Question 1

What is an accurate characterization of the reign of Louis XIV?

Accepted Answer

A) It was a time of unprecedented peace. 
B) It was a time of almost continuous war. 
C) It was a time in which the French monarchy stabilized its finances. 
D) It was a time in which the French monarchy went into decline. 
E) It was a time when the French and the Austrians formed a lasting alliance. 
A) It was a time of unprecedented peace. 
B) It was a time of almost continuous war. 
C) It was a time in which the French monarchy stabilized its finances. 
D) It was a time in which the French monarchy went into decline. 
E) It was a time when the French and the Austrians formed a lasting alliance.

Question 2

What did Cardinal Richelieu understand to be the biggest roadblock to building a strong monarchy in Louis XIV's France?

Accepted Answer

A) The rising cost of warfare 
B) The weakness of the Bourbons 
C) Resistance by the great nobles 
D) Armed uprisings by workers in Paris 
E) Peasant revolts in the countryside 
A) The rising cost of warfare 
B) The weakness of the Bourbons 
C) Resistance by the great nobles 
D) Armed uprisings by workers in Paris 
E) Peasant revolts in the countryside

Question 3

The French royal court of Versailles was located just outside the city of Marseilles.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which group was particularly susceptible to suspicion during Europe's prolonged witchcraft craze?

Accepted Answer

A) Journeymen 
B) Young, aggressive men 
C) Members of opposing Christian denominations 
D) Merchants 
E) Old women 
A) Journeymen 
B) Young, aggressive men 
C) Members of opposing Christian denominations 
D) Merchants 
E) Old women

Question 5

What did the English Bill of Rights achieve?

Accepted Answer

A) It laid the foundation for a constitutional monarchy. 
B) It resolved all of England's seventeenth-century religious questions. 
C) It reaffirmed the divine-right theory of kingship while limiting the king's power. 
D) It confirmed the king's right to raise standing armies without parliamentary consent. 
E) It stated that taxes could only be approved by the House of Lords, not the House of Commons. 
A) It laid the foundation for a constitutional monarchy. 
B) It resolved all of England's seventeenth-century religious questions. 
C) It reaffirmed the divine-right theory of kingship while limiting the king's power. 
D) It confirmed the king's right to raise standing armies without parliamentary consent. 
E) It stated that taxes could only be approved by the House of Lords, not the House of Commons.

Question 6

In the seventeenth century the prominence of the Dutch Republic as a great power

Accepted Answer

A) stemmed from its domination of Mediterranean trade. 
B) was supported by economic prosperity. 
C) was a result of the ejection of the House of Orange from political power in 1581. 
D) came to an abrupt end when the Dutch Republic was soundly defeated by the Spanish Netherlands 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) stemmed from its domination of Mediterranean trade. 
B) was supported by economic prosperity. 
C) was a result of the ejection of the House of Orange from political power in 1581. 
D) came to an abrupt end when the Dutch Republic was soundly defeated by the Spanish Netherlands 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 7

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
the Restoration

Accepted Answer

The Restoration refers to the period in

Question 8

The witchcraft hysteria primarily targeted young, married women.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Rembrandt van Rijn

Accepted Answer

Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669) was a Dut

Question 10

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Frederick William the Great Elector

Accepted Answer

Frederick William, known as the Great El

Question 11

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
William Shakespeare

Accepted Answer

William Shakespeare was an English playw

Question 12

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
English Civil War

Accepted Answer

The English Civil War was a series of ar

Question 13

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Versailles

Accepted Answer

Versailles is a term that can refer to s

Question 14

James I was the first ____ king of England.

Accepted Answer

A) Tudor 
B) Stuart 
C) Bourbon 
D) Habsburg 
E) Valois 
A) Tudor 
B) Stuart 
C) Bourbon 
D) Habsburg 
E) Valois

Question 15

What did Louis XIV's Edict of Fontainebleau achieve?

Accepted Answer

A) It created new ranks of intendants to govern various regions of France. 
B) It revoked the earlier Edict of Nantes and curtailed the rights of French Protestants. 
C) It established new standards of court etiquette and was intended to diminish the power of great nobles. 
D) It removed most French bishops from their sees and replaced them with nobles to strengthen Louis' control of the French Catholic Church. 
E) It moved the Estates General from Paris to Fontainebleau. 
A) It created new ranks of intendants to govern various regions of France. 
B) It revoked the earlier Edict of Nantes and curtailed the rights of French Protestants. 
C) It established new standards of court etiquette and was intended to diminish the power of great nobles. 
D) It removed most French bishops from their sees and replaced them with nobles to strengthen Louis' control of the French Catholic Church. 
E) It moved the Estates General from Paris to Fontainebleau.

Question 16

Which Baroque painter used violent motion, heavily fleshed nudes, dramatic use of light and shadow, and rich sensuous pigments in his paintings?

Accepted Answer

A) Rembrandt van Rijn 
B) Gian Lorenzo Bernini 
C) El Greco 
D) Artemisia Gentileschi 
E) Peter Paul Rubens 
A) Rembrandt van Rijn 
B) Gian Lorenzo Bernini 
C) El Greco 
D) Artemisia Gentileschi 
E) Peter Paul Rubens

Question 17

The patriotic enthusiasm and pride of the English during the Elizabeth era is best characterized by the

Accepted Answer

A) philosophy of John Locke. 
B) plays of William Shakespeare. 
C) New Model Army. 
D) Glorious Revolution. 
E) King James version of the Bible. 
A) philosophy of John Locke. 
B) plays of William Shakespeare. 
C) New Model Army. 
D) Glorious Revolution. 
E) King James version of the Bible.

Question 18

What is a component of the Baroque style of art?

Accepted Answer

A) Somber colors 
B) Rich ornamentation 
C) A lack of emotion 
D) Purely secular subjects 
E) Calvinist sentiments 
A) Somber colors 
B) Rich ornamentation 
C) A lack of emotion 
D) Purely secular subjects 
E) Calvinist sentiments

Question 19

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Jean-Baptiste Colbert

Accepted Answer

Jean-Baptiste Colbert was a French state

Question 20

How did Frederick William the Great Elector build Brandenburg-Prussia into a significant European power?

Accepted Answer

A) He established religious uniformity in his kingdom, as evidenced in his eviction of the Huguenots. 
B) He freed the peasants from the dominion of the nobles. 
C) He worked through an elected assembly whenever possible. 
D) He made the General War Commissariat the bureaucratic machine of his state. 
E) He allied Prussia with England and Russia against France and the Holy Roman Empire. 
A) He established religious uniformity in his kingdom, as evidenced in his eviction of the Huguenots. 
B) He freed the peasants from the dominion of the nobles. 
C) He worked through an elected assembly whenever possible. 
D) He made the General War Commissariat the bureaucratic machine of his state. 
E) He allied Prussia with England and Russia against France and the Holy Roman Empire.

Exam 15: State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century

What is an accurate characterization of the reign of Louis XIV?

What did Cardinal Richelieu understand to be the biggest roadblock to building a strong monarchy in Louis XIV's France?

The French royal court of Versailles was located just outside the city of Marseilles.

Which group was particularly susceptible to suspicion during Europe's prolonged witchcraft craze?

What did the English Bill of Rights achieve?

In the seventeenth century the prominence of the Dutch Republic as a great power

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. the Restoration

The witchcraft hysteria primarily targeted young, married women.

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Rembrandt van Rijn

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Frederick William the Great Elector

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. William Shakespeare

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. English Civil War

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Versailles

James I was the first ____ king of England.

What did Louis XIV's Edict of Fontainebleau achieve?

Which Baroque painter used violent motion, heavily fleshed nudes, dramatic use of light and shadow, and rich sensuous pigments in his paintings?

The patriotic enthusiasm and pride of the English during the Elizabeth era is best characterized by the

What is a component of the Baroque style of art?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Jean-Baptiste Colbert

How did Frederick William the Great Elector build Brandenburg-Prussia into a significant European power?

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