Question 1

According to Pierre-Joseph Proudhon's What Is Property?,property:

Accepted Answer

A)  should be held in common by all. 
B)  is owned by a state's monarch. 
C)  is a natural right. 
D)  should be controlled by the state. 
E)  is theft. 
A)  should be held in common by all. 
B)  is owned by a state's monarch. 
C)  is a natural right. 
D)  should be controlled by the state. 
E)  is theft.

Question 2

Tsar Nicholas sentenced five young members of the elite to be hanged and buried in secret graves in order to stop them from becoming martyrs to the Decembrists' cause.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Volk refers to the German people to whom Herder attributed a creative genius.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Why was the Greek war for independence so attractive to European powers?

Accepted Answer

While on a political level,the European

Question 5

One of the best-known images of the revolutions of 1830 is Liberty Leading the People by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Francisco Guy. 
B)  Jacques-Louis David. 
C)  Eugene Delacroix. 
D)  Theodore Gericault. 
E)  J. M. W. Turner. 
A)  Francisco Guy. 
B)  Jacques-Louis David. 
C)  Eugene Delacroix. 
D)  Theodore Gericault. 
E)  J. M. W. Turner.

Question 6

The Decembrist Revolt of 1825 was:

Accepted Answer

A)  a direct response to the formation of the Third Section. 
B)  initiated by an elite corps of Russian army officers. 
C)  caused by the assassination of Nicholas I. 
D)  caused by a fuel shortage in Saint Petersburg after the death of Alexander I. 
E)  led by army officers obsessed with Jacobin republicanism. 
A)  a direct response to the formation of the Third Section. 
B)  initiated by an elite corps of Russian army officers. 
C)  caused by the assassination of Nicholas I. 
D)  caused by a fuel shortage in Saint Petersburg after the death of Alexander I. 
E)  led by army officers obsessed with Jacobin republicanism.

Question 7

One of the best-known examples of Romantic fiction,Frankenstein,was written by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Mary Keats. 
B)  Mary Wollstonecraft. 
C)  Mary Shelley. 
D)  Mary Bysshe. 
E)  Mary Byron. 
A)  Mary Keats. 
B)  Mary Wollstonecraft. 
C)  Mary Shelley. 
D)  Mary Bysshe. 
E)  Mary Byron.

Question 8

The military officers who carried out the Decembrist Revolt in Russia upon the death of Alexander I wanted his brother,_________,rather than Nicholas as Tsar.

Accepted Answer

A)  Alexei 
B)  Boris 
C)  Nicholas 
D)  Dmitri 
E)  Constantine. 
A)  Alexei 
B)  Boris 
C)  Nicholas 
D)  Dmitri 
E)  Constantine.

Question 9

The national languages of European countries were not always the languages of the majority of citizens.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Isaac Newton's prisms played an important part in the Romantic artists' new uses of light.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

A modern ideology that was first articulated in the nineteenth century following the defeat of Napoleon was:

Accepted Answer

A)  nationalism. 
B)  socialism. 
C)  conservatism. 
D)  liberalism. 
E)  all of these 
A)  nationalism. 
B)  socialism. 
C)  conservatism. 
D)  liberalism. 
E)  all of these

Question 12

The Greek war of independence:

Accepted Answer

A)  pitted various Greek groups against the Ottoman Turks. 
B)  was both peaceful and bloodless. 
C)  led to the repeal of the London Protocols. 
D)  resulted in the destruction of the Ottoman Empire. 
E)  resulted in the capture of Constantinople. 
A)  pitted various Greek groups against the Ottoman Turks. 
B)  was both peaceful and bloodless. 
C)  led to the repeal of the London Protocols. 
D)  resulted in the destruction of the Ottoman Empire. 
E)  resulted in the capture of Constantinople.

Question 13

Two well-known female French writers of the Romantic Age were Germaine de Staël and:

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A)  George Eliot. 
B)  Germaine Necker. 
C)  Elizabeth Vigrée-Lebrun. 
D)  George Sand. 
E)  Jane Austen. 
A)  George Eliot. 
B)  Germaine Necker. 
C)  Elizabeth Vigrée-Lebrun. 
D)  George Sand. 
E)  Jane Austen.

Question 14

A Romantic would probably argue that human nature is:

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A)  diverse, and therefore subject to no natural laws. 
B)  incapable of expression in art. 
C)  universal, and therefore subject to investigation. 
D)  necessarily evil. 
E)  basically good. 
A)  diverse, and therefore subject to no natural laws. 
B)  incapable of expression in art. 
C)  universal, and therefore subject to investigation. 
D)  necessarily evil. 
E)  basically good.

Question 15

Romantic writing was not only in the genres of poetry and fiction,it was also present in the writing of history.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

How did republicanism and socialism differ from liberalism?

Accepted Answer

While liberals advocated a constitutiona

Question 17

The French Revolution of 1848 resulted in:

Accepted Answer

A)  a series of political dinners being held across the country. 
B)  toppling of the government of King Louis Philippe. 
C)  France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. 
D)  the establishment of the Third Republic. 
E)  toppling of the government of Charles X. 
A)  a series of political dinners being held across the country. 
B)  toppling of the government of King Louis Philippe. 
C)  France's defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. 
D)  the establishment of the Third Republic. 
E)  toppling of the government of Charles X.

Question 18

Why was restoration not possible in Latin America?

Accepted Answer

Restoration in Latin America was largely

Question 19

The revolutions in South America were aided in 1823 when the United States issued:

Accepted Answer

A)  the Doctrine of Manifest Destiny. 
B)  the Jefferson/Jackson Doctrine. 
C)  the Monroe Doctrine. 
D)  the Treaty of La Plata. 
E)  the Madison Memorandum. 
A)  the Doctrine of Manifest Destiny. 
B)  the Jefferson/Jackson Doctrine. 
C)  the Monroe Doctrine. 
D)  the Treaty of La Plata. 
E)  the Madison Memorandum.

Question 20

The writings of the seventeenth-century political philosopher,John Locke,formed the basis for English:

Accepted Answer

A)  royalists. 
B)  conservatives. 
C)  liberals. 
D)  democrats. 
E)  republicans. 
A)  royalists. 
B)  conservatives. 
C)  liberals. 
D)  democrats. 
E)  republicans.

Exam 20: From Restoration to Revolution,1815–1848

According to Pierre-Joseph Proudhon's What Is Property?,property:

Tsar Nicholas sentenced five young members of the elite to be hanged and buried in secret graves in order to stop them from becoming martyrs to the Decembrists' cause.

Volk refers to the German people to whom Herder attributed a creative genius.

Why was the Greek war for independence so attractive to European powers?

One of the best-known images of the revolutions of 1830 is Liberty Leading the People by:

The Decembrist Revolt of 1825 was:

One of the best-known examples of Romantic fiction,Frankenstein,was written by:

The military officers who carried out the Decembrist Revolt in Russia upon the death of Alexander I wanted his brother,_________,rather than Nicholas as Tsar.

The national languages of European countries were not always the languages of the majority of citizens.

Isaac Newton's prisms played an important part in the Romantic artists' new uses of light.

A modern ideology that was first articulated in the nineteenth century following the defeat of Napoleon was:

The Greek war of independence:

Two well-known female French writers of the Romantic Age were Germaine de Staël and:

A Romantic would probably argue that human nature is:

Romantic writing was not only in the genres of poetry and fiction,it was also present in the writing of history.

How did republicanism and socialism differ from liberalism?

The French Revolution of 1848 resulted in:

Why was restoration not possible in Latin America?

The revolutions in South America were aided in 1823 when the United States issued:

The writings of the seventeenth-century political philosopher,John Locke,formed the basis for English:

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