Question 1

The prime minister of Piedmont who organized the Italian unification movement was

Accepted Answer

A)  Giuseppe Mazzini. 
B)  Giuseppe Garibaldi. 
C)  Camillo di Cavour. 
D)  Victor Emmanuel. 
E)  the Duke of Alba. 
A)  Giuseppe Mazzini. 
B)  Giuseppe Garibaldi. 
C)  Camillo di Cavour. 
D)  Victor Emmanuel. 
E)  the Duke of Alba.

Question 2

The Communist Manifesto of Marx and Engels

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A)  was a guidebook for the European workers in their revolutions of 1848. 
B)  viewed the bourgeoisie as leading the proletariat in the destruction of the aristocracy. 
C)  saw the successful realization of its ideas in the First International. 
D)  based all historical development on class struggle. 
E)  predicted peaceful compromise between the social classes. 
A)  was a guidebook for the European workers in their revolutions of 1848. 
B)  viewed the bourgeoisie as leading the proletariat in the destruction of the aristocracy. 
C)  saw the successful realization of its ideas in the First International. 
D)  based all historical development on class struggle. 
E)  predicted peaceful compromise between the social classes.

Question 3

IDENTIFICATIONS
-battles of Sadowa and Sedan

Accepted Answer

The Battles of Sadowa and Sedan are sign

Question 4

The nineteenth century composer associated with the concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk ("total art work") was

Accepted Answer

A)  Brahms. 
B)  Beethoven. 
C)  Liszt. 
D)  Mozart. 
E)  Wagner. 
A)  Brahms. 
B)  Beethoven. 
C)  Liszt. 
D)  Mozart. 
E)  Wagner.

Question 5

The Ausgleich or Compromise of 1867

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A)  created a loose federation of ethnic states within the Austrian Empire. 
B)  freed the serfs and eliminated compulsory labor services with the Austrian Empire. 
C)  made Austria part of the North German Confederation. 
D)  granted the Czechs and Slovenes home-rule. 
E)  created the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary. 
A)  created a loose federation of ethnic states within the Austrian Empire. 
B)  freed the serfs and eliminated compulsory labor services with the Austrian Empire. 
C)  made Austria part of the North German Confederation. 
D)  granted the Czechs and Slovenes home-rule. 
E)  created the dual monarchy of Austria-Hungary.

Question 6

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Florence Nightingale

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Florence Nightingale was a pioneering fi

Question 7

Among the key political consequences of Disraeli's Reform Act of 1867 was

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A)  the outbreak of mass strikes by industrial workers in Britain. 
B)  a large increase in the number of voters and tighter organization of Liberal and Conservative political parties. 
C)  the emergence of female suffrage movements in other European countries inspired by extension of the vote to British women. 
D)  the freeing of the last British serfs on northern landed estates. 
E)  the incorporation of India into the British Empire. 
A)  the outbreak of mass strikes by industrial workers in Britain. 
B)  a large increase in the number of voters and tighter organization of Liberal and Conservative political parties. 
C)  the emergence of female suffrage movements in other European countries inspired by extension of the vote to British women. 
D)  the freeing of the last British serfs on northern landed estates. 
E)  the incorporation of India into the British Empire.

Question 8

Compare and contrast slavery in the United States with the serfdom in Imperial Russia, the abolition of both, and the resulting aftermath.

Accepted Answer

Slavery in the United States and serfdom

Question 9

IDENTIFICATIONS
-The Communist Manifesto

Accepted Answer

The Communist Manifesto is a political p

Question 10

IDENTIFICATIONS
-battles of Magenta and Solferino

Accepted Answer

The battles of Magenta and Solferino wer

Question 11

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Gustave Courbet's The Stonebreakers

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Gustave Courbet's The Stonebreakers is a

Question 12

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Joseph Lister

Accepted Answer

Joseph Lister was a British surgeon and

Question 13

How did Realism differ from Romanticism? How did Realism reflect the economic and social realities of Europe during the middle decades of the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

Realism differed from Romanticism in sev

Question 14

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Charles Darwin

Accepted Answer

Charles Darwin (1809–1882) was an Englis

Question 15

The leading realist novelist of the nineteenth century was

Accepted Answer

A)  Rudyard Kipling. 
B)  Gustave Flaubert. 
C)  Thomas Gainsborough. 
D)  Gustave Courbet. 
E)  Anthony Powell. 
A)  Rudyard Kipling. 
B)  Gustave Flaubert. 
C)  Thomas Gainsborough. 
D)  Gustave Courbet. 
E)  Anthony Powell.

Question 16

"Despite the defeat of the revolutions of 1848, the forces of liberalism and nationalism triumphed after 1850." Discuss To what extent is this true in the Austrian Empire, Russia, and Great Britain?

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In the Austrian Empire, the forces of li

Question 17

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Crimean War

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The Crimean War was a conflict that took

Question 18

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Franco-Prussian War

Accepted Answer

The Franco-Prussian War was a conflict b

Question 19

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Piedmont and the House of Savoy

Accepted Answer

Piedmont is a region in northwest Italy,

Question 20

The nation state of Germany was founded at the conclusion of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 22: an Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850-1871

The prime minister of Piedmont who organized the Italian unification movement was

The Communist Manifesto of Marx and Engels

IDENTIFICATIONS -battles of Sadowa and Sedan

The nineteenth century composer associated with the concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk ("total art work") was

The Ausgleich or Compromise of 1867

IDENTIFICATIONS -Florence Nightingale

Among the key political consequences of Disraeli's Reform Act of 1867 was

Compare and contrast slavery in the United States with the serfdom in Imperial Russia, the abolition of both, and the resulting aftermath.

IDENTIFICATIONS -The Communist Manifesto

IDENTIFICATIONS -battles of Magenta and Solferino

IDENTIFICATIONS -Gustave Courbet's The Stonebreakers

IDENTIFICATIONS -Joseph Lister

How did Realism differ from Romanticism? How did Realism reflect the economic and social realities of Europe during the middle decades of the nineteenth century?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Charles Darwin

The leading realist novelist of the nineteenth century was

"Despite the defeat of the revolutions of 1848, the forces of liberalism and nationalism triumphed after 1850." Discuss To what extent is this true in the Austrian Empire, Russia, and Great Britain?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Crimean War

IDENTIFICATIONS -Franco-Prussian War

IDENTIFICATIONS -Piedmont and the House of Savoy

The nation state of Germany was founded at the conclusion of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871.

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