Question 1

The French Revolution

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A)  was precipitated by a noble-bourgeois dispute over the best way to deal with the large budgetary surpluses of 1788 and 1789. 
B)  actually had no real impact on either the economic or political status of peasants. 
C)  created no major gains, even temporarily, for women in such areas as divorce and inheritance. 
D)  created a "nation in arms" and an army of 650,000. 
E)  failed in its attempt to restore divine right monarchy to France.

Question 2

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Marie Antoinette

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Question 3

Compare the "high" and "popular" cultures of the mid-eighteenth centuries to today's culture. Is there any "high culture" left in the modern world? If so, what, and if not, why not?

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Question 4

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Voltaire

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Question 5

The most ironic aspect of Napoleon's career or rule in France was that

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A)  it was more autocratic than that of Louis XVI, which had initially sparked the Revolution. 
B)  Napoleon never understood of the nuances of French domestic political developments. 
C)  the ruling European monarchs failed to recognize the fragility of the political dilemma that such a regime could promulgate. 
D)  it took advice from the Bishop of Rome, or the Pope, in all domestic matters. 
E)  it ended where it began, back in Corsica.

Question 6

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
enlightened despotism

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Question 7

The intellectuals of the Enlightenment use the word ____ to advocate for the application of the scientific method to the understanding of all life.

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A)  universe 
B)  reason 
C)  intellect 
D)  heart 
E)  desire

Question 8

Who advocated a doctrine that would be later be known as laissez-faire ?

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A)  John McDonald 
B)  Adam Smith 
C)  Robert Walpole 
D)  Robert Burns 
E)  Lord Gordon Brown

Question 9

How did European ideas about the natures of, and the relationships between, science and religion change during the seventeenth century? Were these changes restricted to just the intellectual classes? Why and or why not?

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Question 10

The Committee of Public Safety was established to

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A)  negotiate a military alliance with England. 
B)  combat the dual threat of internal rebellion and foreign invasion. 
C)  provide the nation with a renewed monarchy. 
D)  negotiate the safe return of French emigres . 
E)  control the ambitions of Napoleon.

Question 11

The military forces raised by the French revolutionary government was

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A)  composed largely of non-French mercenaries. 
B)  the largest navy ever assembled in Europe up to that point. 
C)  unsuccessful on the battlefield although victorious in naval combat. 
D)  a true army of the people, whose intensity was the beginning of the concept of total war. 
E)  successful in conquering Russia.

Question 12

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
old regime

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Question 13

Which statement about eighteenth century global trade is FALSE ?

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A)  Gold and silver were shipped to America by Spain. 
B)  Indian and Chinese products were purchased by the English, Dutch, and French. 
C)  American plantation products were purchased by the nations of Europe. 
D)  English manufactured goods were traded for African slaves, who were sold in Virginia for tobacco, which was then processed in England and sold for cash in Germany. 
E)  Overseas trade boomed.

Question 14

The war that was known as the French and Indian War in the U.S. was known as the ____ in Europe.

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A)  Thirty Years War 
B)  War of Independence 
C)  War of 1812 
D)  Seven Years War 
E)  Prussian and English War

Question 15

What is "enlightened absolutism" and how "enlightened" was enlightened absolutism as it was manifested in eighteenth-century Europe? Cite the policies of specific rulers as examples to support your viewpoint.

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Question 16

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Napoleon Bonaparte

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Question 17

Which revolution -- the American Revolution or the French Revolution - was the most "revolutionary"? Why? Be specific.

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Question 18

Which of the following descriptions best depicts the Rococo style?

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A)  the profuse use of strict geometric patterns 
B)  emphasis on largeness and majesty 
C)  a fondness for curves and emphasized grace, charm, and gentle action 
D)  a rejection of the effort to seek love, joy, and pleasure in favor of religious imagery 
E)  stress on formal order

Question 19

Who proposed a heliocentric theory to explain the movement of the heavenly bodies?

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A)  Voltaire 
B)  Galileo Galilei 
C)  Nicolaus Copernicus 
D)  Ptolemy 
E)  Johannes Kepler

Question 20

The most important product of European industry in the eighteenth century was

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A)  spices. 
B)  steel. 
C)  coal. 
D)  textiles. 
E)  oil.

Exam 18: The West on the Eve of a New World Order