Question 1

Of the following, ____ chose to utilize Hegel's idea that there is system behind the movement of history.

Accepted Answer

A) Hume 
B) Kant 
C) de Bonald 
D) Freud 
E) Marx 
A) Hume 
B) Kant 
C) de Bonald 
D) Freud 
E) Marx

Question 2

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Freud

Accepted Answer

Who?
Sigmund Freud, also known as Sigism

Question 3

How did Hume cast doubt on scientific certainty and the cause and effect theory?

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A) He claimed that regularities observed in the past will happen in the present and future. 
B) An objective reality exists which rational creatures can comprehend. 
C) There is no law at work in nature that guarantees a specific cause will always produce a specific effect. 
D) The mind has the ability to sense natural laws. 
E) Science is able to prove a necessary connection that produces scientific laws of cause and effect. 
A) He claimed that regularities observed in the past will happen in the present and future. 
B) An objective reality exists which rational creatures can comprehend. 
C) There is no law at work in nature that guarantees a specific cause will always produce a specific effect. 
D) The mind has the ability to sense natural laws. 
E) Science is able to prove a necessary connection that produces scientific laws of cause and effect.

Question 4

German idealism developed as a response to the ideas of

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A) de Bonald. 
B) Hugo. 
C) Schlegel. 
D) Schleiermacher. 
E) Hume. 
A) de Bonald. 
B) Hugo. 
C) Schlegel. 
D) Schleiermacher. 
E) Hume.

Question 5

What is meant by the term romanticism ? h H ow did the romantics differ from the philosophes?

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Romanticism was a cultural movement that

Question 6

According to the authors of your text, the central message of the romantics was

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A) the liberty and equality proclaimed by the Revolution must be secured. 
B) faith must be upheld. 
C) imagination was important, but feelings were not. 
D) poetry should not seek to philosophize. 
E) the individual imagination was primary in artistic creation. 
A) the liberty and equality proclaimed by the Revolution must be secured. 
B) faith must be upheld. 
C) imagination was important, but feelings were not. 
D) poetry should not seek to philosophize. 
E) the individual imagination was primary in artistic creation.

Question 7

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 German idealism

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German idealism was a philosophical move

Question 8

​The book Reflections on the Revolution in France helped to create

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A) ​conservatism. 
B) ​liberalism. 
C) ​socialism. 
D) ​nationalism. 
E) ​romanticism. 
A) ​conservatism. 
B) ​liberalism. 
C) ​socialism. 
D) ​nationalism. 
E) ​romanticism.

Question 9

The best characterization of the romantics' attitude towards history is

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A) lack of interest. 
B) a search for general laws of history. 
C) respect for and interest in each specific historical epoch. 
D) a search for edifying moral lessons from history. 
E) history served a didactic purpose by providing examples of human folly. 
A) lack of interest. 
B) a search for general laws of history. 
C) respect for and interest in each specific historical epoch. 
D) a search for edifying moral lessons from history. 
E) history served a didactic purpose by providing examples of human folly.

Question 10

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Ernst Cassirer

Accepted Answer

Ernst Cassirer was a German philosopher

Question 11

Which of the following statements is not correct?

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A) Conservatives viewed God and history as the only sources of political authority. 
B) Edmund Burke was concerned that fanaticism would lead to terrorism. 
C) Conservatism did not point to a limitation of the Enlightenment. 
D) Conservatives believed that no legitimate or sound constitution could be drawn up by a group assembled for that purpose. 
E) Conservatives did not view human beings as good by nature. 
A) Conservatives viewed God and history as the only sources of political authority. 
B) Edmund Burke was concerned that fanaticism would lead to terrorism. 
C) Conservatism did not point to a limitation of the Enlightenment. 
D) Conservatives believed that no legitimate or sound constitution could be drawn up by a group assembled for that purpose. 
E) Conservatives did not view human beings as good by nature.

Question 12

What was the relationship between nationalism and liberalism in the nineteenth century? Has this relationship necessarily continued into the twentieth century? Discuss.

Accepted Answer

In the nineteenth century, nationalism a

Question 13

​Conservatives view of society included all of the following except

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A) ​society needed Christianity or else it became brutalized. 
B) ​the community is the building block of society. 
C) ​society worked best when individuals were free and autonomous. 
D) ​individualism could imperil stability. ​ 
E) ​religion is the basis of civil society. 
A) ​society needed Christianity or else it became brutalized. 
B) ​the community is the building block of society. 
C) ​society worked best when individuals were free and autonomous. 
D) ​individualism could imperil stability. ​ 
E) ​religion is the basis of civil society.

Question 14

Conservatives were likely to blame which of the following as the root of human malevolence?

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A) Irrational laws 
B) Poor education 
C) Human nature 
D) A bad environment 
E) Liberals 
A) Irrational laws 
B) Poor education 
C) Human nature 
D) A bad environment 
E) Liberals

Question 15

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 William Wordsworth

Accepted Answer

Who: William Wordsworth was a famous Eng

Question 16

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Johann Gottfried Herder

Accepted Answer

Johann Gottfried Herder was a German phi

Question 17

Romantics and German nationalists ​viewed the German state as

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A) ​a human institution. 
B) ​a rational arrangement between individuals. 
C) ​a holy expression of the Germanic spirit. 
D) ​a protection of personal liberty. 
E) ​an application of universal norms. 
A) ​a human institution. 
B) ​a rational arrangement between individuals. 
C) ​a holy expression of the Germanic spirit. 
D) ​a protection of personal liberty. 
E) ​an application of universal norms.

Question 18

Which of the following shows the dark side of romanticism?

Accepted Answer

A) It served as background to the extreme nationalism of the twentieth century. 
B) It promoted drama and poetry. 
C) It supported the idea that the individual artist should follow his or her imagination. 
D) It focused on the creative capacities inherent in human emotions. 
E) The Romantics shed light on a side of human nature overlooked by the philosophes. 
A) It served as background to the extreme nationalism of the twentieth century. 
B) It promoted drama and poetry. 
C) It supported the idea that the individual artist should follow his or her imagination. 
D) It focused on the creative capacities inherent in human emotions. 
E) The Romantics shed light on a side of human nature overlooked by the philosophes.

Question 19

The term Young Hegelians refers to

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A) the docents at the University of Berlin who followed their master teacher. 
B) former students of Hegel who spread his ideas in the German gymnasiums. 
C) those who believed an understanding of the dialectic could lead to change in the world. 
D) conservatives who accepted the world as it was because it was the result of a rational dialectic. 
E) those who believed society would never be rational. 
A) the docents at the University of Berlin who followed their master teacher. 
B) former students of Hegel who spread his ideas in the German gymnasiums. 
C) those who believed an understanding of the dialectic could lead to change in the world. 
D) conservatives who accepted the world as it was because it was the result of a rational dialectic. 
E) those who believed society would never be rational.

Question 20

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Volksgeist

Accepted Answer

Volksgeist refers to the concept of the

Of the following, ____ chose to utilize Hegel's idea that there is system behind the movement of history.

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Freud

How did Hume cast doubt on scientific certainty and the cause and effect theory?

German idealism developed as a response to the ideas of

What is meant by the term romanticism ? h H ow did the romantics differ from the philosophes?

According to the authors of your text, the central message of the romantics was

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? German idealism

The book Reflections on the Revolution in France helped to create

The best characterization of the romantics' attitude towards history is

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Ernst Cassirer

Which of the following statements is not correct?

What was the relationship between nationalism and liberalism in the nineteenth century? Has this relationship necessarily continued into the twentieth century? Discuss.

Conservatives view of society included all of the following except

Conservatives were likely to blame which of the following as the root of human malevolence?

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? William Wordsworth

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Johann Gottfried Herder

Romantics and German nationalists viewed the German state as

Which of the following shows the dark side of romanticism?

The term Young Hegelians refers to

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Volksgeist

Transition to the Modern Age: Renaissance and Reformation

Political and Economic Transformation: National States, Overseas Expansion, Commercial Revolution

Intellectual Transformation: the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment

The Era of the French Revolution: Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

The Industrial Revolution: The Transformation of Society

Surge of Liberalism and Nationalism: Revolution, Counterrevolution, and Unification

Thought and Culture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: Realism, Positivism, Darwinism, and Social Criticism

Europe in the Late Nineteenth Century: Modernization, Nationalism, Imperialism

Modern Consciousness: New Views of Nature, Human Nature, and the Arts

World War I: The West in Despair

An Era of Totalitarianism

World War II: Western Civilization in the Balance

Europe After World War II: Recovery and Realignment, 1945-1989

The Troubled Present

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Exam 6: Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

Of the following, ____ chose to utilize Hegel's idea that there is system behind the movement of history.

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Freud

How did Hume cast doubt on scientific certainty and the cause and effect theory?

German idealism developed as a response to the ideas of

What is meant by the term romanticism ? h H ow did the romantics differ from the philosophes?

According to the authors of your text, the central message of the romantics was

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? German idealism

​The book Reflections on the Revolution in France helped to create

The best characterization of the romantics' attitude towards history is

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Ernst Cassirer

Which of the following statements is not correct?

What was the relationship between nationalism and liberalism in the nineteenth century? Has this relationship necessarily continued into the twentieth century? Discuss.

​Conservatives view of society included all of the following except

Conservatives were likely to blame which of the following as the root of human malevolence?

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? William Wordsworth

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Johann Gottfried Herder

Romantics and German nationalists ​viewed the German state as

Which of the following shows the dark side of romanticism?

The term Young Hegelians refers to

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Volksgeist

Transition to the Modern Age: Renaissance and Reformation

Political and Economic Transformation: National States, Overseas Expansion, Commercial Revolution

Intellectual Transformation: the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment

The Era of the French Revolution: Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

The Industrial Revolution: The Transformation of Society

Surge of Liberalism and Nationalism: Revolution, Counterrevolution, and Unification

Thought and Culture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: Realism, Positivism, Darwinism, and Social Criticism

Europe in the Late Nineteenth Century: Modernization, Nationalism, Imperialism

Modern Consciousness: New Views of Nature, Human Nature, and the Arts

World War I: The West in Despair

An Era of Totalitarianism

World War II: Western Civilization in the Balance

Europe After World War II: Recovery and Realignment, 1945-1989

The Troubled Present

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The book Reflections on the Revolution in France helped to create

Conservatives view of society included all of the following except

Romantics and German nationalists viewed the German state as