Question 1

Why did Napoleon reject Canova's statue of him as Mars?

Accepted Answer

A) He needed to remove himself from a military image 
B) He had ordered himself portrayed as Augustus,not Mars 
C) He desired to be portrayed as taller,not his actual height 
D) He thought displaying himself as a nude was inappropriate 
A) He needed to remove himself from a military image 
B) He had ordered himself portrayed as Augustus,not Mars 
C) He desired to be portrayed as taller,not his actual height 
D) He thought displaying himself as a nude was inappropriate

Question 2

Why was Wedgwood's Neoclassical-ornamented jasperware so popular in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A) It was colored 
B) It was mass produced 
C) It was rare 
D) It was expensive 
A) It was colored 
B) It was mass produced 
C) It was rare 
D) It was expensive

Question 3

As described in the chapter's "Continuity and Change" section,why does Antoine Jean Gros's painting of Napoleon and his army battling the Russians make odd propaganda?

Accepted Answer

A) The Russians defeated Napoleon's army 
B) Napoleon's army never fought the Russians 
C) Most of Napoleon's men died in that campaign 
D) Napoleon did not lead his army against the Russians 
A) The Russians defeated Napoleon's army 
B) Napoleon's army never fought the Russians 
C) Most of Napoleon's men died in that campaign 
D) Napoleon did not lead his army against the Russians

Question 4

Why did Neoclassicism become the preferred style in late eighteenth-century United States?

Accepted Answer

A) Adams and Jefferson were admirers of classical architecture 
B) To reflect the new government,which was formed on classical ideas 
C) The new United States copied the style of its ally,France 
D) To emphasize the enduring potential of the new country 
A) Adams and Jefferson were admirers of classical architecture 
B) To reflect the new government,which was formed on classical ideas 
C) The new United States copied the style of its ally,France 
D) To emphasize the enduring potential of the new country

Question 5

Why do scholars today doubt parts of Olaudah Equiano's autobiography of his years as a slave?

Accepted Answer

A) His description of the slave ship does not match historical records 
B) He likely was born in the United States,not Africa as he claimed 
C) The English did not buy slaves from Benin,where he said he was born 
D) He describes treatment that would not have been given valuable commodities 
A) His description of the slave ship does not match historical records 
B) He likely was born in the United States,not Africa as he claimed 
C) The English did not buy slaves from Benin,where he said he was born 
D) He describes treatment that would not have been given valuable commodities

Question 6

Why did the French Tribunal order execution of Maximilien Robespierre,one of the leaders of the revolution and new government?

Accepted Answer

A) For being a member of the nobility 
B) For ordering execution of an innocent girl 
C) For declaring himself emperor of France 
D) For ordering so many executions himself 
A) For being a member of the nobility 
B) For ordering execution of an innocent girl 
C) For declaring himself emperor of France 
D) For ordering so many executions himself

Question 7

Why do Jacques-Louis David's paintings have a frozen quality to them?

Accepted Answer

A) To draw attention to their high drama 
B) To emphasize rationality 
C) To create a clear focus 
D) To preserve their formal balance 
A) To draw attention to their high drama 
B) To emphasize rationality 
C) To create a clear focus 
D) To preserve their formal balance

Question 8

Describe the significance of Phyllis Wheatley's contribution to literature.

Accepted Answer

Phyllis Wheatley's contribution to liter

Question 9

Why did Houdon position a plowshare beaten by a sword behind George Washington in his 1788 sculpture?

Accepted Answer

A) To signify his role as a warrior who brought peace to his people 
B) To show the two aspects-farming and military-of the United States 
C) To show that Washington was a farmer before becoming a general 
D) To reference the Roman farmer-poet Virgil and Augustus Caesar 
A) To signify his role as a warrior who brought peace to his people 
B) To show the two aspects-farming and military-of the United States 
C) To show that Washington was a farmer before becoming a general 
D) To reference the Roman farmer-poet Virgil and Augustus Caesar

Question 10

Why was Napoleon Bonaparte's coup d'état of the French Directory in 1799 successful?

Accepted Answer

A) The French women were threatening an uprising 
B) The Directory was not providing stability for France 
C) The Directory was proposing a new monarchy 
D) The had just entered another war with England 
A) The French women were threatening an uprising 
B) The Directory was not providing stability for France 
C) The Directory was proposing a new monarchy 
D) The had just entered another war with England

Question 11

Matching

Accepted Answer

30-g,31-d,

Question 12

Why did Napoleon launch a massive rebuilding program in Paris?

Accepted Answer

A) To restore Paris to its Baroque grandeur 
B) To impress his empire with his new palace 
C) To make Paris the new Rome 
D) To expand the churches to glorify God 
A) To restore Paris to its Baroque grandeur 
B) To impress his empire with his new palace 
C) To make Paris the new Rome 
D) To expand the churches to glorify God

Question 13

Who inspired Thomas Jefferson's argument for freedom in the Declaration of Independence?

Accepted Answer

A) Thomas Hobbes 
B) Thomas Paine 
C) John Locke 
D) Voltaire 
A) Thomas Hobbes 
B) Thomas Paine 
C) John Locke 
D) Voltaire

Question 14

Why was Olympe de Gouges executed in 1793?

Accepted Answer

A) For arguing that popular vote should select government 
B) For killing Jean Paul-Marat in his bathtub 
C) For calling for more liberal divorce laws 
D) For proposing that marriage be based on equality 
A) For arguing that popular vote should select government 
B) For killing Jean Paul-Marat in his bathtub 
C) For calling for more liberal divorce laws 
D) For proposing that marriage be based on equality

Question 15

In France,what triggered the events leading to revolution?

Accepted Answer

A) Loss of the Seven Years' War 
B) Grain and flour shortage 
C) Murder of Jean Paul-Marat 
D) The national debt 
A) Loss of the Seven Years' War 
B) Grain and flour shortage 
C) Murder of Jean Paul-Marat 
D) The national debt

Question 16

What musical form did most of the African cultures share?

Accepted Answer

A) Chanting 
B) Drums 
C) Flutes 
D) Horns 
A) Chanting 
B) Drums 
C) Flutes 
D) Horns

Question 17

Which of the following European countries did not provide the colonists financial and naval support in their fight against British rule?

Accepted Answer

A) France 
B) Germany 
C) The Netherlands 
D) Spain 
A) France 
B) Germany 
C) The Netherlands 
D) Spain

Question 18

Why did the French peasant and working-class women march on Versailles in 1789?

Accepted Answer

A) To kill Marie Antoinette 
B) To demand bread 
C) To protest taxes 
D) To loot the palace 
A) To kill Marie Antoinette 
B) To demand bread 
C) To protest taxes 
D) To loot the palace

Question 19

How is David's Napoleon Crossing the Saint-Bernard historically inaccurate?

Accepted Answer

A) Napoleon was much shorter than David painted him 
B) Napoleon did not cross the Alps with his army 
C) Napoleon wears a crown even though he was not emperor 
D) Napoleon crossed the Alps on a mule,not a white horse 
A) Napoleon was much shorter than David painted him 
B) Napoleon did not cross the Alps with his army 
C) Napoleon wears a crown even though he was not emperor 
D) Napoleon crossed the Alps on a mule,not a white horse

Question 20

Explain the meaning and importance of Jefferson's alteration of John Locke's argument for "life,liberty,and property" in Two Treatises on Government to "life,liberty,and the pursuit of happiness."

Accepted Answer

John Locke's argument for "life, liberty

Why did Napoleon reject Canova's statue of him as Mars?

Why was Wedgwood's Neoclassical-ornamented jasperware so popular in the United States?

As described in the chapter's "Continuity and Change" section,why does Antoine Jean Gros's painting of Napoleon and his army battling the Russians make odd propaganda?

Why did Neoclassicism become the preferred style in late eighteenth-century United States?

Why do scholars today doubt parts of Olaudah Equiano's autobiography of his years as a slave?

Why did the French Tribunal order execution of Maximilien Robespierre,one of the leaders of the revolution and new government?

Why do Jacques-Louis David's paintings have a frozen quality to them?

Describe the significance of Phyllis Wheatley's contribution to literature.

Why did Houdon position a plowshare beaten by a sword behind George Washington in his 1788 sculpture?

Why was Napoleon Bonaparte's coup d'état of the French Directory in 1799 successful?

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Why did Napoleon launch a massive rebuilding program in Paris?

Who inspired Thomas Jefferson's argument for freedom in the Declaration of Independence?

Why was Olympe de Gouges executed in 1793?

In France,what triggered the events leading to revolution?

What musical form did most of the African cultures share?

Which of the following European countries did not provide the colonists financial and naval support in their fight against British rule?

Why did the French peasant and working-class women march on Versailles in 1789?

How is David's Napoleon Crossing the Saint-Bernard historically inaccurate?

Explain the meaning and importance of Jefferson's alteration of John Locke's argument for "life,liberty,and property" in Two Treatises on Government to "life,liberty,and the pursuit of happiness."

The Baroque in Italy: The Church and Its Appeal

The Secular Baroque in the North: The Art of Observation

The Baroque Court: Absolute Power and Royal Patronage

The Rise of the Enlightenment in England: The Claims of Reason

The Rococo and the Enlightenment on the Continent: Privilege and Reason

The Romantic World View: the Self in Nature and the Nature of Self

Industry and the Working Class: a New Realism

Global Confrontation and Civil War: Challenges to Cultural Identity

In Pursuit of Modernity: Paris in the 1850s and 1860s

The Promise of Renewal: Hope and Possibility in Late Nineteenth-Century Europe

The Course of Empire: Expansion and Conflict in America

The Fin De Siècle: Toward the Modern

The Era of Invention: Paris and the Modern World

The Great War and Its Impact: a Lost Generation and a New Imagination

New York skyscraper Culture and the Jazz Age: Making It New

The Age of Anxiety: Fascism and Depression holocaust and Bomb

After the War: Existential Doubt, artistic Triumph, and the Culture of Consumption

Multiplicity and Diversity: Cultures of Liberation and Identity in the 1960s and 1970s

Without Boundaries: Multiple Meanings in a Postmodern World

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Exam 25: The Rights of Man: Revolution and the Neoclassical Style

Why did Napoleon reject Canova's statue of him as Mars?

Why was Wedgwood's Neoclassical-ornamented jasperware so popular in the United States?

As described in the chapter's "Continuity and Change" section,why does Antoine Jean Gros's painting of Napoleon and his army battling the Russians make odd propaganda?

Why did Neoclassicism become the preferred style in late eighteenth-century United States?

Why do scholars today doubt parts of Olaudah Equiano's autobiography of his years as a slave?

Why did the French Tribunal order execution of Maximilien Robespierre,one of the leaders of the revolution and new government?

Why do Jacques-Louis David's paintings have a frozen quality to them?

Describe the significance of Phyllis Wheatley's contribution to literature.

Why did Houdon position a plowshare beaten by a sword behind George Washington in his 1788 sculpture?

Why was Napoleon Bonaparte's coup d'état of the French Directory in 1799 successful?

Matching

Why did Napoleon launch a massive rebuilding program in Paris?

Who inspired Thomas Jefferson's argument for freedom in the Declaration of Independence?

Why was Olympe de Gouges executed in 1793?

In France,what triggered the events leading to revolution?

What musical form did most of the African cultures share?

Which of the following European countries did not provide the colonists financial and naval support in their fight against British rule?

Why did the French peasant and working-class women march on Versailles in 1789?

How is David's Napoleon Crossing the Saint-Bernard historically inaccurate?

Explain the meaning and importance of Jefferson's alteration of John Locke's argument for "life,liberty,and property" in Two Treatises on Government to "life,liberty,and the pursuit of happiness."

The Baroque in Italy: The Church and Its Appeal

The Secular Baroque in the North: The Art of Observation

The Baroque Court: Absolute Power and Royal Patronage

The Rise of the Enlightenment in England: The Claims of Reason

The Rococo and the Enlightenment on the Continent: Privilege and Reason

The Romantic World View: the Self in Nature and the Nature of Self

Industry and the Working Class: a New Realism

Global Confrontation and Civil War: Challenges to Cultural Identity

In Pursuit of Modernity: Paris in the 1850s and 1860s

The Promise of Renewal: Hope and Possibility in Late Nineteenth-Century Europe

The Course of Empire: Expansion and Conflict in America

The Fin De Siècle: Toward the Modern

The Era of Invention: Paris and the Modern World

The Great War and Its Impact: a Lost Generation and a New Imagination

New York skyscraper Culture and the Jazz Age: Making It New

The Age of Anxiety: Fascism and Depression holocaust and Bomb

After the War: Existential Doubt, artistic Triumph, and the Culture of Consumption

Multiplicity and Diversity: Cultures of Liberation and Identity in the 1960s and 1970s

Without Boundaries: Multiple Meanings in a Postmodern World

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