Question 1

The patriotic enthusiasm and pride of the English during the Elizabeth era is best characterized by the

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A) philosophy of John Locke. 
B) plays of William Shakespeare. 
C) New Model Army. 
D) Glorious Revolution. 
E) King James version of the Bible.

Question 2

The Thirty Years' War has often been called the "last of the religious wars."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

How did the art and literature of the second half of the seventeenth century reflect the political and social life of that period? Give examples.

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Question 4

Which of the following statements best applies to Peter the Great of Russia?

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A) His program of Europeanization was predominantly technical and aimed at modernizing the military. 
B) His respect for Western governments led to increased powers for the representative assembly. 
C) His traditional, conservative attitude stripped away all previous social gains for women. 
D) His desire to teach Russians Western customs could not be enforced among the old-fashioned nobles. 
E) He rejected Westernization in favor of Orthodoxy.

Question 5

All of the following have been identified with the "military revolution" in the century after 1560 EXCEPT

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A) the increased use of militias and volunteer soldiers. 
B) standing armies based upon conscription. 
C) increased use of the musket and bayonet. 
D) larger sailing ships, known as "ships of the line." 
E) the education of officers in military schools.

Question 6

The Baroque painter who used violent motion, heavily fleshed nudes, dramatic use of light and shadow, and rich sensuous pigments in his paintings was

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A) Rembrandt van Rijn. 
B) Gian Lorenzo Bernini. 
C) El Greco. 
D) Artemisia Gentileschi. 
E) Peter Paul Rubens.

Question 7

The incident that prompted the nobles to depose James II was

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A) his marriage to the Duchess of Orange. 
B) the death of his first, Protestant wife under suspicious circumstances. 
C) the birth of a son to his second wife, a Catholic. 
D) his defeat in battle against the illegitimate son of Charles II. 
E) economic collapse caused by disruptions in trade with the colonies.

Question 8

As Louis XIII's chief minister, Cardinal Richelieu was most successful in

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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) defeating the French nobility's attempt to replace him. 
E) strengthening the central role of the monarchy in domestic and foreign policy.

Question 9

The War of Spanish Succession ended with

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A) the Peace of the Pyrenees. 
B) the Peace of Westphalia. 
C) the Treaty of Ryswick. 
D) the Treaty of Nystadt. 
E) the Peace of Utrecht and of Rastatt.

Question 10

During the seventeenth century the population of Europe increased dramatically, except in England, the Dutch Republic, and France.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The "sleeping giant" of Eastern Europe in the first half of the seventeenth century was

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A) Russia. 
B) Austria. 
C) Poland. 
D) Greece. 
E) the Ottoman Empire.

Question 12

Population during the seventeenth century

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A) increased dramatically due to greater food production. 
B) increased dramatically due to the decrease of epidemic disease. 
C) decreased sharply throughout Europe as peoples emigrated to colonies overseas. 
D) continued to be affected by famines and plague. 
E) grew steadily, marking the first major recovery since the Black Death.

Question 13

What techniques and practices defined warfare in the seventeenth century, and do they constitute a "military revolution"? Why or why not?

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Question 14

Most of the fighting during the Thirty Years' War took place in

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A) the Mediterranean islands. 
B) Sweden. 
C) Germanic lands. 
D) Spain. 
E) France.

Question 15

Louis XIV restructured the administration of the French government by all of the following EXCEPT

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A) personally dominating the actions of his ministers and secretaries. 
B) adding loyal followers from relatively new aristocratic families to the royal council. 
C) making the court a main arena where rival aristocratic factions jockeyed for power. 
D) using Versailles as a place where powerful subjects came to find favors and offices for themselves and their supporters. 
E) removing the central policy-making machinery of government from his own court and household.

Question 16

After the conclusion of the Thirty Years' War in 1648, the Holy Roman Empire

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A) became one of the most powerful and centralized monarchies in Europe under the domination of Spanish grandees. 
B) was not really an empire at all but rather a loose association of 300 German states. 
C) became divided into three great warring states: Prussia, Poland, and Silesia. 
D) was dominated by Brandenburg-Prussia, which suppressed the autonomy of all other imperial territories. 
E) was ruled by the Bourbons.

Question 17

The Habsburg emperor was

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A) archduke of Austria. 
B) king of Bohemia. 
C) king of Hungary. 
D) Holy Roman Emperor. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 18

Imperial general Albrect von Wallenstein

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A) was assassinated on the orders of Emperor Ferdinand. 
B) was killed at the Battle of Nördlingen. 
C) betrayed the imperial cause by joining the French army. 
D) resigned his commission when it was revealed he was a secret convert to Lutheranism. 
E) became the ruler of the Baltic port of Hamburg with the Peace of Westphalia.

Question 19

Why were women the prevalent victims of Europe's witch craze?

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Question 20

Scandinavia in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries witnessed

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A) Denmark expand so as to dominate the Baltic. 
B) Sweden become a second-rate power after the Great Northern War. 
C) Sweden and Denmark join forces to defeat and occupy Poland in 1660. 
D) the economic dominance of Sweden over the rest of northern Europe. 
E) the conquest of Sweden by Norway.

Exam 15: State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century