Question 1

Which of the following was not included under Parliament's Bill of Rights?

Accepted Answer

A) No Catholic could ever rule England 
B) No Puritan or Roman Catholic could attend university 
C) No non-English monarch could rule England 
D) No British king could marry a Catholic 
A) No Catholic could ever rule England 
B) No Puritan or Roman Catholic could attend university 
C) No non-English monarch could rule England 
D) No British king could marry a Catholic C

Question 2

Why did the Hawaiians kill Captain Cook in 1779?

Accepted Answer

A) For overreacting to a Hawaiian's theft of a small boat 
B) For allowing his men to have sex with Hawaiian prostitutes 
C) For firing his ship's cannon at the beach 
D) For not paying homage to the Hawaiian gods 
A) For overreacting to a Hawaiian's theft of a small boat 
B) For allowing his men to have sex with Hawaiian prostitutes 
C) For firing his ship's cannon at the beach 
D) For not paying homage to the Hawaiian gods A

Question 3

What commission did Christopher Wren receive during the rebuilding of London?

Accepted Answer

A) The entire city center 
B) Fifty-two churches 
C) Regent's College 
D) The new palace 
A) The entire city center 
B) Fifty-two churches 
C) Regent's College 
D) The new palace B

Question 4

What new literary form did Addison and Steele invent for their newspapers?

Accepted Answer

A) Journalistic essay 
B) Yellow journalism 
C) Parody 
D) New journalism 
A) Journalistic essay 
B) Yellow journalism 
C) Parody 
D) New journalism

Question 5

Why did John Milton write Paradise Lost?

Accepted Answer

A) To provide England with its epic 
B) To justify the ways of God to men 
C) To criticize the Stuart monarchy 
D) To explain why people sin 
A) To provide England with its epic 
B) To justify the ways of God to men 
C) To criticize the Stuart monarchy 
D) To explain why people sin

Question 6

How did Samuel Richardson tell the plot of his novel Pamela,or Virtue Rewarded?

Accepted Answer

A) Stream of consciousness 
B) Series of letters 
C) Fictitious autobiography 
D) Diary entries 
A) Stream of consciousness 
B) Series of letters 
C) Fictitious autobiography 
D) Diary entries

Question 7

Explain how Milton's God and Satan reflect the ideas of Locke and Hobbes.

Accepted Answer

John Milton's portrayal of God and Satan

Question 8

Why did Wren design St.Paul's Cathedral so that the congregation faced east?

Accepted Answer

A) So they could pray in the direction of Jerusalem 
B) So the morning light would illuminate their faces 
C) So they would face sunrise on Easter morning 
D) So the dome's skylights shone above them 
A) So they could pray in the direction of Jerusalem 
B) So the morning light would illuminate their faces 
C) So they would face sunrise on Easter morning 
D) So the dome's skylights shone above them

Question 9

Why probably did the Easter Island residents erect the moai (monumental heads)?

Accepted Answer

A) To mark graves 
B) To represent gods 
C) To identify property owners 
D) To frighten potential invaders 
A) To mark graves 
B) To represent gods 
C) To identify property owners 
D) To frighten potential invaders

Question 10

Why did Hobbes believe that most people willingly accepted a social contract?

Accepted Answer

A) To control their instincts and to achieve peace 
B) To achieve some measure of financial security 
C) To maintain their position in a social hierarchy 
D) To ensure that all obey the government's laws 
A) To control their instincts and to achieve peace 
B) To achieve some measure of financial security 
C) To maintain their position in a social hierarchy 
D) To ensure that all obey the government's laws

Question 11

Why did the Maori tattoo their heads?

Accepted Answer

A) To identify their clan 
B) To increase their mana 
C) To attract a mate 
D) To display their wealth 
A) To identify their clan 
B) To increase their mana 
C) To attract a mate 
D) To display their wealth

Question 12

Why was Arkwright's waterwheel able to increase textile output?

Accepted Answer

A) Cotton fields were able to be irrigated 
B) It powered machines that separated fibers from seeds 
C) It cleaned the fibers faster than humans could 
D) Looms could operate at much higher speeds 
A) Cotton fields were able to be irrigated 
B) It powered machines that separated fibers from seeds 
C) It cleaned the fibers faster than humans could 
D) Looms could operate at much higher speeds

Question 13

How did Charles II thank John Dryden for his poem "Annus Mirabilis"?

Accepted Answer

A) Appointing him England's poet laureate 
B) Naming one of the city's new squares after him 
C) Awarding him a pension for life 
D) Declaring it England's national poem 
A) Appointing him England's poet laureate 
B) Naming one of the city's new squares after him 
C) Awarding him a pension for life 
D) Declaring it England's national poem

Question 14

Why did John Locke disagree with Hobbes' social contract?

Accepted Answer

A) Rulers tended to become despotic over time 
B) People by nature were depraved 
C) Rulers were incapable of controlling the masses 
D) People were capable of governing themselves 
A) Rulers tended to become despotic over time 
B) People by nature were depraved 
C) Rulers were incapable of controlling the masses 
D) People were capable of governing themselves

Question 15

How did Josiah Wedgwood revolutionize ceramic ware production?

Accepted Answer

A) By adding blue color to the clay instead of painting it 
B) By casting the clay instead of shaping it by hand 
C) By producing a catalog of designs for order 
D) By imprinting instead of hand painting designs 
A) By adding blue color to the clay instead of painting it 
B) By casting the clay instead of shaping it by hand 
C) By producing a catalog of designs for order 
D) By imprinting instead of hand painting designs

Question 16

Why did a London bishop ban Handel's biblical opera,Esther?

Accepted Answer

A) The words were in English,not Italian 
B) The English considered opera too decorous 
C) A stage production of the bible was inappropriate 
D) Ester was considered a Jewish heroine 
A) The words were in English,not Italian 
B) The English considered opera too decorous 
C) A stage production of the bible was inappropriate 
D) Ester was considered a Jewish heroine

Question 17

List,define,and provide examples of two types of novels that developed in eighteenth-century England.

Accepted Answer

In the eighteenth-century England, two p

Question 18

Explain the connection between Captain Cook's explorations in the Pacific and the ideas that were arising in England during the Enlightenment.

Accepted Answer

Captain Cook's explorations in the Pacif

Question 19

List and describe two developments of the Industrial Revolution.

Accepted Answer

1. The invention of the steam engine: On

Question 20

Matching

Accepted Answer

31-e,32-I,33-a,34-f,

Which of the following was not included under Parliament's Bill of Rights?

Why did the Hawaiians kill Captain Cook in 1779?

What commission did Christopher Wren receive during the rebuilding of London?

What new literary form did Addison and Steele invent for their newspapers?

Why did John Milton write Paradise Lost?

How did Samuel Richardson tell the plot of his novel Pamela,or Virtue Rewarded?

Explain how Milton's God and Satan reflect the ideas of Locke and Hobbes.

Why did Wren design St.Paul's Cathedral so that the congregation faced east?

Why probably did the Easter Island residents erect the moai (monumental heads)?

Why did Hobbes believe that most people willingly accepted a social contract?

Why did the Maori tattoo their heads?

Why was Arkwright's waterwheel able to increase textile output?

How did Charles II thank John Dryden for his poem "Annus Mirabilis"?

Why did John Locke disagree with Hobbes' social contract?

How did Josiah Wedgwood revolutionize ceramic ware production?

Why did a London bishop ban Handel's biblical opera,Esther?

List,define,and provide examples of two types of novels that developed in eighteenth-century England.

Explain the connection between Captain Cook's explorations in the Pacific and the ideas that were arising in England during the Enlightenment.

List and describe two developments of the Industrial Revolution.

Matching

The Baroque in Italy: The Church and Its Appeal

The Secular Baroque in the North: The Art of Observation

The Baroque Court: Absolute Power and Royal Patronage

The Rococo and the Enlightenment on the Continent: Privilege and Reason

The Rights of Man: Revolution and the Neoclassical Style

The Romantic World View: the Self in Nature and the Nature of Self

Industry and the Working Class: a New Realism

Global Confrontation and Civil War: Challenges to Cultural Identity

In Pursuit of Modernity: Paris in the 1850s and 1860s

The Promise of Renewal: Hope and Possibility in Late Nineteenth-Century Europe

The Course of Empire: Expansion and Conflict in America

The Fin De Siècle: Toward the Modern

The Era of Invention: Paris and the Modern World

The Great War and Its Impact: a Lost Generation and a New Imagination

New York skyscraper Culture and the Jazz Age: Making It New

The Age of Anxiety: Fascism and Depression holocaust and Bomb

After the War: Existential Doubt, artistic Triumph, and the Culture of Consumption

Multiplicity and Diversity: Cultures of Liberation and Identity in the 1960s and 1970s

Without Boundaries: Multiple Meanings in a Postmodern World

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Exam 23: The Rise of the Enlightenment in England: The Claims of Reason

Which of the following was not included under Parliament's Bill of Rights?

Why did the Hawaiians kill Captain Cook in 1779?

What commission did Christopher Wren receive during the rebuilding of London?

What new literary form did Addison and Steele invent for their newspapers?

Why did John Milton write Paradise Lost?

How did Samuel Richardson tell the plot of his novel Pamela,or Virtue Rewarded?

Explain how Milton's God and Satan reflect the ideas of Locke and Hobbes.

Why did Wren design St.Paul's Cathedral so that the congregation faced east?

Why probably did the Easter Island residents erect the moai (monumental heads)?

Why did Hobbes believe that most people willingly accepted a social contract?

Why did the Maori tattoo their heads?

Why was Arkwright's waterwheel able to increase textile output?

How did Charles II thank John Dryden for his poem "Annus Mirabilis"?

Why did John Locke disagree with Hobbes' social contract?

How did Josiah Wedgwood revolutionize ceramic ware production?

Why did a London bishop ban Handel's biblical opera,Esther?

List,define,and provide examples of two types of novels that developed in eighteenth-century England.

Explain the connection between Captain Cook's explorations in the Pacific and the ideas that were arising in England during the Enlightenment.

List and describe two developments of the Industrial Revolution.

Matching

The Baroque in Italy: The Church and Its Appeal

The Secular Baroque in the North: The Art of Observation

The Baroque Court: Absolute Power and Royal Patronage

The Rococo and the Enlightenment on the Continent: Privilege and Reason

The Rights of Man: Revolution and the Neoclassical Style

The Romantic World View: the Self in Nature and the Nature of Self

Industry and the Working Class: a New Realism

Global Confrontation and Civil War: Challenges to Cultural Identity

In Pursuit of Modernity: Paris in the 1850s and 1860s

The Promise of Renewal: Hope and Possibility in Late Nineteenth-Century Europe

The Course of Empire: Expansion and Conflict in America

The Fin De Siècle: Toward the Modern

The Era of Invention: Paris and the Modern World

The Great War and Its Impact: a Lost Generation and a New Imagination

New York skyscraper Culture and the Jazz Age: Making It New

The Age of Anxiety: Fascism and Depression holocaust and Bomb

After the War: Existential Doubt, artistic Triumph, and the Culture of Consumption

Multiplicity and Diversity: Cultures of Liberation and Identity in the 1960s and 1970s

Without Boundaries: Multiple Meanings in a Postmodern World

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