Question 1

Who synthesized romanticism,Kantian philosophy,and Enlightenment rationalism?

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A)  Marx 
B)  Hegel 
C)  Hume 
D)  Shelley 
E)  Hume. 
A)  Marx 
B)  Hegel 
C)  Hume 
D)  Shelley 
E)  Hume.

Question 2

According to the text,the roots of nineteenth-century liberalism included

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A)  rationalism and development of democracy in ancient Greece. 
B)  the Judeo-Christian tradition of individual dignity. 
C)  seventeenth-century English limited monarchy. 
D)  the French Enlightenment. 
E)  all of the above 
A)  rationalism and development of democracy in ancient Greece. 
B)  the Judeo-Christian tradition of individual dignity. 
C)  seventeenth-century English limited monarchy. 
D)  the French Enlightenment. 
E)  all of the above

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Radicals are individuals or groups who h

Question 4

For the romantics,cultivating emotions,intuition,and the imagination was the path to

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A)  political success. 
B)  reality and self-discovery. 
C)  economic prosperity. 
D)  religious comfort. 
E)  intellectual achievement. 
A)  political success. 
B)  reality and self-discovery. 
C)  economic prosperity. 
D)  religious comfort. 
E)  intellectual achievement.

Question 5

The text 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 Renaissance. 
A)  scholastic philosophy. 
B)  nationalism. 
C)  Enlightenment rationalism. 
D)  the cult of the Great Man in history. 
E)  the Renaissance.

Question 6

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-Why was history a very important part of the work of Hegel? In what way did Hegel's view of freedom actually limit man's freedom of action? How did his ideas contrast with the ideas of the philosophes?

Accepted Answer

Hegel believed that history was a very i

Question 7

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-iron law of wages

Accepted Answer

The iron law of wages is an economic the

Question 8

Who was referred to by de Maistre as one "into whose hands hell has given all its power"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rousseau 
B)  Robespierre 
C)  Voltaire 
D)  Bayle 
E)  Napoleon 
A)  Rousseau 
B)  Robespierre 
C)  Voltaire 
D)  Bayle 
E)  Napoleon

Question 9

French liberal theorist Benjamin Constant warned against the danger of

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A)  absolute monarchy. 
B)  constitutional monarchy. 
C)  unlimited popular sovereignty. 
D)  the political power of the Catholic Church. 
E)  the state's application of Enlightenment reason. 
A)  absolute monarchy. 
B)  constitutional monarchy. 
C)  unlimited popular sovereignty. 
D)  the political power of the Catholic Church. 
E)  the state's application of Enlightenment reason.

Question 10

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-What role did the French Revolution and Napoleonic period play in shaping nineteenth-century politics and culture? Use specific examples to support your assessment.

Accepted Answer

The French Revolution and Napoleonic per

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

Liberalism is a political and moral phil

Question 12

Liberalism in the nineteenth century embraced all the following economic and social ideas EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  Adam Smith's theory of laissez-faire economics: the free pursuit of self-interest and profit. 
B)  the misery of the poor is due to their laziness, poor judgment, and vice. 
C)  the "iron law of wages." 
D)  the equality of all men means that all men are equally responsible for each other's well-being. 
E)  state help for the poor is counterproductive. 
A)  Adam Smith's theory of laissez-faire economics: the free pursuit of self-interest and profit. 
B)  the misery of the poor is due to their laziness, poor judgment, and vice. 
C)  the "iron law of wages." 
D)  the equality of all men means that all men are equally responsible for each other's well-being. 
E)  state help for the poor is counterproductive.

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

Romanticism is a cultural and artistic m

Question 14

The text points to which of the following as a "Copernican Revolution" in philosophy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hegel's idea of the Absolute Spirit 
B)  The romantics' primacy of emotion over reason 
C)  Byron's exaltation of the senses 
D)  Kant's idea that the knower is the active agent in knowledge, not the object being known 
E)  Coleridge's rejection of the watchmaker God of the philosophes 
A)  Hegel's idea of the Absolute Spirit 
B)  The romantics' primacy of emotion over reason 
C)  Byron's exaltation of the senses 
D)  Kant's idea that the knower is the active agent in knowledge, not the object being known 
E)  Coleridge's rejection of the watchmaker God of the philosophes

Question 15

Romanticism helped shape modern nationalism by

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A)  rediscovering folk traditions, legends, and songs. 
B)  emphasizing the passions and irrational behavior that would eventually become part of modern nationalism. 
C)  rediscovering native, sometimes nearly forgotten, languages. 
D)  glorifying myth and the folk community. 
E)  all of the above 
A)  rediscovering folk traditions, legends, and songs. 
B)  emphasizing the passions and irrational behavior that would eventually become part of modern nationalism. 
C)  rediscovering native, sometimes nearly forgotten, languages. 
D)  glorifying myth and the folk community. 
E)  all of the above

Question 16

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-What points of similarity do you find between the arguments of Thomas Malthus and David Ricardo?

Accepted Answer

Both Thomas Malthus and David Ricardo we

Question 17

In 1815,conservatism included all of the following values EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  tradition over reason. 
B)  laissez faire over government involvement. 
C)  community over the individual. 
D)  hierarchy over equality. 
E)  a departure from the Enlightenment. 
A)  tradition over reason. 
B)  laissez faire over government involvement. 
C)  community over the individual. 
D)  hierarchy over equality. 
E)  a departure from the Enlightenment.

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

Volksgeist is a German term that transla

Question 19

Considered a reactionary,de Maistre

Accepted Answer

A)  denounced the Enlightenment of the philosophes as an "insurrection against God." 
B)  condemned any kind of religious or political liberalism. 
C)  regarded the Revolution as satanic evil. 
D)  claimed that everything connected with the Revolution, including its roots, must be expunged from the soil of Christian Europe. 
E)  all of the above 
A)  denounced the Enlightenment of the philosophes as an "insurrection against God." 
B)  condemned any kind of religious or political liberalism. 
C)  regarded the Revolution as satanic evil. 
D)  claimed that everything connected with the Revolution, including its roots, must be expunged from the soil of Christian Europe. 
E)  all of the above

Question 20

According to the text,the central message of the romantics was that

Accepted Answer

A)  the individual imagination was primary in artistic creation. 
B)  faith must be upheld. 
C)  imagination was important, but feelings were not. 
D)  poetry should not seek to philosophize. 
E)  the past, especially the Middle Ages, was fascinating. 
A)  the individual imagination was primary in artistic creation. 
B)  faith must be upheld. 
C)  imagination was important, but feelings were not. 
D)  poetry should not seek to philosophize. 
E)  the past, especially the Middle Ages, was fascinating.

Who synthesized romanticism,Kantian philosophy,and Enlightenment rationalism?

According to the text,the roots of nineteenth-century liberalism included

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

For the romantics,cultivating emotions,intuition,and the imagination was the path to

The text describes romanticism as a reaction against

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -Why was history a very important part of the work of Hegel? In what way did Hegel's view of freedom actually limit man's freedom of action? How did his ideas contrast with the ideas of the philosophes?

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -iron law of wages

Who was referred to by de Maistre as one "into whose hands hell has given all its power"?

French liberal theorist Benjamin Constant warned against the danger of

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -What role did the French Revolution and Napoleonic period play in shaping nineteenth-century politics and culture? Use specific examples to support your assessment.

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

Liberalism in the nineteenth century embraced all the following economic and social ideas EXCEPT

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

The text points to which of the following as a "Copernican Revolution" in philosophy?

Romanticism helped shape modern nationalism by

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -What points of similarity do you find between the arguments of Thomas Malthus and David Ricardo?

In 1815,conservatism included all of the following values EXCEPT

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

Considered a reactionary,de Maistre

According to the text,the central message of the romantics was that

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The Industrial West: Responses to Modernization

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Exam 6: Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

Who synthesized romanticism,Kantian philosophy,and Enlightenment rationalism?

According to the text,the roots of nineteenth-century liberalism included

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

For the romantics,cultivating emotions,intuition,and the imagination was the path to

The text describes romanticism as a reaction against

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -Why was history a very important part of the work of Hegel? In what way did Hegel's view of freedom actually limit man's freedom of action? How did his ideas contrast with the ideas of the philosophes?

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -iron law of wages

Who was referred to by de Maistre as one "into whose hands hell has given all its power"?

French liberal theorist Benjamin Constant warned against the danger of

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -What role did the French Revolution and Napoleonic period play in shaping nineteenth-century politics and culture? Use specific examples to support your assessment.

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

Liberalism in the nineteenth century embraced all the following economic and social ideas EXCEPT

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

The text points to which of the following as a "Copernican Revolution" in philosophy?

Romanticism helped shape modern nationalism by

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -What points of similarity do you find between the arguments of Thomas Malthus and David Ricardo?

In 1815,conservatism included all of the following values EXCEPT

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

Considered a reactionary,de Maistre

According to the text,the central message of the romantics was that

The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution: the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform

The French Revolution: the Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

The Industrial Revolution: the Great Transformation

Revolution and Counterrevolution, 1815-1848

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

The Surge of Nationalism: From Liberal to Extreme Nationalism

The Industrial West: Responses to Modernization

Imperialism: Western Global Dominance

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

World War I: the West in Despair

An Era of Totalitarianism

Thought and Culture in an Era of World Wars and 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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