Question 1

The fiercest critic of British industrial society was the poet:

Accepted Answer

A)  William Blake. 
B)  Samuel Taylor Coleridge. 
C)  John Constable. 
D)  John Keats. 
E)  Percy Bysshe Shelley. 
A)  William Blake. 
B)  Samuel Taylor Coleridge. 
C)  John Constable. 
D)  John Keats. 
E)  Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Question 2

Why was restoration not possible in Latin America?

Accepted Answer

Restoration in Latin America was largely

Question 3

A Romantic would probably argue that human nature is:

Accepted Answer

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 4

In early 1848,in response to unemployment and underemployment,the French government established public works projects in and around Paris under the name:

Accepted Answer

A)  Works Progress Administration. 
B)  Paris Commune. 
C)  National Recovery Agency. 
D)  National Workshops. 
E)  Civilian Conservation Corps. 
A)  Works Progress Administration. 
B)  Paris Commune. 
C)  National Recovery Agency. 
D)  National Workshops. 
E)  Civilian Conservation Corps.

Question 5

Romanticism was exhibited in the paintings of the British artist:

Accepted Answer

A)  William Wordsworth. 
B)  J.M.W.Turner. 
C)  Inigo Jones. 
D)  Thomas Gainsborough. 
E)  Eugene Delacroix. 
A)  William Wordsworth. 
B)  J.M.W.Turner. 
C)  Inigo Jones. 
D)  Thomas Gainsborough. 
E)  Eugene Delacroix.

Question 6

Although many nations participated in the Congress of Vienna,the guiding hand was attached to:

Accepted Answer

A)  Charles Maurice de Talleyrand. 
B)  Tsar Alexander I. 
C)  Emperor Frederick William III. 
D)  Alexander Ypsilantis. 
E)  Prince Klemens von Metternich. 
A)  Charles Maurice de Talleyrand. 
B)  Tsar Alexander I. 
C)  Emperor Frederick William III. 
D)  Alexander Ypsilantis. 
E)  Prince Klemens von Metternich.

Question 7

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 8

The Congress of Vienna joined the Netherlands and Belgium together as a buffer against France,but the Belgians never accepted this arrangement and they revolted following:

Accepted Answer

A)  the Congress of Berlin. 
B)  Napoleon's escape from Elba. 
C)  passage of the July Ordinances. 
D)  the French Revolution of 1830. 
E)  the partition of Poland. 
A)  the Congress of Berlin. 
B)  Napoleon's escape from Elba. 
C)  passage of the July Ordinances. 
D)  the French Revolution of 1830. 
E)  the partition of Poland.

Question 9

As a result of "Peterloo," Parliament passed the Six Acts,which included:

Accepted Answer

A)  restrictions on the rights of public meeting. 
B)  provisions for an eight-hour workday. 
C)  universal manhood suffrage. 
D)  the repeal of the Stamp Act. 
E)  a repeal of the Corn Laws. 
A)  restrictions on the rights of public meeting. 
B)  provisions for an eight-hour workday. 
C)  universal manhood suffrage. 
D)  the repeal of the Stamp Act. 
E)  a repeal of the Corn Laws.

Question 10

After 1815,Poland:

Accepted Answer

A)  became an independent state. 
B)  became an independent kingdom under tsarist control. 
C)  was absorbed into the Austro-Hungarian Empire. 
D)  was once again partitioned. 
E)  became a province of Prussia. 
A)  became an independent state. 
B)  became an independent kingdom under tsarist control. 
C)  was absorbed into the Austro-Hungarian Empire. 
D)  was once again partitioned. 
E)  became a province of Prussia.

Question 11

The British Anti-Corn Law League sought the repeal of laws regulating what commodity?

Accepted Answer

A)  barley 
B)  grain 
C)  corn 
D)  soybeans 
E)  maize 
A)  barley 
B)  grain 
C)  corn 
D)  soybeans 
E)  maize

Question 12

The aims of Tsar Alexander's "Holy Alliance" were to establish justice,Christian charity,and peace.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The expansion of an informed reading public helped make it impossible for conservatives to restore the old order.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The basis of nineteenth-century conservatism was a belief in political stability which the conservatives thought would be guaranteed by the:

Accepted Answer

A)  monarchy. 
B)  army. 
C)  workers. 
D)  peasantry. 
E)  middle class. 
A)  monarchy. 
B)  army. 
C)  workers. 
D)  peasantry. 
E)  middle class.

Question 15

Between 1839 and 1848,the leading British voice(s)calling for democracy was (were)the:

Accepted Answer

A)  International Workingmen's Association. 
B)  socialists in a great many organizations. 
C)  landed aristocracy; they believed they could control the peasants' votes. 
D)  Chartists,who gathered 6 million signatures in support in 1848. 
E)  British Communist Party. 
A)  International Workingmen's Association. 
B)  socialists in a great many organizations. 
C)  landed aristocracy; they believed they could control the peasants' votes. 
D)  Chartists,who gathered 6 million signatures in support in 1848. 
E)  British Communist Party.

Question 16

In the years following the Napoleonic Wars,who fashioned himself as the "liberator" of Europe?

Accepted Answer

A)  Prince Klemens von Metternich 
B)  Benjamin Disraeli 
C)  Tsar Alexander I 
D)  Louis Napoleon 
E)  Emperor Frederick William III 
A)  Prince Klemens von Metternich 
B)  Benjamin Disraeli 
C)  Tsar Alexander I 
D)  Louis Napoleon 
E)  Emperor Frederick William III

Question 17

The revolutions of 1830 and the subsequent reforms that were implemented were ultimately caused by the:

Accepted Answer

A)  Six Acts passed by the British Parliament. 
B)  Chartist movement in England. 
C)  Congress of Vienna. 
D)  publication of The Communist Manifesto. 
E)  creation of the Second Republic. 
A)  Six Acts passed by the British Parliament. 
B)  Chartist movement in England. 
C)  Congress of Vienna. 
D)  publication of The Communist Manifesto. 
E)  creation of the Second Republic.

Question 18

Victor Hugo wrote:

Accepted Answer

A)  plays that extolled the virtues of middle-class respectability. 
B)  Faust and The Raft of the Medusa. 
C)  poems that dwelled on the "imaginative landscape of the mind." 
D)  novels sympathetic to the plight of the common person. 
E)  courtly romances. 
A)  plays that extolled the virtues of middle-class respectability. 
B)  Faust and The Raft of the Medusa. 
C)  poems that dwelled on the "imaginative landscape of the mind." 
D)  novels sympathetic to the plight of the common person. 
E)  courtly romances.

Question 19

The second French Revolution prompted rebellion in Spain and Belgium.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

A distinction may be drawn between liberals and republicans on the issue of:

Accepted Answer

A)  rates of taxation. 
B)  public welfare. 
C)  national healthcare. 
D)  expanding the franchise. 
E)  universal education. 
A)  rates of taxation. 
B)  public welfare. 
C)  national healthcare. 
D)  expanding the franchise. 
E)  universal education.

Exam 20: From Restoration to Revolution,1815–1848

The fiercest critic of British industrial society was the poet:

Why was restoration not possible in Latin America?

A Romantic would probably argue that human nature is:

In early 1848,in response to unemployment and underemployment,the French government established public works projects in and around Paris under the name:

Romanticism was exhibited in the paintings of the British artist:

Although many nations participated in the Congress of Vienna,the guiding hand was attached to:

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

The Congress of Vienna joined the Netherlands and Belgium together as a buffer against France,but the Belgians never accepted this arrangement and they revolted following:

As a result of "Peterloo," Parliament passed the Six Acts,which included:

After 1815,Poland:

The British Anti-Corn Law League sought the repeal of laws regulating what commodity?

The aims of Tsar Alexander's "Holy Alliance" were to establish justice,Christian charity,and peace.

The expansion of an informed reading public helped make it impossible for conservatives to restore the old order.

The basis of nineteenth-century conservatism was a belief in political stability which the conservatives thought would be guaranteed by the:

Between 1839 and 1848,the leading British voice(s)calling for democracy was (were)the:

In the years following the Napoleonic Wars,who fashioned himself as the "liberator" of Europe?

The revolutions of 1830 and the subsequent reforms that were implemented were ultimately caused by the:

Victor Hugo wrote:

The second French Revolution prompted rebellion in Spain and Belgium.

A distinction may be drawn between liberals and republicans on the issue of:

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