

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

The High Middle Ages

The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Recovery

The Early Renaissance: Return to Classical Roots

The High Renaissance and Early Mannerism

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

The Baroque Age I: Glamour and Grandiosity

The Baroque Age Ii: Revolutions in Scientific and Political Thought

The Age of Reason

The Triumph of the Bourgeoisie

The Age of Early Modernism

The Age of the Masses and the Zenith of Modernism

The Age of Anxiety and Late Modernism

The Contemporary World: Globalization, Terrorism, and Postmodernism

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