Question 1

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. A

Question 2

The national languages of European countries were not always the languages of the majority of citizens.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

The Reform Bill of 1832:

Accepted Answer

A)  created equal electoral districts. 
B)  passed because the governing class feared a union of the working and middle classes. 
C)  gave the vote to all males except those employed as agricultural workers. 
D)  did not cleanse Parliament of "rotten" or "pocket" boroughs. 
E)  extended the franchise to all adult males and most women. 
A)  created equal electoral districts. 
B)  passed because the governing class feared a union of the working and middle classes. 
C)  gave the vote to all males except those employed as agricultural workers. 
D)  did not cleanse Parliament of "rotten" or "pocket" boroughs. 
E)  extended the franchise to all adult males and most women. B

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

A)  potatoes 
B)  wheat 
C)  corn 
D)  soybeans 
E)  maize 
A)  potatoes 
B)  wheat 
C)  corn 
D)  soybeans 
E)  maize

Question 5

Karl Marx developed a theory of historical development that substituted a materialist dialectic for the dialectic of ideas earlier formulated by:

Accepted Answer

A)  N. Lenin. 
B)  John Locke. 
C)  Friedrich Engels. 
D)  G. W. F. Hegel. 
E)  Johann von Herder. 
A)  N. Lenin. 
B)  John Locke. 
C)  Friedrich Engels. 
D)  G. W. F. Hegel. 
E)  Johann von Herder.

Question 6

The modern ideologies that were first articulated in the nineteenth century following the defeat of Napoleon included all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  nationalism. 
B)  socialism. 
C)  conservatism. 
D)  liberalism. 
E)  conciliarism. 
A)  nationalism. 
B)  socialism. 
C)  conservatism. 
D)  liberalism. 
E)  conciliarism.

Question 7

The July Ordinances of 1830 issued by Charles X dissolved the newly elected Chamber of Deputies,imposed strict censorship on the press,and:

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A)  reduced the power of the nobility. 
B)  called for new elections. 
C)  restricted the Catholic Church. 
D)  repealed the Napoleonic legal code. 
E)  restricted suffrage. 
A)  reduced the power of the nobility. 
B)  called for new elections. 
C)  restricted the Catholic Church. 
D)  repealed the Napoleonic legal code. 
E)  restricted suffrage.

Question 8

One of the best-known images of the revolutions of 1830 is Liberty Leading the People by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Francisco Guy. 
B)  Jacques-Louis David. 
C)  Eugene Delacroix. 
D)  Theodore Gericault. 
E)  J. M. W. Turner. 
A)  Francisco Guy. 
B)  Jacques-Louis David. 
C)  Eugene Delacroix. 
D)  Theodore Gericault. 
E)  J. M. W. Turner.

Question 9

An example of Italian nationalism can be found in the Rossini opera:

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A)  William Tell. 
B)  Tales of the Brothers Grimm. 
C)  Il Travatore. 
D)  Il Trittico. 
E)  Macbeth. 
A)  William Tell. 
B)  Tales of the Brothers Grimm. 
C)  Il Travatore. 
D)  Il Trittico. 
E)  Macbeth.

Question 10

Romanticism was a reaction against the Enlightenment and classicism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe influenced the Romantics greatly through his first popular novel:

Accepted Answer

A)  The Sorrows of Young Werther. 
B)  Grimm Tales of Germany. 
C)  William Tell. 
D)  Faust. 
E)  Das Lied von der Erde. 
A)  The Sorrows of Young Werther. 
B)  Grimm Tales of Germany. 
C)  William Tell. 
D)  Faust. 
E)  Das Lied von der Erde.

Question 12

Victor Hugo wrote:

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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 13

The Decembrist Revolt of 1825 was:

Accepted Answer

A)  a direct response to the formation of the Third Section. 
B)  initiated by an elite corps of Russian army officers. 
C)  caused by the assassination of Nicholas I. 
D)  caused by a fuel shortage in Saint Petersburg after the death of Alexander I. 
E)  led by army officers obsessed with Jacobin republicanism. 
A)  a direct response to the formation of the Third Section. 
B)  initiated by an elite corps of Russian army officers. 
C)  caused by the assassination of Nicholas I. 
D)  caused by a fuel shortage in Saint Petersburg after the death of Alexander I. 
E)  led by army officers obsessed with Jacobin republicanism.

Question 14

The second French Revolution prompted rebellion in Spain and Belgium.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

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 16

It is said by some historians that Karl Marx turned G.W.F.Hegel "on his head" because where Marx began with material forces,Hegel started with:

Accepted Answer

A)  religion. 
B)  individuals. 
C)  ideas. 
D)  mathematics. 
E)  physics. 
A)  religion. 
B)  individuals. 
C)  ideas. 
D)  mathematics. 
E)  physics.

Question 17

Some members of the Concert of Europe which allied themselves in the Holy Alliance were:

Accepted Answer

A)  France, Prussia, and Austria. 
B)  Prussia, Russia, and Great Britain. 
C)  Russia, Austria, and France. 
D)  France, Great Britain, and Austria. 
E)  Austria, Russia, and Prussia. 
A)  France, Prussia, and Austria. 
B)  Prussia, Russia, and Great Britain. 
C)  Russia, Austria, and France. 
D)  France, Great Britain, and Austria. 
E)  Austria, Russia, and Prussia.

Question 18

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 19

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 20

What was Orientalism?

Accepted Answer

Orientalism was a fascination with the E

Exam 20: The Age of Ideologies: Europe in the Aftermath of Revolution,1815–1848

A Romantic would probably argue that human nature is:

The national languages of European countries were not always the languages of the majority of citizens.

The Reform Bill of 1832:

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

Karl Marx developed a theory of historical development that substituted a materialist dialectic for the dialectic of ideas earlier formulated by:

The modern ideologies that were first articulated in the nineteenth century following the defeat of Napoleon included all of the following EXCEPT:

The July Ordinances of 1830 issued by Charles X dissolved the newly elected Chamber of Deputies,imposed strict censorship on the press,and:

One of the best-known images of the revolutions of 1830 is Liberty Leading the People by:

An example of Italian nationalism can be found in the Rossini opera:

Romanticism was a reaction against the Enlightenment and classicism.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe influenced the Romantics greatly through his first popular novel:

Victor Hugo wrote:

The Decembrist Revolt of 1825 was:

The second French Revolution prompted rebellion in Spain and Belgium.

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

It is said by some historians that Karl Marx turned G.W.F.Hegel "on his head" because where Marx began with material forces,Hegel started with:

Some members of the Concert of Europe which allied themselves in the Holy Alliance were:

Romanticism was exhibited in the paintings of the British artist:

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

What was Orientalism?

Early Civilizations

Peoples,Gods,and Empires: 1700–500 B.C.E

The Civilization of Greece,1000–400 B.C.E

The Greek World Expands,400–150 B.C.E

The Civilization of Ancient Rome

The Transformation of Rome

Rome’s Three Heirs,500–950

The Expansion of Europe,950–1100

The Consolidation of Europe,1100–1250

The Medieval World,1250–1350

Rebirth and Unrest,1350–1453

Innovation and Exploration,1453–1533

The Age of Dissent and Division,1500–1564

Europe in the Atlantic World,1550–1660

European Monarchies and Absolutism,1660–1725

The New Science of the Seventeenth Century

Europe during the Enlightenment

The French Revolution

The Industrial Revolution and Nineteenth-Century Society

Revolutions and Nation Building,1848–1871

Imperialism and Colonialism,1870–1914

Modern Industry and Mass Politics,1870–1914

The First World War

Turmoil between the Wars

The Second World War

The Cold War World: Global Politics,Economic Recovery,and Cultural Change

Red Flags and Velvet Revolutions: The End of the Cold War,1960–1990

A World without Walls: Globalization and the West

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