Question 1

How were changes in the government structure of the Dutch government related to changes in Dutch power?

Accepted Answer

After the United Provinces of the Dutch

Question 2

Which European government developed into an autocracy in the early modern period?

Accepted Answer

A)  England 
B)  France 
C)  Sweden 
D)  Russia 
E)  Austria 
A)  England 
B)  France 
C)  Sweden 
D)  Russia 
E)  Austria

Question 3

Louis XIV asserted his authority over the Marquis of Canillac and other nobles who acted independently by:

Accepted Answer

A)  trying and convicting them in courts of law. 
B)  capturing and imprisoning them. 
C)  killing them. 
D)  insisting that their presence was perpetually needed in Paris. 
E)  declaring war against them. 
A)  trying and convicting them in courts of law. 
B)  capturing and imprisoning them. 
C)  killing them. 
D)  insisting that their presence was perpetually needed in Paris. 
E)  declaring war against them.

Question 4

Unlike many places in Europe during the seventeenth century,there was a high degree of religious tolerance in the Dutch Republic.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The newly efficient taxation systems in many European realms of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries paid for many expenses,but by far the most expensive expenditure made by states was:

Accepted Answer

A)  war. 
B)  patronage of the arts. 
C)  public building programs. 
D)  infrastructure renewal. 
E)  construction of royal residences. 
A)  war. 
B)  patronage of the arts. 
C)  public building programs. 
D)  infrastructure renewal. 
E)  construction of royal residences.

Question 6

How did absolute monarchs overcome the obstacles of the Church and the nobility?

Accepted Answer

In Protestant countries,the independent

Question 7

The real political authority in the Dutch Republic lay with:

Accepted Answer

A)  the stadtholder. 
B)  powerful merchants. 
C)  powerful aristocrats. 
D)  Calvinist consistories. 
E)  the governments of independent towns. 
A)  the stadtholder. 
B)  powerful merchants. 
C)  powerful aristocrats. 
D)  Calvinist consistories. 
E)  the governments of independent towns.

Question 8

Frederick William I made Prussia strong by:

Accepted Answer

A)  emphasizing religious toleration. 
B)  scoring victories against the armies of Louis XIV. 
C)  exerting prudent financial leadership and building a large army. 
D)  establishing a lavish palace in Berlin and constructing a "theater" of absolutism. 
E)  allying himself with, and receiving military aid from, Great Britain. 
A)  emphasizing religious toleration. 
B)  scoring victories against the armies of Louis XIV. 
C)  exerting prudent financial leadership and building a large army. 
D)  establishing a lavish palace in Berlin and constructing a "theater" of absolutism. 
E)  allying himself with, and receiving military aid from, Great Britain.

Question 9

In general,the religious policies of Louis XIV aimed to:

Accepted Answer

A)  grant religious toleration to the Arsonists and Quietists. 
B)  grant religious toleration to all French people. 
C)  impose religious unity upon all French people. 
D)  suppress the work of Catholic Jesuits. 
E)  provide some rights to Protestants living in France. 
A)  grant religious toleration to the Arsonists and Quietists. 
B)  grant religious toleration to all French people. 
C)  impose religious unity upon all French people. 
D)  suppress the work of Catholic Jesuits. 
E)  provide some rights to Protestants living in France.

Question 10

French intendants usually served in the region in which they were born.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

In the late seventeenth century,European wars almost always had a colonial aspect.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

French colonies in North America were largely self-sustaining.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Louis XIV used the palace of Versailles to:

Accepted Answer

A)  demonstrate the grandeur of his rule and to control the French nobility. 
B)  create touring artistic exhibitions that would benefit all Frenchmen. 
C)  withdraw from public life and spend time with close friends and family. 
D)  practice military tactics and train France's elite fighting force. 
E)  create a place that all French people would feel comfortable visiting. 
A)  demonstrate the grandeur of his rule and to control the French nobility. 
B)  create touring artistic exhibitions that would benefit all Frenchmen. 
C)  withdraw from public life and spend time with close friends and family. 
D)  practice military tactics and train France's elite fighting force. 
E)  create a place that all French people would feel comfortable visiting.

Question 14

"Tories" was a nickname for the supporters of King Charles II.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The Act of Toleration of 1689 granted:

Accepted Answer

A)  Jews the right to worship freely in England. 
B)  English citizens the right to peacefully oppose parliamentary policies. 
C)  English citizens the right to peacefully oppose the king's policies. 
D)  Catholics the right to worship freely in England. 
E)  Protestant dissenters the right to worship freely in England. 
A)  Jews the right to worship freely in England. 
B)  English citizens the right to peacefully oppose parliamentary policies. 
C)  English citizens the right to peacefully oppose the king's policies. 
D)  Catholics the right to worship freely in England. 
E)  Protestant dissenters the right to worship freely in England.

Exam 15: European Monarchies and Absolutism,1660–1725

How were changes in the government structure of the Dutch government related to changes in Dutch power?

Which European government developed into an autocracy in the early modern period?

Louis XIV asserted his authority over the Marquis of Canillac and other nobles who acted independently by:

Unlike many places in Europe during the seventeenth century,there was a high degree of religious tolerance in the Dutch Republic.

The newly efficient taxation systems in many European realms of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries paid for many expenses,but by far the most expensive expenditure made by states was:

How did absolute monarchs overcome the obstacles of the Church and the nobility?

The real political authority in the Dutch Republic lay with:

Frederick William I made Prussia strong by:

In general,the religious policies of Louis XIV aimed to:

French intendants usually served in the region in which they were born.

In the late seventeenth century,European wars almost always had a colonial aspect.

French colonies in North America were largely self-sustaining.

Louis XIV used the palace of Versailles to:

"Tories" was a nickname for the supporters of King Charles II.

The Act of Toleration of 1689 granted:

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