Question 1

What might be political romanticism? Define it and give examples from the first half of the nineteenth century.

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Political romanticism can be defined as

Question 2

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Corn Laws and the Peterloo Massacre

Accepted Answer

The Corn Laws were a series of laws in t

Question 3

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-Concert of Europe

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The Concert of Europe was a system of in

Question 4

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-Congress of Vienna

Accepted Answer

The Congress of Vienna was a conference

Question 5

Louis Blanc's "national workshops" in France

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A)  became a vital part of the French economy. 
B)  were extremely important to the French radical aristocracy. 
C)  became little more than unemployment compensation units through public works projects. 
D)  built many national parks in France. 
E)  turned the city of Paris into the "City of Lights." 
A)  became a vital part of the French economy. 
B)  were extremely important to the French radical aristocracy. 
C)  became little more than unemployment compensation units through public works projects. 
D)  built many national parks in France. 
E)  turned the city of Paris into the "City of Lights."

Question 6

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-France's Second Republic

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The Second Republic in France was a brie

Question 7

Which one of the following was the English political party in power until 1830, the party that represented tradition?

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A)  Tories. 
B)  Republicans. 
C)  Checkers. 
D)  Whigs. 
E)  Democrats. 
A)  Tories. 
B)  Republicans. 
C)  Checkers. 
D)  Whigs. 
E)  Democrats.

Question 8

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-Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is a classic

Question 9

Because of the increased employment opportunities resulting from the Industrial Revolution, the early nineteenth century experienced a significant decrease in crime, especially crimes against property.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

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-Charles Fourier's phalansteries

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Charles Fourier was a French philosopher

Question 11

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-William Wordsworth

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William Wordsworth was a renowned Englis

Question 12

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-balance of power

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The balance of power refers to the distr

Question 13

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-France's July Revolution of 1830

Accepted Answer

The July Revolution of 1830 in France wa

Question 14

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-Britain's Tories and Whigs

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Britain's Tories and Whigs were the two

Question 15

David Ricardo's iron law of wages stated that

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A)  wages would rise as competition eliminated inefficient producers. 
B)  wages would decline as productivity drove prices down. 
C)  wages would stay low as workers bred more children. 
D)  wages would rise as workers organized into unions. 
E)  wages were irrelevant; only commodities like pig iron mattered. 
A)  wages would rise as competition eliminated inefficient producers. 
B)  wages would decline as productivity drove prices down. 
C)  wages would stay low as workers bred more children. 
D)  wages would rise as workers organized into unions. 
E)  wages were irrelevant; only commodities like pig iron mattered.

Question 16

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Frankfurt Assembly

Accepted Answer

The Frankfurt Assembly was a national as

Question 17

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Thomas Malthus

Accepted Answer

Thomas Malthus was an English economist

Question 18

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-Sir Walter Scott

Accepted Answer

Sir Walter Scott was a Scottish historic

Question 19

The literary model for early Romantics was

Accepted Answer

A)  The Last Days of Socrates, by Plato. 
B)  Don Quixote, by Cervantes. 
C)  Great Expectations, by Dickens. 
D)  The Sorrows of the Young Werther, by Goethe. 
E)  Reflections, by Edmund Burke. 
A)  The Last Days of Socrates, by Plato. 
B)  Don Quixote, by Cervantes. 
C)  Great Expectations, by Dickens. 
D)  The Sorrows of the Young Werther, by Goethe. 
E)  Reflections, by Edmund Burke.

Question 20

Compare and contrast the concepts of romanticism as exhibited in Caspar David Friedrich's Man and Woman Gazing at the Moon with Eugene Delacroix's The Death of Sardanapalus.

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Romanticism was an artistic movement tha

Exam 21: reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815-1850

What might be political romanticism? Define it and give examples from the first half of the nineteenth century.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Corn Laws and the Peterloo Massacre

IDENTIFICATIONS -Concert of Europe

IDENTIFICATIONS -Congress of Vienna

Louis Blanc's "national workshops" in France

IDENTIFICATIONS -France's Second Republic

Which one of the following was the English political party in power until 1830, the party that represented tradition?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Because of the increased employment opportunities resulting from the Industrial Revolution, the early nineteenth century experienced a significant decrease in crime, especially crimes against property.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Charles Fourier's phalansteries

IDENTIFICATIONS -William Wordsworth

IDENTIFICATIONS -balance of power

IDENTIFICATIONS -France's July Revolution of 1830

IDENTIFICATIONS -Britain's Tories and Whigs

David Ricardo's iron law of wages stated that

IDENTIFICATIONS -Frankfurt Assembly

IDENTIFICATIONS -Thomas Malthus

IDENTIFICATIONS -Sir Walter Scott

The literary model for early Romantics was

Compare and contrast the concepts of romanticism as exhibited in Caspar David Friedrich's Man and Woman Gazing at the Moon with Eugene Delacroix's The Death of Sardanapalus.

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