Question 1

Galileo verified the Copernican hypothesis, thus earning him persecution by the Catholic Church.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Who invented the pendulum and telescope?

Accepted Answer

A)  Galileo Galilei 
B)  Nicholas Copernicus 
C)  Johannes Kepler 
D)  René Descartes 
A)  Galileo Galilei 
B)  Nicholas Copernicus 
C)  Johannes Kepler 
D)  René Descartes

Question 3

The English Parliament was reduced to about sixty members because many of its members

Accepted Answer

A)  were killed in the English Civil War. 
B)  were Protestant. 
C)  were Catholic. 
D)  didn't favor executing the king and abolishing the monarchy. 
A)  were killed in the English Civil War. 
B)  were Protestant. 
C)  were Catholic. 
D)  didn't favor executing the king and abolishing the monarchy.

Question 4

In which state was the noble class known as Junkers?

Accepted Answer

The answer of In which state was the noble class...

Question 5

Which of these motivated the repeal of the Edict of Nantes?

Accepted Answer

A)  religious conviction 
B)  personal animosity towards the leader of the Huguenots 
C)  the threat to royal power posed by Huguenot sanctuaries 
D)  the alliance between Huguenots and French nobles 
A)  religious conviction 
B)  personal animosity towards the leader of the Huguenots 
C)  the threat to royal power posed by Huguenot sanctuaries 
D)  the alliance between Huguenots and French nobles

Question 6

Which man laid the foundations for socialism by advocating a government that enforced the general will of the people?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Which man laid the foundations for socialism...

Question 7

How did the views of Locke and Hobbes differ?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hobbes believed that absolutism was never necessary; Locke believed that it was sometimes necessary. 
B)  Locke believed that a corrupt monarch should be unseated; Hobbes favored unconditional absolutism. 
C)  Hobbes believed that a corrupt monarch should be unseated; Locke favored unconditional absolutism. 
D)  Locke believed that absolutism was never necessary; Hobbes believed that it was sometimes necessary. 
A)  Hobbes believed that absolutism was never necessary; Locke believed that it was sometimes necessary. 
B)  Locke believed that a corrupt monarch should be unseated; Hobbes favored unconditional absolutism. 
C)  Hobbes believed that a corrupt monarch should be unseated; Locke favored unconditional absolutism. 
D)  Locke believed that absolutism was never necessary; Hobbes believed that it was sometimes necessary.

Question 8

Who were the Ironsides?

Accepted Answer

A)  the English king's army 
B)  Cromwell's Puritan army 
C)  William and Mary's army 
D)  the Catholic forces sent by the pope 
A)  the English king's army 
B)  Cromwell's Puritan army 
C)  William and Mary's army 
D)  the Catholic forces sent by the pope

Question 9

The two most powerful Central European states in the 1600s and 1700s were

Accepted Answer

A)  Austria and Prussia. 
B)  Poland and Bohemia. 
C)  Austria and Bohemia. 
D)  Prussia and Poland. 
A)  Austria and Prussia. 
B)  Poland and Bohemia. 
C)  Austria and Bohemia. 
D)  Prussia and Poland.

Question 10

Prussia had a strong middle class made up of urban professionals.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What constituted the Eleven Years' Tyranny under Charles I?

Accepted Answer

A)  royal support for Anglicanism 
B)  the suspension of common law 
C)  royal rule without Parliament 
D)  the suspension of justice 
A)  royal support for Anglicanism 
B)  the suspension of common law 
C)  royal rule without Parliament 
D)  the suspension of justice

Question 12

What was Cardinal Richelieu's goal concerning the French nobility?

Accepted Answer

A)  He wanted to destroy the social privileges of the nobility. 
B)  He hoped to eliminate all class distinctions. 
C)  He wanted to end the nobles' legal privileges. 
D)  He wanted to make the nobility to place the nation's interests above their own. 
A)  He wanted to destroy the social privileges of the nobility. 
B)  He hoped to eliminate all class distinctions. 
C)  He wanted to end the nobles' legal privileges. 
D)  He wanted to make the nobility to place the nation's interests above their own.

Question 13

Which man is most responsible for laying the foundations for absolutism in France?

Accepted Answer

A)  Henry IV 
B)  Louis XIV 
C)  Cardinal Mazarin 
D)  Cardinal Richelieu 
A)  Henry IV 
B)  Louis XIV 
C)  Cardinal Mazarin 
D)  Cardinal Richelieu

Question 14

Who wrote Principia, or The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Galileo Galilei 
B)  Isaac Newton 
C)  Francis Bacon 
D)  Johannes Kepler 
A)  Galileo Galilei 
B)  Isaac Newton 
C)  Francis Bacon 
D)  Johannes Kepler

Question 15

Compare and contrast the political systems of France and Britain in the seventeenth century.

Accepted Answer

In the seventeenth century, both France

Question 16

Which man said, "I think; therefore, I am"?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Which man said, "I think; therefore, I...

Question 17

Who was the chief minister during the childhood reign of Louis XIV?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Queen Mother 
B)  Pope Pius IV 
C)  Cardinal Richelieu 
D)  Cardinal Mazarin 
A)  the Queen Mother 
B)  Pope Pius IV 
C)  Cardinal Richelieu 
D)  Cardinal Mazarin

Question 18

The major goal of Frederick William was strengthening Prussia's

Accepted Answer

A)  nobility. 
B)  army. 
C)  merchants. 
D)  legislature. 
A)  nobility. 
B)  army. 
C)  merchants. 
D)  legislature.

Question 19

How did Parliament restrain royal power when it met in1640?

Accepted Answer

A)  It gained the right to make law. 
B)  It would meet every three years without being called by the king. 
C)  It became the body that would elect monarchs. 
D)  It gained jurisdiction over all law courts. 
A)  It gained the right to make law. 
B)  It would meet every three years without being called by the king. 
C)  It became the body that would elect monarchs. 
D)  It gained jurisdiction over all law courts.

Question 20

Which ruler best exemplifies seventeenth-century absolutism in Europe?

Accepted Answer

A)  Henry VIII 
B)  Queen Elizabeth 
C)  Louis XIV 
D)  Frederick II 
A)  Henry VIII 
B)  Queen Elizabeth 
C)  Louis XIV 
D)  Frederick II

Exam 24: Absolutism and Enlightenment in Europe, 1600-1763

Galileo verified the Copernican hypothesis, thus earning him persecution by the Catholic Church.

Who invented the pendulum and telescope?

The English Parliament was reduced to about sixty members because many of its members

In which state was the noble class known as Junkers?

Which of these motivated the repeal of the Edict of Nantes?

Which man laid the foundations for socialism by advocating a government that enforced the general will of the people?

How did the views of Locke and Hobbes differ?

Who were the Ironsides?

The two most powerful Central European states in the 1600s and 1700s were

Prussia had a strong middle class made up of urban professionals.

What constituted the Eleven Years' Tyranny under Charles I?

What was Cardinal Richelieu's goal concerning the French nobility?

Which man is most responsible for laying the foundations for absolutism in France?

Who wrote Principia, or The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy?

Compare and contrast the political systems of France and Britain in the seventeenth century.

Which man said, "I think; therefore, I am"?

Who was the chief minister during the childhood reign of Louis XIV?

The major goal of Frederick William was strengthening Prussia's

How did Parliament restrain royal power when it met in1640?

Which ruler best exemplifies seventeenth-century absolutism in Europe?

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