Question 1

It is generally recognized that Nietzsche's writings

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A)  offered memoirs of his experiences in the Franco-Prussian War. 
B)  offered racist arguments. 
C)  called for a rising of the masses. 
D)  endorse Christianity. 
E)  None of these 
A)  offered memoirs of his experiences in the Franco-Prussian War. 
B)  offered racist arguments. 
C)  called for a rising of the masses. 
D)  endorse Christianity. 
E)  None of these E

Question 2

Heisenberg's uncertainty principle

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A)  reinforced Newtonian physics. 
B)  stated that matter and energy were closely related. 
C)  postulated that the element of chance meant that the universe could never be completely known. 
D)  stated that there were no certain standards of good and bad in the universe. 
E)  stated that it is possible to determine at one and the same time both an electrons precise speed and its position. 
A)  reinforced Newtonian physics. 
B)  stated that matter and energy were closely related. 
C)  postulated that the element of chance meant that the universe could never be completely known. 
D)  stated that there were no certain standards of good and bad in the universe. 
E)  stated that it is possible to determine at one and the same time both an electrons precise speed and its position. C

Question 3

The term nihilism means

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A)  rejection of any absolute moral or social values. 
B)  belief that the universe is indecipherable chaos. 
C)  rejection of one's parents' beliefs. 
D)  the belief that God is present in everything. 
E)  rejection of socialism. 
A)  rejection of any absolute moral or social values. 
B)  belief that the universe is indecipherable chaos. 
C)  rejection of one's parents' beliefs. 
D)  the belief that God is present in everything. 
E)  rejection of socialism. A

Question 4

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-One author has referred to art since the Renaissance as "a mirror of nature." How did artistic developments of the second half of the nineteenth century destroy this concept?

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The artistic developments of the second

Question 5

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.

Question 6

Modern artists would agree with each of the following except

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A)  the audience must be participants in the spirit of artistic creation. 
B)  there was more to be found in artistic creations than had been discovered by the old masters. 
C)  one should scatter complacent views of the traditions of western cultural forms. 
D)  there is no objective reality of space, motion, and time that has the same meaning to all observers. 
E)  reason must be the primary force in structuring a work of art and its message. 
A)  the audience must be participants in the spirit of artistic creation. 
B)  there was more to be found in artistic creations than had been discovered by the old masters. 
C)  one should scatter complacent views of the traditions of western cultural forms. 
D)  there is no objective reality of space, motion, and time that has the same meaning to all observers. 
E)  reason must be the primary force in structuring a work of art and its message.

Question 7

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

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Friedrich Nietzsche was a German philoso

Question 8

Who of the following aimed to construct a system of sociology on the model of the physical sciences?

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A)  Freud 
B)  Bergson 
C)  Weber 
D)  Durkheim 
E)  Pareto 
A)  Freud 
B)  Bergson 
C)  Weber 
D)  Durkheim 
E)  Pareto

Question 9

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

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Anomie is a sociological concept primari

Question 10

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 11

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-On a map of Europe,locate the site each of these historical personalities or artists is associated with: Pareto,Nietzsche,Einstein,Picasso,Stravinsky,Weber,Freud,and Durkheim.

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I'm sorry for any confusion, but as a te

Question 12

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

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The unconscious refers to the part of th

Question 13

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

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Igor Stravinsky was a Russian composer,

Question 14

Wassily Kandinsky

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A)  was a late Impressionist painter. 
B)  ultimately removed all traces of "the real world" from his paintings. 
C)  rejected the idea of purely abstract art. 
D)  was a student of Cezanne. 
E)  accepted the Renaissance view of the world. 
A)  was a late Impressionist painter. 
B)  ultimately removed all traces of "the real world" from his paintings. 
C)  rejected the idea of purely abstract art. 
D)  was a student of Cezanne. 
E)  accepted the Renaissance view of the world.

Question 15

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 16

What is the meaning of anomie?

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A)  The loneliness inherent in modern life 
B)  The idea that an elite will dominate society 
C)  The idea that an individual labors for subsistence in this world, and then reaps the reward in the afterlife 
D)  An anxiety that resulted after society suffered a complete collapse of values 
E)  The lack of religious morality in a society 
A)  The loneliness inherent in modern life 
B)  The idea that an elite will dominate society 
C)  The idea that an individual labors for subsistence in this world, and then reaps the reward in the afterlife 
D)  An anxiety that resulted after society suffered a complete collapse of values 
E)  The lack of religious morality in a society

Question 17

The Second Scientific Revolution destroyed or altered which major scientific theories or beliefs?

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A)  Heated bodies release heat in spurts. 
B)  According to Newtonian physics, the theories of time and space were proven. 
C)  Time and space do not disappear with material objects. 
D)  There is no absolute knowledge. 
E)  The earlier theory of absolute knowledge was reinforced. 
A)  Heated bodies release heat in spurts. 
B)  According to Newtonian physics, the theories of time and space were proven. 
C)  Time and space do not disappear with material objects. 
D)  There is no absolute knowledge. 
E)  The earlier theory of absolute knowledge was reinforced.

Question 18

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

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Max Planck was a German theoretical phys

Question 19

One may associate ____ with Bergson.

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A)  science 
B)  materialism 
C)  religious mysticism 
D)  liberal democracy 
E)  critical thinking 
A)  science 
B)  materialism 
C)  religious mysticism 
D)  liberal democracy 
E)  critical thinking

Question 20

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

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The Second Scientific Revolution refers

Exam 17: Modern Consciousness: New Views of Nature, human Nature, and the Arts

It is generally recognized that Nietzsche's writings

Heisenberg's uncertainty principle

The term nihilism means

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -One author has referred to art since the Renaissance as "a mirror of nature." How did artistic developments of the second half of the nineteenth century destroy this concept?

Sorel believed that a general strike ​

Modern artists would agree with each of the following except

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

Who of the following aimed to construct a system of sociology on the model of the physical sciences?

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

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

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -On a map of Europe,locate the site each of these historical personalities or artists is associated with: Pareto,Nietzsche,Einstein,Picasso,Stravinsky,Weber,Freud,and Durkheim.

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

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

Wassily Kandinsky

The Modernist Movement may be said to have

What is the meaning of anomie?

The Second Scientific Revolution destroyed or altered which major scientific theories or beliefs?

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

One may associate ____ with Bergson.

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

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

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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