Question 1

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-John Keats

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John Keats was a renowned English Romant

Question 2

Scholars would agree with the statement that

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A)  in Germany, the romantic view of the state contributed to the rise of twentieth century wars. 
B)  Jews long settled in Germany could be considered Germans by nationalists. 
C)  German nationalists rejected history. 
D)  German nationalists denied the concept of a people's inner spirit and instead proclaimed that conscious effort by a talented people resulted in their superiority. 
E)  the romantics were not the earliest apostles of German nationalism. 
A)  in Germany, the romantic view of the state contributed to the rise of twentieth century wars. 
B)  Jews long settled in Germany could be considered Germans by nationalists. 
C)  German nationalists rejected history. 
D)  German nationalists denied the concept of a people's inner spirit and instead proclaimed that conscious effort by a talented people resulted in their superiority. 
E)  the romantics were not the earliest apostles of German nationalism.

Question 3

Romantic art emphasized

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A)  photographic imitations of nature. 
B)  conscious and precise observations of a subject. 
C)  harmony between the human mind and the subject. 
D)  a non-religious attitude toward their art. 
E)  spontaneous and authentic expressions of the artist's feelings, fantasies and dreams. 
A)  photographic imitations of nature. 
B)  conscious and precise observations of a subject. 
C)  harmony between the human mind and the subject. 
D)  a non-religious attitude toward their art. 
E)  spontaneous and authentic expressions of the artist's feelings, fantasies and dreams.

Question 4

​During the nineteenth century, liberal nationalist helped to create all of the following countries except

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A)  ​Germany. 
B)  ​Poland. 
C)  ​Greece. 
D)  ​Italy. 
E)  ​Turkey. 
A)  ​Germany. 
B)  ​Poland. 
C)  ​Greece. 
D)  ​Italy. 
E)  ​Turkey.

Question 5

Conservatives were generally

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A)  critical of Enlightenment principles that released instincts religion had once controlled. 
B)  suspicious of the theory of natural rights. 
C)  fearful of utopian visions and those who would implement them by force. 
D)  of the view that human wickedness was not caused by a faulty environment, but lay at the core of human nature. 
E)  All of these 
A)  critical of Enlightenment principles that released instincts religion had once controlled. 
B)  suspicious of the theory of natural rights. 
C)  fearful of utopian visions and those who would implement them by force. 
D)  of the view that human wickedness was not caused by a faulty environment, but lay at the core of human nature. 
E)  All of these

Question 6

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-What is meant by the term conservatism? Why did the conservatives reject the French revolution?

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Conservatism is a political and social p

Question 7

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-nationalism

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Nationalism is an ideological concept th

Question 8

Hegel's theories may be associated with

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A)  glorification of the Prussian state. 
B)  socialism. 
C)  technocratic socialism. 
D)  constitutional monarchy. 
E)  royal absolutism. 
A)  glorification of the Prussian state. 
B)  socialism. 
C)  technocratic socialism. 
D)  constitutional monarchy. 
E)  royal absolutism.

Question 9

The author describes romanticism as a reaction against

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A)  scholastic philosophy. 
B)  nationalism. 
C)  Enlightenment rationalism. 
D)  the cult of the Great Man in history. 
E)  the otherworldly Christian orientation. 
A)  scholastic philosophy. 
B)  nationalism. 
C)  Enlightenment rationalism. 
D)  the cult of the Great Man in history. 
E)  the otherworldly Christian orientation.

Question 10

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-E. J. Hobsbawm

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E. J. Hobsbawm was a British historian k

Question 11

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-modern nationalism

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Modern nationalism is a political ideolo

Question 12

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-On a blank map of Europe, designate with arrows the countries that may be associated with the following cultural figures: Shelley, Wordsworth, Keats, and Byron; Hugo and Chateaubriand; Schlegel, Schiller, Schelling, and Beethoven.

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For Shelley, Wordsworth, Keats, and Byro

Question 13

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Absolute Spirit

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The term "Absolute Spirit" refers to the

Question 14

​The French Revolution helped propel the growth of nationalism by

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A)  ​increasing the power of the French Church compared to the Vatican. 
B)  ​asserting that the state was not the possession of the ruler. 
C)  ​breaking the alliance between socialists and liberals. 
D)  ​demonstrating the power of the urban peasants to create a stable government. 
E)  ​connecting the landed aristocracy and the liberals against their conservative opposition. 
A)  ​increasing the power of the French Church compared to the Vatican. 
B)  ​asserting that the state was not the possession of the ruler. 
C)  ​breaking the alliance between socialists and liberals. 
D)  ​demonstrating the power of the urban peasants to create a stable government. 
E)  ​connecting the landed aristocracy and the liberals against their conservative opposition.

Question 15

Which statement best portrays what ​Romantics thought about history and historians?​

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A)  History is a collection of unique eras and should emphasize the particular.​ 
B)  ​History should be used to teach people how not to repeat past mistakes.​ 
C)  ​History is a list of human folly and error.​ 
D)  ​Historians can never shed light on the creative spirit of human experience.​ 
E)  ​History is best written as a creative expression of the historian's spirit. 
A)  History is a collection of unique eras and should emphasize the particular.​ 
B)  ​History should be used to teach people how not to repeat past mistakes.​ 
C)  ​History is a list of human folly and error.​ 
D)  ​Historians can never shed light on the creative spirit of human experience.​ 
E)  ​History is best written as a creative expression of the historian's spirit.

Question 16

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Hume

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Hume refers to David Hume, an 18th-centu

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

All of the following are true statements about the romantics except they

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A)  denounced the rationalism of the philosophes because it crushed the emotions and impeded creativity. 
B)  yearned to rediscover in the human soul the pristine freedom that has been squashed by habits, values, rules, and standards imposed by civilization. 
C)  saw feeling as an obstacle to clear thinking. 
D)  wanted individuals to play their own music; write their own poetry; paint their own vision of nature; and live, love, and suffer in their own way. 
E)  saw reason as cold and dreary, and its understanding of people and life meager and inadequate. 
A)  denounced the rationalism of the philosophes because it crushed the emotions and impeded creativity. 
B)  yearned to rediscover in the human soul the pristine freedom that has been squashed by habits, values, rules, and standards imposed by civilization. 
C)  saw feeling as an obstacle to clear thinking. 
D)  wanted individuals to play their own music; write their own poetry; paint their own vision of nature; and live, love, and suffer in their own way. 
E)  saw reason as cold and dreary, and its understanding of people and life meager and inadequate.

Question 19

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-What is meant by the term romanticism? hHow did the romantics differ from the philosophes?

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Romanticism was a cultural movement that

Question 20

Which of these viewed with horror the democratic creed that all people should share in political power?

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A)  Many bourgeois liberals 
B)  The romantics 
C)  The nationalists 
D)  The idealists 
E)  The radicals 
A)  Many bourgeois liberals 
B)  The romantics 
C)  The nationalists 
D)  The idealists 
E)  The radicals

Exam 13: Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -John Keats

Scholars would agree with the statement that

Romantic art emphasized

​During the nineteenth century, liberal nationalist helped to create all of the following countries except

Conservatives were generally

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -What is meant by the term conservatism? Why did the conservatives reject the French revolution?

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -nationalism

Hegel's theories may be associated with

The author describes romanticism as a reaction against

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -E. J. Hobsbawm

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -modern nationalism

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -On a blank map of Europe, designate with arrows the countries that may be associated with the following cultural figures: Shelley, Wordsworth, Keats, and Byron; Hugo and Chateaubriand; Schlegel, Schiller, Schelling, and Beethoven.

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Absolute Spirit

​The French Revolution helped propel the growth of nationalism by

Which statement best portrays what ​Romantics thought about history and historians?​

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Hume

Romantics and German nationalists ​viewed the German state as

All of the following are true statements about the romantics except they

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -What is meant by the term romanticism? hHow did the romantics differ from the philosophes?

Which of these viewed with horror the democratic creed that all people should share in political power?

The Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greeks: From Myth to Reason

Rome: From City-State to World Empire

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Rise of Europe: Fusion of Classical, Christian, and Germanic Traditions

The Flowering and Dissolution of Medieval Civilization

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 2: Western Civilization in the Balance

Europe After World War 2: Recovery and Realignment, 1945-1989

The Troubled Present

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During the nineteenth century, liberal nationalist helped to create all of the following countries except

The French Revolution helped propel the growth of nationalism by

Which statement best portrays what Romantics thought about history and historians?

Romantics and German nationalists viewed the German state as