Question 1

Sorel believed that a general strike ​

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A) ​was an irrational act. 
B) ​betrayed the proletariat's real aspirations 
C) ​had the appeal of a great mobilizing myth. 
D) ​destroyed the role of the proletariat. 
E) ​helped the decadent and soft bourgeois. 
A) ​was an irrational act. 
B) ​betrayed the proletariat's real aspirations 
C) ​had the appeal of a great mobilizing myth. 
D) ​destroyed the role of the proletariat. 
E) ​helped the decadent and soft bourgeois. C

Question 2

The authors refer to which of the following as the "principal figure in the 'dethronement of reason'"?

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A) Nietzsche 
B) Schopenhauer 
C) Sorel 
D) Bergson 
E) Newton 
A) Nietzsche 
B) Schopenhauer 
C) Sorel 
D) Bergson 
E) Newton A

Question 3

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

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Arnold Schönberg was an Austrian composer, music theorist, and painter, who is widely considered one of the most influential figures in 20th-century music. He was born in Vienna, Austria in 1874 and died in Los Angeles, California in 1951. Schönberg is known for his development of the twelve-tone technique, a method of musical composition that uses a tone row formed by a fixed arrangement of the twelve chromatic tones. This technique had a profound impact on the development of modern music and influenced many composers who followed him. Schönberg's work is important because it marked a significant departure from traditional tonal harmony and paved the way for the development of atonal and serialist music. His innovations continue to influence composers and musicians to this day.

Question 4

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

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Emile Durkheim was a French sociologist

Question 5

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

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The term "higher man" refers to a concep

Question 6

Freud viewed unrestrained sexuality as a problem because it

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A) rejected Christian morality and marriage. 
B) led to abuse of women. 
C) sapped a society's warrior virtues. 
D) sapped psychic energy needed for all sorts of work that held society together and enriched it. 
E) created excessive pleasure for the individual. 
A) rejected Christian morality and marriage. 
B) led to abuse of women. 
C) sapped a society's warrior virtues. 
D) sapped psychic energy needed for all sorts of work that held society together and enriched it. 
E) created excessive pleasure for the individual.

Question 7

Why did Freud consider his theories a "great blow to human pride?"

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A) Human cravings for grandiosity were raised to higher levels. 
B) Humanity was exalted as the center of the universe. 
C) It emphasized the theory of creationism that had been under attack in the Western World. 
D) The id rather than the ego controlled individuals. 
E) Sex was a minor and controllable drive in the conduct and actions of humanity. 
A) Human cravings for grandiosity were raised to higher levels. 
B) Humanity was exalted as the center of the universe. 
C) It emphasized the theory of creationism that had been under attack in the Western World. 
D) The id rather than the ego controlled individuals. 
E) Sex was a minor and controllable drive in the conduct and actions of humanity.

Question 8

Georges Sorel's ideas may be equated with

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A) hope in the proletariat. 
B) support of the bourgeois values. 
C) anti-unionism. 
D) intellectual support of the establishment. 
E) hope in the bourgeoisie. 
A) hope in the proletariat. 
B) support of the bourgeois values. 
C) anti-unionism. 
D) intellectual support of the establishment. 
E) hope in the bourgeoisie.

Question 9

By "disenchantment of the world," Weber was referring to which of the following?

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A) Irrationalism 
B) Rationalization 
C) Propaganda 
D) Democratization 
E) Spiritualization 
A) Irrationalism 
B) Rationalization 
C) Propaganda 
D) Democratization 
E) Spiritualization

Question 10

In general, modernist artists

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A) strove to duplicate what they saw in the world. 
B) rejected the notion of reproducing what they saw exactly. 
C) imitated the work of "primitive" artists in non-western cultures. 
D) believed that art should be socially relevant. 
E) accepted the Renaissance view of the world as inherently orderly and rational. 
A) strove to duplicate what they saw in the world. 
B) rejected the notion of reproducing what they saw exactly. 
C) imitated the work of "primitive" artists in non-western cultures. 
D) believed that art should be socially relevant. 
E) accepted the Renaissance view of the world as inherently orderly and rational.

Question 11

Bergson may be best associated with

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A) studying the id. 
B) offering cultural studies of the nineteenth century. 
C) being the first artist of the surrealist movement. 
D) the idea that truth may be arrived at through rational criticism. 
E) the idea that truth must be achieved by an intuitive experience. 
A) studying the id. 
B) offering cultural studies of the nineteenth century. 
C) being the first artist of the surrealist movement. 
D) the idea that truth may be arrived at through rational criticism. 
E) the idea that truth must be achieved by an intuitive experience.

Question 12

​ Which composer abandoned traditional scales instead developing atonal music?

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A) ​Igor Stravinsky 
B) ​Pablo Picasso 
C) ​Arnold Schoenberg 
D) ​Thomas Mann 
E) ​Gottfried Benn 
A) ​Igor Stravinsky 
B) ​Pablo Picasso 
C) ​Arnold Schoenberg 
D) ​Thomas Mann 
E) ​Gottfried Benn

Question 13

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

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Werner Heisenberg was a German physicist

Question 14

The Modernist Movement may be said to have

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A) rejected classical and realist models. 
B) been intent on eighteenth-century artistic rules. 
C) stressed the need for rational control of art. 
D) been a conformist movement. 
E) rejected the romantic movement. 
A) rejected classical and realist models. 
B) been intent on eighteenth-century artistic rules. 
C) stressed the need for rational control of art. 
D) been a conformist movement. 
E) rejected the romantic movement.

Question 15

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

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Max Weber was a German sociologist, phil

Question 16

Georges Sorel saw the proletarians (factory workers) as

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A) vile and inferior. 
B) inevitably and eternally befuddled. 
C) noble, courageous, and virile. 
D) the only rational thinkers in capitalist society. 
E) decadent, soft, and unheroic. 
A) vile and inferior. 
B) inevitably and eternally befuddled. 
C) noble, courageous, and virile. 
D) the only rational thinkers in capitalist society. 
E) decadent, soft, and unheroic.

Question 17

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

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Georges Sorel was a French philosopher a

Question 18

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

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Wassily Kandinsky was a Russian painter

Question 19

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

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Theory of Relativity

Who?
The theory of

Question 20

How did the writings of philosophers like Nietzsche help to set the stage for the rise of totalitarian government of the twentieth-century?  ​

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The writings of philosophers like Nietzs

Sorel believed that a general strike

The authors refer to which of the following as the "principal figure in the 'dethronement of reason'"?

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

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

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

Freud viewed unrestrained sexuality as a problem because it

Why did Freud consider his theories a "great blow to human pride?"

Georges Sorel's ideas may be equated with

By "disenchantment of the world," Weber was referring to which of the following?

In general, modernist artists

Bergson may be best associated with

Which composer abandoned traditional scales instead developing atonal music?

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

The Modernist Movement may be said to have

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

Georges Sorel saw the proletarians (factory workers) as

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

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

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

How did the writings of philosophers like Nietzsche help to set the stage for the rise of totalitarian government of the twentieth-century?

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

Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

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

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

Sorel believed that a general strike ​

The authors refer to which of the following as the "principal figure in the 'dethronement of reason'"?

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

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

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

Freud viewed unrestrained sexuality as a problem because it

Why did Freud consider his theories a "great blow to human pride?"

Georges Sorel's ideas may be equated with

By "disenchantment of the world," Weber was referring to which of the following?

In general, modernist artists

Bergson may be best associated with

​ Which composer abandoned traditional scales instead developing atonal music?

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

The Modernist Movement may be said to have

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

Georges Sorel saw the proletarians (factory workers) as

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

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

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

How did the writings of philosophers like Nietzsche help to set the stage for the rise of totalitarian government of the twentieth-century? ​

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

Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

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

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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Sorel believed that a general strike

Which composer abandoned traditional scales instead developing atonal music?

How did the writings of philosophers like Nietzsche help to set the stage for the rise of totalitarian government of the twentieth-century?