Question 1

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary

Accepted Answer

Gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" is a

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT true of the Dual Monarchy?

Accepted Answer

A) Austria and Hungary had a single monarch. 
B) Ethnic minorities in both Austria and Hungary experienced reduced repression at the hands of dominant ethnic groups. 
C) Austria and Hungary each had a constitution and a capital. 
D) Austria and Hungary had independent bicameral legislatures. 
E) Austria and Hungary were bound together through a common army and foreign policy. 
A) Austria and Hungary had a single monarch. 
B) Ethnic minorities in both Austria and Hungary experienced reduced repression at the hands of dominant ethnic groups. 
C) Austria and Hungary each had a constitution and a capital. 
D) Austria and Hungary had independent bicameral legislatures. 
E) Austria and Hungary were bound together through a common army and foreign policy.

Question 3

The belief that everything mental, spiritual, or ideas was simply a result of physical forces is known as

Accepted Answer

A) Realism. 
B) nominalism. 
C) materialism. 
D) consumerism. 
E) thermodynamics. 
A) Realism. 
B) nominalism. 
C) materialism. 
D) consumerism. 
E) thermodynamics.

Question 4

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Franco-Prussian War

Accepted Answer

The Franco-Prussian War was a conflict b

Question 5

What was a result of Bismarck's Austro-Prussian War?

Accepted Answer

A) The incorporation of Austria into the North German Confederation 
B) A harsh treaty against Austria that reduced it to a second-rate power 
C) The Prussian liberals' disgust over Bismarck's unscrupulous policies 
D) The exclusion of Austria from the North German Confederation 
E) The immediate establishment of the German Empire 
A) The incorporation of Austria into the North German Confederation 
B) A harsh treaty against Austria that reduced it to a second-rate power 
C) The Prussian liberals' disgust over Bismarck's unscrupulous policies 
D) The exclusion of Austria from the North German Confederation 
E) The immediate establishment of the German Empire

Question 6

Michael Faraday worked out the theoretical foundations of the steam engine.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

How did the role of science in society change over the course of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

The role of science in society underwent

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

Michael Faraday was a British scientist

Question 9

Marx saw his own times as a period in which the bourgeoisie faced off against the

Accepted Answer

A) church. 
B) monarchists. 
C) trade unionists. 
D) proletariat. 
E) nobility. 
A) church. 
B) monarchists. 
C) trade unionists. 
D) proletariat. 
E) nobility.

Question 10

Which scientist provided a working foundation for the use of electricity?

Accepted Answer

A) Friedrich Engels 
B) Louis Pasteur 
C) Michael Faraday 
D) Charles Darwin 
E) Charles Dickens 
A) Friedrich Engels 
B) Louis Pasteur 
C) Michael Faraday 
D) Charles Darwin 
E) Charles Dickens

Question 11

How did Realism differ from Romanticism? How was Realism a reflection of the economic and social realities of Europe during the middle decades of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

Realism differed from Romanticism in sev

Question 12

Compare and contrast slavery in the United States with the serfdom in Imperial Russia. How and why was the abolition of both accomplished, and what consequences followed for former slaves and former serfs?

Accepted Answer

Slavery in the United States and serfdom

Question 13

Marx believed that organic evolution was the driving force behind historical change.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Who was primarily responsible for the germ theory of disease?

Accepted Answer

A) Charles Darwin 
B) Joseph Lister 
C) Louis Pasteur 
D) Friedrich Engels 
E) Samuel Gross 
A) Charles Darwin 
B) Joseph Lister 
C) Louis Pasteur 
D) Friedrich Engels 
E) Samuel Gross

Question 15

What did the Ausgleich or Compromise of 1867 achieve?

Accepted Answer

A) It created a loose federation of ethnic states within the Austrian Empire. 
B) It freed the serfs and eliminated compulsory labor services with the Austrian Empire. 
C) It made Austria part of the North German Confederation. 
D) It granted the Czechs and Slovenes home-rule. 
E) It created the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary. 
A) It created a loose federation of ethnic states within the Austrian Empire. 
B) It freed the serfs and eliminated compulsory labor services with the Austrian Empire. 
C) It made Austria part of the North German Confederation. 
D) It granted the Czechs and Slovenes home-rule. 
E) It created the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary.

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

Zemstvos were a form of local government

Question 17

The zemstvos system was designed to enhance the power of the Russian central government.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Literary Realists often explored the social issues of their day through their novels and stories.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

In 1852 the Second Empire in France was created

Accepted Answer

A) through the assassination of Louis Napoleon. 
B) when the army overthrew the Republic in a coup. 
C) when the National Assembly voluntarily disbanded. 
D) through a bloody revolution in Paris. 
E) when French voters overwhelmingly voted for the restoration of the empire. 
A) through the assassination of Louis Napoleon. 
B) when the army overthrew the Republic in a coup. 
C) when the National Assembly voluntarily disbanded. 
D) through a bloody revolution in Paris. 
E) when French voters overwhelmingly voted for the restoration of the empire.

Question 20

A dispute over ____ sparked the Franco-Prussian War.

Accepted Answer

A) alleged debts 
B) colonial prerogatives 
C) trade and commerce 
D) territorial waters 
E) the Spanish throne 
A) alleged debts 
B) colonial prerogatives 
C) trade and commerce 
D) territorial waters 
E) the Spanish throne

Exam 22: An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850-1871

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary

Which of the following is NOT true of the Dual Monarchy?

The belief that everything mental, spiritual, or ideas was simply a result of physical forces is known as

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Franco-Prussian War

What was a result of Bismarck's Austro-Prussian War?

Michael Faraday worked out the theoretical foundations of the steam engine.

How did the role of science in society change over the course of the nineteenth century?

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

Marx saw his own times as a period in which the bourgeoisie faced off against the

Which scientist provided a working foundation for the use of electricity?

How did Realism differ from Romanticism? How was Realism a reflection of the economic and social realities of Europe during the middle decades of the nineteenth century?

Compare and contrast slavery in the United States with the serfdom in Imperial Russia. How and why was the abolition of both accomplished, and what consequences followed for former slaves and former serfs?

Marx believed that organic evolution was the driving force behind historical change.

Who was primarily responsible for the germ theory of disease?

What did the Ausgleich or Compromise of 1867 achieve?

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

The zemstvos system was designed to enhance the power of the Russian central government.

Literary Realists often explored the social issues of their day through their novels and stories.

In 1852 the Second Empire in France was created

A dispute over ____ sparked the Franco-Prussian War.

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations

The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Hellenistic World

The Roman Republic

The Roman Empire

Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World

European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750-1000

The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power

The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century

Recovery and Rebirth: the Age of the Renaissance

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century

Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500-1800

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: the Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science

The Eighteenth Century: an Age of Enlightenment

The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change

A Revolution in Politics: the Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society

Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815-1850

Mass Society in an Age of Progress, 1871-1894

An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894-1914

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919-1939

The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War II

Cold War and a New Western World, 1945-1965

Protest and Stagnation: The Western World, 1965-1985

After the Fall: The Western World in a Global Age Since 1985

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