Question 1

Hume's skepticism challenged modern science by

Accepted Answer

A)  insisting on more rigorous experimentation to achieve certainty. 
B)  requiring that all scientific knowledge be expressed mathematically. 
C)  arguing that gravity is not a force but a quality of all matter. 
D)  denying that natural law − if it exists − can be grasped. 
E)  insisting that action, not knowledge, is what matters. 
A)  insisting on more rigorous experimentation to achieve certainty. 
B)  requiring that all scientific knowledge be expressed mathematically. 
C)  arguing that gravity is not a force but a quality of all matter. 
D)  denying that natural law − if it exists − can be grasped. 
E)  insisting that action, not knowledge, is what matters.

Question 2

One may correctly say that nineteenth-century liberals

Accepted Answer

A)  were inevitably followers of de Tocqueville. 
B)  never engaged in revolutions. 
C)  were concerned that revolution would spread to the masses. 
D)  called for universal manhood suffrage with only age qualifications as a limitation. 
E)  shared de Tocqueville's recognition that the move towards democracy is inevitable. 
A)  were inevitably followers of de Tocqueville. 
B)  never engaged in revolutions. 
C)  were concerned that revolution would spread to the masses. 
D)  called for universal manhood suffrage with only age qualifications as a limitation. 
E)  shared de Tocqueville's recognition that the move towards democracy is inevitable.

Question 3

The principle leaders and supporters of nationalist movements in the early nineteenth century were

Accepted Answer

A)  conservatives. 
B)  the aristocracy. 
C)  the liberals. 
D)  socialists. 
E)  peasants and workers. 
A)  conservatives. 
B)  the aristocracy. 
C)  the liberals. 
D)  socialists. 
E)  peasants and workers.

Question 4

The text refers to the preface of The Lyrical Ballads as

Accepted Answer

A)  the death toll of Enlightenment rationality. 
B)  a cogent attack on Kantian philosophy. 
C)  the manifesto of romanticism. 
D)  a musician's response to the industrial age. 
E)  a door to the human soul. 
A)  the death toll of Enlightenment rationality. 
B)  a cogent attack on Kantian philosophy. 
C)  the manifesto of romanticism. 
D)  a musician's response to the industrial age. 
E)  a door to the human soul.

Question 5

According to the textbook,the romantics' impact on European history included all the following EXCEPT romantics

Accepted Answer

A)  were among the first to see the dehumanization caused by capitalism. 
B)  introduced a highly charged nonrational component into political life that, in the twentieth century, would contribute to Fascism. 
C)  shed light on a part of human nature neglected by the Enlightenment. 
D)  introduced a sensitivity and gentleness into society that prevented further revolution and bloodshed. 
E)  legitimized the study of human emotion. 
A)  were among the first to see the dehumanization caused by capitalism. 
B)  introduced a highly charged nonrational component into political life that, in the twentieth century, would contribute to Fascism. 
C)  shed light on a part of human nature neglected by the Enlightenment. 
D)  introduced a sensitivity and gentleness into society that prevented further revolution and bloodshed. 
E)  legitimized the study of human emotion.

Hume's skepticism challenged modern science by

One may correctly say that nineteenth-century liberals

The principle leaders and supporters of nationalist movements in the early nineteenth century were

The text refers to the preface of The Lyrical Ballads as

According to the textbook,the romantics' impact on European history included all the following EXCEPT romantics

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

Filters

Exam 6: Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

Hume's skepticism challenged modern science by

One may correctly say that nineteenth-century liberals

The principle leaders and supporters of nationalist movements in the early nineteenth century were

The text refers to the preface of The Lyrical Ballads as

According to the textbook,the romantics' impact on European history included all the following EXCEPT romantics

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

Filters