Question 1

Leopold I's policy of eastward expansion was challenged by

Accepted Answer

A) the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War. 
B) a coalition of western European powers. 
C) an energized Sweden. 
D) the collapse of the Romanov dynasty. 
E) the revival of Ottoman power.

Question 2

Nobles rebelled in _____ between 1648 and 1652 to halt the growth of royal power.

Accepted Answer

A) France 
B) Sweden 
C) Switzerland 
D) Russia 
E) Spain

Question 3

Compare and contrast Mannerism and the Baroque. What explains the popularity of Baroque art and music, particularly in Catholic Europe?

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Question 4

Which artistic style reflected the anxiety and turmoil associated with the Reformation and European wars?

Accepted Answer

A) Mannerism 
B) Baroque 
C) Classicism 
D) High Renaissance 
E) Dutch Realism

Question 5

Louis XIV became king in his own right upon the death of

Accepted Answer

A) Anne of Austria. 
B) Maria de Medici. 
C) Louis XIII. 
D) Richelieu. 
E) Mazarin.

Question 6

What did Cardinal Richelieu understand to be the biggest roadblock to building a strong monarchy in Louis XIV's France?

Accepted Answer

A) The rising cost of warfare 
B) The weakness of the Bourbons 
C) Resistance by the great nobles 
D) Armed uprisings by workers in Paris 
E) Peasant revolts in the countryside

Question 7

How did Louis XIV use his palace at Versailles?

Accepted Answer

A) To dominate the nobility and display his grandeur 
B) To putter around in the garden and enjoy nature 
C) To earn money by centralizing the marketplace 
D) To get away from politics and spend time with his family 
E) To provide a spiritual sanctuary from a troubled world

Question 8

Wealthy ____ were the leading patrons of Dutch art in the seventeenth century.

Accepted Answer

A) landowners 
B) members of the royal family 
C) burghers 
D) priests 
E) nobles

Question 9

By the turn of the eighteenth century, more and more people were finding it hard to believe in witchcraft.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

James I was the first ____ king of England.

Accepted Answer

A) Tudor 
B) Stuart 
C) Bourbon 
D) Habsburg 
E) Valois

Question 11

What was the significance of England's "Glorious Revolution" of 1688?

Accepted Answer

A) It restored Charles II and the Stuart dynasty to power. 
B) It bloodlessly deposed James II in favor of William of Orange. 
C) It returned England to a Catholic commonwealth. 
D) Parliament established a new monarch through a series of bloody wars. 
E) It abolished the monarchy in favor of a republican "commonwealth."

Question 12

Why were women the most prevalent victims of Europe's witch craze? What does this reveal about the social climate at the time, and especially, ideas about gender?

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Question 13

During the reign of Philip III, the greedy duke of Lerma ran

Accepted Answer

A) Belgium. 
B) Sweden. 
C) France. 
D) Austria. 
E) Spain.

Question 14

Which group benefited from Peter the Great's cultural reforms?

Accepted Answer

A) The urban poor 
B) Estate owners 
C) Priests 
D) Peasants 
E) Women

Question 15

Which state threatened Vienna in 1529 and again in 1683?

Accepted Answer

A) Russia 
B) France 
C) Prussia 
D) Austria 
E) The Ottoman Empire

Question 16

Oliver Cromwell's military government lasted for more than a decade following his death in 1658.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

In Tartuffe, Molière satirized

Accepted Answer

A) the ancient Greeks and Romans. 
B) the English Civil War. 
C) war and violence. 
D) the religious and social world of his time. 
E) Louis XIV.

Question 18

From 1629 to 1640, ____ pursued a course of personal rule.

Accepted Answer

A) William of Orange 
B) James I 
C) Charles II 
D) James II 
E) Charles I

Question 19

Which economic trend occurred in the first half of the seventeenth century?

Accepted Answer

A) The Mediterranean region saw a surge in economic activity. 
B) Overall, the European economy expanded rapidly. 
C) Silver imports from the Americas tripled. 
D) Italy declined in economic importance. 
E) France was unaffected by the general decline in the European economy.

Question 20

What was one of the provisions of the Petition of Right (1628)?

Accepted Answer

A) It stated that the King of England should be elected. 
B) It maintained that the King could pass no new tax without the consent of Parliament. 
C) It restored order in the English military. 
D) It made the English monarchy purely ceremonial. 
E) It made the Anglican Church the "established" church.

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