Question 1

What best describes Russian society in the seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

A) It witnessed the reign of Ivan the Terrible. 
B) It witnessed profound religious reforms in the Russian Orthodox church. 
C) It was highly stratified, with the tsar and landed aristocrats at the top and peasants bound to the land at the bottom. 
D) It saw the rise of the merchant class to power. 
E) It saw the end of serfdom and the emergence of a prosperous free peasantry. 
A) It witnessed the reign of Ivan the Terrible. 
B) It witnessed profound religious reforms in the Russian Orthodox church. 
C) It was highly stratified, with the tsar and landed aristocrats at the top and peasants bound to the land at the bottom. 
D) It saw the rise of the merchant class to power. 
E) It saw the end of serfdom and the emergence of a prosperous free peasantry.

Question 2

Which statement best describes the economic policies of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Louis XIV's controller general of finances?

Accepted Answer

A) They were absolutely unique in Europe. 
B) They involved new accounting practices to take the tax burden off the peasants. 
C) They were based on the economic theory of mercantilism. 
D) They gave Louis a large surplus in the treasury that he needed to carry out his wars. 
E) They could best be described as laissez-faire. 
A) They were absolutely unique in Europe. 
B) They involved new accounting practices to take the tax burden off the peasants. 
C) They were based on the economic theory of mercantilism. 
D) They gave Louis a large surplus in the treasury that he needed to carry out his wars. 
E) They could best be described as laissez-faire.

Question 3

Lope de Vega was a leading Spanish playwright.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What were the long-term consequences of the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)?

Accepted Answer

The Thirty Years' War had several long-t

Question 5

What was Cardinal Richelieu's greatest success as Louis XIII's chief minister?

Accepted Answer

A) Evicting the Huguenot presence from France after the La Rochelle rebellion 
B) Expanding the political and social rights of the Huguenots 
C) Creating a reservoir of funds for the treasury 
D) Emerging victorious from the Fronde revolts of the nobility 
E) Strengthening the central role of the monarchy in domestic and foreign policy 
A) Evicting the Huguenot presence from France after the La Rochelle rebellion 
B) Expanding the political and social rights of the Huguenots 
C) Creating a reservoir of funds for the treasury 
D) Emerging victorious from the Fronde revolts of the nobility 
E) Strengthening the central role of the monarchy in domestic and foreign policy

Question 6

Who was the greatest figure of Baroque art?

Accepted Answer

A) Rembrandt van Rijn 
B) Gian Lorenzo Bernini 
C) El Greco 
D) Nicholas Poussin 
E) David Caspar Friedrich 
A) Rembrandt van Rijn 
B) Gian Lorenzo Bernini 
C) El Greco 
D) Nicholas Poussin 
E) David Caspar Friedrich

Question 7

Louis XIV pursued a(n) ____ policy.

Accepted Answer

A) progressive religious 
B) anti-religious 
C) pro-Protestant 
D) anti-Catholic 
E) anti-Protestant 
A) progressive religious 
B) anti-religious 
C) pro-Protestant 
D) anti-Catholic 
E) anti-Protestant

Question 8

What was the most destructive war in European history up until the middle of the seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

A) The Thirty Years' War 
B) The Hundred Years' War 
C) The Wars of the Roses 
D) The English Civil War 
E) The Revolt of the Netherlands 
A) The Thirty Years' War 
B) The Hundred Years' War 
C) The Wars of the Roses 
D) The English Civil War 
E) The Revolt of the Netherlands

Question 9

Which group was most successful in placing limits on monarchial absolutism?

Accepted Answer

A) Landed nobility 
B) Merchants 
C) Peasants 
D) Soldiers 
E) Priests 
A) Landed nobility 
B) Merchants 
C) Peasants 
D) Soldiers 
E) Priests

Question 10

Which country became dominant in Europe following the Thirty Years' War?

Accepted Answer

A) Sweden 
B) England 
C) Germany 
D) Spain 
E) France 
A) Sweden 
B) England 
C) Germany 
D) Spain 
E) France

Question 11

The Russian nobility was known as boyars.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

What best describes Russian society in the seventeenth century?

Which statement best describes the economic policies of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Louis XIV's controller general of finances?

Lope de Vega was a leading Spanish playwright.

What were the long-term consequences of the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)?

What was Cardinal Richelieu's greatest success as Louis XIII's chief minister?

Who was the greatest figure of Baroque art?

Louis XIV pursued a(n) ____ policy.

What was the most destructive war in European history up until the middle of the seventeenth century?

Which group was most successful in placing limits on monarchial absolutism?

Which country became dominant in Europe following the Thirty Years' War?

The Russian nobility was known as boyars.

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Exam 3: State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century

What best describes Russian society in the seventeenth century?

Which statement best describes the economic policies of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Louis XIV's controller general of finances?

Lope de Vega was a leading Spanish playwright.

What were the long-term consequences of the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)?

What was Cardinal Richelieu's greatest success as Louis XIII's chief minister?

Who was the greatest figure of Baroque art?

Louis XIV pursued a(n) ____ policy.

What was the most destructive war in European history up until the middle of the seventeenth century?

Which group was most successful in placing limits on monarchial absolutism?

Which country became dominant in Europe following the Thirty Years' War?

The Russian nobility was known as boyars.

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century

Europe and the World: New Encounters 1500-1800

The Eighteenth Century: an Age of Enlightenment

The Eighteenth Century: European States International Wars and Social Change

A Revolution in Politics: the Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society

Reaction Revolution and Romanticism 1815-1850

An Age of Nationalism and Realism 1850-1871

Mass Society in an Age of Progress 1871-1894

An Age of Modernity Anxiety and Imperialism 1894-1914

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars 1919-1939

The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War 2

Cold War and a New Western World 1945-1965

Protest and Stagnation: the Western World 1965-1985

After the Fall: the Western World in a Global Age Since 1985

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