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AP European History
Test: Ch. 21, 22, 23 ( 2pts. ea./200 pts Total)
1. The Romantic Movement was a reaction to:
A. Napoleon's defeat
B. the excessive scientific rationalism of the Enlightenment
C. attempts at control over the state by the church
D. the chaos of the revolutions of the early 19th Century
E. the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy in France.
2. In pre-revolutionary France, the taille was paid by:
A. every Frenchman.
B. the nobility only.
C. the peasantry almost exclusively.
D. parish priests.
E. the bourgeoisie only.
3. The main flaw of the Congress of Vienna settlement was that it:
A. treated France too leniently.
B. excluded Spain from any territorial settlement.
C. failed to recognize the strength of nationalism and French revolutionary values and ideals.
D. went too far in adapting to the new political values that had appeared by 1815.
E. excluded France from joining any political alliance system after 1820.
4. Which of the following did not contribute to the French financial crisis prior to the revolution?
A. Debt accumulated by the French in supporting the American War of Independence
B. A taxation system that exempted the nobility and clergy from most taxes
C. The lack of a national bank to help raise loans for the government
D. The tax exemptions granted to the Third Estate, which represented most of the people of France
E. an economic depression stemming from poor harvests in the provinces.
5. The Holy Alliance proposed by Alexander I included
A) France and Britain.
B) Russia, Greece, and Serbia.
C) Mexico, Spain, and Austria.
D) Spain, Austria, and Prussia.
E) Austria, Russia, and Prussia.
6. The Carlsbad Decrees:
A. dissolved nationalist student groups and nationalist agitation at universities
B. provided for university inspectors and press censors to suppress conservative opposition to unification
C. expanded freedom of the press in the Confederation of the Rhine
D. created the first pan-Germanic Congress
E. Dissolved the confederation of the Rhine
7. Which of the following ideas is common to the works of both Karl Marx and the classical (e.g. Adam
Smith) economists?
A. The overthrow of the bourgeoisie by violent revolution is inevitable.
B. The free exchange of wages for labor ensures social harmony.
C. The value of a product is largely determined by the value of the labor used to produce it.
D. The triumph of the proletariat will bring about a classless society.
E. Population growth will always exceed food production.
8. King Louis-Philippe was called France's bourgeois monarch for all of the following EXCEPT:
A. he increased the number of voters (though not greatly).
B. he favored the extension of political power to the working class.
C. in public he dressed in the clothes of an industrialist.
D. his strongest supporters were upper middle class businessmen.
E. he introduced policies that favored the bourgeoisie.
9. The National Assembly that ruled France from 1789–1791 passed laws that
A) eliminated women's right to hold property.
B) made divorce more difficult.
C) banned Catholic priests from marrying couples.
D) broadened women's rights to seek divorce and inherit property.
E) made men and women equal.
10. The legal definition of the composition of the prerevolutionary Third Estate included
A) everyone who was not a noble or member of the clergy.
B) the clergy.
C) the peasantry.
D) the nobility.
E) businessmen and artisans.
11. In practice, the principle of legitimacy pursued at the Congress of Vienna meant the:
A. restoration of monarchs previously dethroned by Napoleon.
B. extension of democracy.
C. establishment of equality before the law.
D. self-determination of peoples.
E. rewarding countries who helped to defeat Napoleon.
12. Eighteenth century liberalism called for all of the following except
A) individual human rights.
B) economic equality.
C) the people's sovereignty.
D) equality of opportunity.
E) religious tolerance.
13. For the French peasants, the Revolution of 1789 meant:
A) a general movement from the countryside to urban areas.
B) greater access to landownership.
C) they continued to experience legalized lesser status and few, if any, gains.
D) an end to forced conscription in the army.
E) significant political power.
14. In 1848, revolution in the Austrian Empire began in
A) Hungary.
B) Vienna.
C) Serbia.
D) Bohemia.
E) Bucharest.
15. "What Is the Third Estate? Everything. What has it been in the political order up to the present?
Nothing. What does it ask? To become something" This statement on the spirit of the Third Estate was
displayed in a pamphlet by
A. Jacques Necker
B. Abbe Sieyes C. Maximilien Robespierre
D. the Girondists
E. Marquis
de'Lafayette
16. All of the following occurred as a result of the settlements reached at the Congress of Vienna (18141815) except:
A. A balance of power was reestablished
B. Belgium was united with the Netherlands under the House of Orange
C. The neutrality of Switzerland was recognized
D. All German states were unified under Prussian leadership
E. A personal union between Sweden and Norway was created
17. The key demand of the Chartist movement was
A) that all men have the right to vote.
B) an eighthour workday and a minimum wage.
C) a ban on women and children working in the factories.
D) repeal of the Combination Acts.
E) freedom of religion.
18. A previous event that led the French population to distrust paper currency that limited economic
growth and expansion of the economy was:
A. the extravagent building and maintenance of the Palace of Versailles
B. the collapse of the black market trade of salt causing the collapse of the provincial banks
C. the burst of the Mississippi Bubble in the 1720's
D. the deflation in the value of stocks sold to support the American Revolutionary war effort
E. the Edict of Fontainebleau in 1685
19. Which of the following statements about the peace settlement worked out at the Congress of Vienna is
true?
a. It was harsh toward the defeated French and rejected the restoration of the Bourbon monarchy
b. France gained a few colonies in addition to territories it had conquered in Italy, Germany, and the Low
Countries
c. Belgium and Holland were united, and Prussia received territory on France's eastern border
d. Russia lost some western territory to Poland
e. Napoleon was allowed to continued as the French emperor as long as he allowed British and Prussian
inspectors to watch-over him
20. Recurrent famine in the 1840s
A. strengthened the bond between citizens and governments.
B. aroused social and political unrest as citizens blamed governments unfair prices and merchants for
benefitting from high prices.
C. had little impact on politics.
D. was so devastating that all revolutionary actions were quelled in the face of impending death.
E. were blamed on foreign nations who refused to export grain causing the high price of food.
21. By reducing the cost of overland freight, the railroad
A) created national markets.
B) reduced the volume of world trade.
C) strengthened regional economies.
D) strengthened rural cottage industry.
E) drove the British merchant marine out of business.
22. Which of the following best summarizes the sequence of events that led to the French Revolution of
1789?
A. Lafayette's call for democracy, royal suppression of the National Assembly, Robespierre's leading a
peasant revolution
B. Peasant uprisings, royal abdication, election of the National Assembly
C. Convening of the Estates-General, rise of Napoleon, Reign of Terror, Tennis Court Oath
D. Widespread famine, repression of riots, guerrilla war
E. Royal financial crises, convening of the Estates-General, storming of the Bastille
23. The Six Acts of 1819:
A. were designed to improve grain harvests and open the British economy
B. provoked the protests that led to the "Peterloo Massacre"
C. attempted to remove the instruments of agitation from radical leaders following "Peterloo."
D. were a major concession to demands of British reformers
E. established the Windsor dynasty as legitimate heirs to the British throne
24. The Factory Act of 1833
A) outlawed employment of children under thirteen.
B) limited the workday for children between six and nine to four hours a day.
C) limited the workday for children between nine and thirteen to eight hours a day.
D) limited the workday for children under sixteen to eight hours a day.
E) established lower pay scales for children under sixteen.
25. In the Communist Manifesto, Marx and Engels advocated that
a. human nature must be understood rationally and as a whole
b. the middle class would finally be victorious and thus oppression would cease
c. private property must be abolished and replaced by a classless society to eliminate exploitation
d. the proletariat could survive only by aligning with the management talent of the bourgeoisie
e. the eventual overthrow of the proletariat by the bourgeoisie
26. In one of many examples of the breakdown of unity within nationalist movements, the new ________
government alienated other nationalities when it tried to impose the Magyar language on them.
A. Italian
B. Polish
C. Slavic
D. Hungarian
E. Austrian
27. Which of the following provided the greatest support for conservatism of the post-Napoleonic period?
A. Roman Catholics, the middle class, and urban workers.
B. monarchs, the middle class, and peasants.
C. radical religious groups, city dwellers, and rural poor.
D. peasants, university students, and the urban poor.
E. monarchs, landed aristocrats, and the leaders of the established religions.
28. Which of the following statements accurately describes the Napoleonic Code?
A. It was Europe's first written law code
B. It prepared the way for the Bourbon Restoration
C. It institutionalized fserfdom and orced labor on public works projects
D. It protected private property and the authority of husbands within the family
E. It determined the shape of European governments until the First World War
29. Which of the following represents important Romantic ideals?
A. adherence to science and reason will bring about a better society.
B. Classical Greek and Roman artistic styles should be the highest aspiration of artists.
C. emotional intensity and imagination are more important than science in experiencing life.
D. ethnic minority populations within nations should accept their subordinate status.
E. realistic reporting of urban distress is more important than poetry.
30. Classical liberals supported all of the following EXCEPT:
A) freedom of the press and of assembly.
B) written constitutions.
C) free trade.
D) universal male suffrage.
E) parliamentary or representative institutions.
31. . The First, Second and Third Estates represented which groups of society respectively:
A. clergy--middle class,artisans and peasantry--nobility
B. nobility--middle class,artisans and peasantry--clergy
C. clergy--nobility-- middle class, artisans and peasantry
D. peasantry, middle class and artisans--clergy-nobility
E. the Mountain-Sans-Culottes-the Girondists
32. The National Assembly's efforts to reorganize the Catholic Church resulted in:
A) deep division within both the country and the clergy.
B) the endorsement of the Revolution by the church.
C) an equitable redistribution of monastic lands among the peasants.
D) the War of the First Coalition.
E) the dismemberment of the French national church and closer ties being made with the papacy.
33. William Cockerill was
A) the inventor of the spinning jenny.
B) the chief financial backer of the first commercial railway in England.
C) an English carpenter who built cotton-spinning equipment in Belgium.
D) the prime minister of Britain who opposed the Factory Act of 1833.
E) the British general at Waterloo.
34. The Protocol of Troppau:
A. permitted Russia and Prussia to build up their armies while limiting the size of France's army.
B. advocated intervention in Russian affairs.
C. encouraged the Great Powers of Europe to intervene and restore order in countries experiencing.
D. angered Austria and dismantled the Concert of Europe.
E. required countries experiencing revolution to temporarily concede their authority to allied European
powers.
35. Louis Blanc's ideology would be most similar to whose?
A. Adam Smith
B. Robert Walpole
C. Edmund Burke
D. Karl Marx
E. David Ricardo
36. During the Hundred Days,
A) the sans-culottes committed the September Massacres.
B) Napoleon was driven from Russia.
C) Napoleon returned from exile to rule France briefly.
D) the Reign of Terror executed 30,000 people.
E) the National Assembly wrote France's first constitution.
37. Regarding the French provincial parlements, which of the following is not true?
A. were originally "courts" comprised of local nobles with traditional power to "register" laws of the
monarch
B. were controlled by local aristocracy who increasingly opposed the authority of the French king to
impose new taxes
C. on the eve of the revolution, they viewed themselves as the spokesmen of the nation and as protectors of
French liberty against the illegal assertion of monarchical power
D. began to reassert their authority after the death of Louis XIV
E. were nearly identical to the English Parliament with lawmaking authority
38. Creating an aura of fantasy with its nine hundred tons of glass, the ______________ opened in May
1851 as a government-sponsored spectacle of what industry, hard work, and technological imagination
could produce.
A. Crystal Palace
B. Louvre
C. British Museum
D. Glass Castle
E. British Glassworks Factory
39. The end result of the revolution of 1848 in France was:
A. the continued rule of Louis-Philippe but with radical reforms.
B. new elections to the National Assembly, resulting in the dominance of the radical republicans.
C. Europe's first socialist state under the guidance of the National Workshops.
D. an authoritarian regime under Louis Napoleon Bonaparte.
E. a limited monarchy under the restored Bourbons.
40. The term “Great Fear” refers to the
A) Reign of Terror (1793–94).
B) murder of thousands of detainees in Paris prisons in the fall of 1792.
C) fear of vagabonds and outlaws in the countryside that fanned the flames of rebellion in the summer of
1789.
D) horrific retreat of the Great Army from Russia in 1812.
E) panic at the invasion of France by Austria and Prussia in the summer of 1792.
41. The law which outlawed labor unions and strikes in Britain was the
A) Factory Act of 1833.
B) Mines Act of 1842.
C) Coercive Acts of 1766.
D) Combination Acts of 1799.
E) Reform Law of 1848.
42. Nationalists generally contended that
A. ethnic boundaries should be separated from political boundaries
B. ethnic boundaries and political boundaries should coincide
C. multinational states were preferable to single ethnic kingdoms
D. Enlightenment thinking placed serious constraints on Nationalist movements
E. British dealings with Ireland should be emulated throughout Europ
43. Early French socialists often drew inspiration for a government controlled economy from
A) the emergency measures of 1793 and 1794.
B) Oliver Cromwell's rule of England as Lord Protector.
C) Thomas Malthus's diagnosis of the problems of population growth.
D) Joseph Mazzini's Duties of Man.
E) the writings of Karl Marx.
44. Which of the following would not be considered a Romantic-style author?
A. Goethe
B. Lord Byron
C. William Blake
D. Percy Byshe Shelley
E. Charles Dickens
45. The Mines Act of 1842
A) prohibited underground work for women.
B) prohibited underground work for women as well as boys under ten.
C) prohibited underground work for boys under ten.
D) prohibited underground work for boys under sixteen.
E) established new safety rules for underground work.
46. The conclusions of Malthus and Ricardo relative to economic affairs suggested that:
A) capitalism and a free society would eventually abolish poverty and suffering from the world.
B) only social reforms and strong government intervention in the economy could alleviate human misery.
C) liberals were right to reject government interference in economic affairs because it could do no good.
D) economics is too complex a subject to be understood in rational or scientific terms.
E) poverty was caused by a lack of education and could be remedied by mandatory elementary school
attendance.
47. Which of the following statements best describes the writers of the Romantic school?
A. They based their writing on scientific and mathematical models
B. They continued the traditions of the Enlightenment
C. They argued extensively for increased political rights for women
D. They modeled their work on the classics of Greece and Rome
E. They stressed emotion rather than reason
48. Napoleon's invasion of __________ began in June 1812.
A) Russia B) Prussia C) Italy D) Britain E) Sweden
49. The French Utopian socialists built upon the idea that:
A. strong states should direct national economies.
B. conservative economic principles foster social stability.
C. political reform was more important than economic reform.
D. competition among workers drives progress.
E. cooperative economic practices would create a better life for working people.
50. In 1789, The Estates-General was called for the purpose of:
A. dividing the nobility into separate classes that would result in their loss of power
B. giving the entire French population a chance to decide about further support of American revolutionary
efforts
C. deciding whether expansion of taxation to the nobility and on clerical land should be instated
D. restricting the power of the monarch
E. forcing the traditional nobility into exile
51. According to the text, the world's first important railroad, completed in 1830, ran between
A) Baltimore and Washington, D.C.
B) London and Edinburgh.
C) Moscow and St. Petersburg.
D) Liverpool and Manchester.
E) Paris and Bordeaux.
52. Eighteenthcentury liberalism called for all of the following except
A) individual human rights.
B) economic equality.
C) the people's sovereignty.
D) equality of opportunity.
E) religious tolerance.
53. The Magyars were
a. the working classes who demanded political equality in the Hapsburg empire
b. elite military units which were instrumental in quelling the riots in Hapsburg lands
c. Hungarian nationalists
d. Bohemian anarchists
e. Hungarian anarchist
54. The Committee of Public Safety was established to:
A) negotiate a military alliance with England.
B) combat the dual threat of internal rebellion/counter-revolutionaries and foreign invasion.
C) train a new generation of intendants who were more loyal to the bourgeoisie government in power in
1794.
D) provide the nation with a new, liberal monarchy.
E) negotiate the safe return of the French army from Prussia.
55. The dominant artistic movement of the 1830s and 1840s was
A. Neoclassicism.
B. Romanticism.
C. Utilitarianism.
D. Impressionism.
E. Surrealism
56. According to Olympe de Gouges,
A) women should enjoy special rights and privileges.
B) men and women should be equal in the eyes of the law.
C) monarchy was the most oppressive form of government.
D) it was natural to exclude women from the political process.
E) the government ought to sponsor free public day care.
57. Industrialization in England resulted in all of the following EXCEPT:
A) the increased production of goods in all industries.
B) the reinvestment of profits from manufacturing.
C) the elimination of social distinctions between the middle and working class.
D) the expansion of trade according to market demand.
E) new methods of production.
58. Napoleon defeated Austria and Russia at the Battle of ___________ in 1805.
A) Bordeno B) Westphalia C) Berlin D) Austerlitz E) Jena
59. Published in 1848 by Karl Marz and Friedrich Engels, this was a scathing criticism of capitalism that
predicted it's eventual demise.
A) The Condition of the Working Class in England
B) The Communist Manifesto
C) The Confessions
D) The Social Contract
E) Das Kapital
60. The foremost social group that embraced the ideals of classical liberalism in the 19th century was made
up of:
A. factory workers.
B. the industrial middle class.
C. radical aristocrats.
D. army officers.
E. the clergy.
61. The Chartists advocated
A. the redistribution of wealth along socialist lines.
B. democratic government, annual parliaments, secret ballots, and universal manhood suffrage.
C. free trade, including abolition of the Corn Laws.
D. the overthrow of the British state.
E. the reinstatement of the French Charter of 1814 following Louis Napoleon's lection as President.
62. The Frankfurt Assembly failed because:
A. it proposed to establish a radical rather than a liberal state by replacing the Hohenzollern monarchy with
an elected diet and a chancellor.
B. it was too slow in drafting a constitution that addressed contradictions between liberalism and
nationalism in the building of a unified German state.
C. the Prussian army quickly blocked its revolutionary efforts and arrested it's members as traitors.
D. its refusal to support Polish nationalism turned the Polish army against the Assembly and restored
Russian rule in Poland.
E. failed to establish the National Workshop system in place of laissez faire capitalism as the working
classes demanded.
63. Abbé Sieyès's answer to the question “What is the Third Estate?” was that it was
A) a bunch of rabble-rousers.
B) the true strength of the French nation.
C) those who adhered to liberalism.
D) the business and professional elite.
E) a parasitic class that robbed the peasantry and artisans of the just fruits of their labor.
64. The peace settlement arranged at Vienna in 1815 included all of the following except
A) Prussia was given extensive territories in the Rhineland.
B) acceptance of an enlarged France with buffer states on it's borders.
C) national self-determination for European ethnic and cultural groups.
D) numerous territorial exchanges to maintain equilibrium and establish a balance of power.
E) unification of Belgium and Holland under a single monarchy.
65. Which of the following was the key aim of the British Corn Laws in the early 1800s?
A. to export grain at cheaper prices to France.
B. to weaken the power of the middle class in finance and banking.
C. to improve the quality of British grain.
D. to protect the interests of British grain producers from foreign imports.
E. to set up a free trade zone among farmers in western Europe.
66. The act that precipitated the Revolution of 1830 in Paris was
A) Charles X's withdrawal of grain price controls.
B) Charles X's refusal to extend the vote to all adult males.
C) Louis XVIII's massing of troops outside Paris.
D) Charles X's massing of troops outside Paris.
E) Charles X's July Ordinances that repudiated the 1814 Charter.
67. Count Henri de Saint-Simon believed that:
A. nature should be worshipped as a god.
B. sexual freedom was a necessary component of political freedom.
C. society should return to 17th century norms.
D. ownership of private property was a crime.
E. the key to progress in an industrial society was proper social organization.
68. Which of the following best describes the "Dual Revolution"?
A) The combined struggle of the Bohemians and Magyars against the Austrian Hapsburgs in 1848
B) The political and economic transfromation of 19th century Europe
C) The aristocratic white terror revolt against the forces of liberalism in France
D) The two styles of Socialist reform; Utopian and Communist revolutionary
E) the intervention by the great powers against nationalist revolutions in Spain and Naples
69. During the Reign of Terror, the Committee of Public Safety sought to do all of the following EXCEPT
A) suppress the Girondists.
B) protect the revolution from its domestic foes.
C) make the Catholic Church a department of the state.
D) continue the war effort against Austria and Prussia and drive foreign armies out of France.
E) prevent runaway inflation.
70.
According the the Classical Economists' "Iron Law of Wages"?:
A) if workers received more than a subsistence wage, they would breed more children thereby creating
more workers and drive wages down.
B) with every rise in production, wages must also rise or production would fall due to ubcreaded labor
strife.
C) once workers' wages fell below the level needed for subsistence, they would strike.
D) every wage increase must automatically benefit the employer, since additional purchasing power would
be created.
E)
none of these choices are correct.
71. In 1848, the Habsburg monarchy exploited _________ divisions within the Austrian Empire to defeat
the revolutionary coalition.
A) class B) ethnic C) ideological D) personal E) economic
72. The policies of the victorious powers against France at the Congress of Vienna were characterized by:
A. the desire for revenge
B. the need to strip France of her colonies
C. the desire to maintain a European balance of power
D. the wish to execute Napoleon Bonaparte
E. England's wish to rule the seas
73. The Revolution of 1830 in France:
A. benefited the upper middle class.
B. resulted from Louis XVIII's refusal to deny his theoretical absolute power.
C. established Louis Napoleon as the new emperor of France.
D. put the working class in a position of political supremacy.
E. provided a broadly expanded franchise that included all adult males.
74. In 1820, revolutionaries overthrew the governments of which two states?
A. Portugal and Tuscany.
B. France and Spain.
C. Piedmont and Prussia.
D. Spain and Naples.
E. Poland and Russia.
75. Richard Arkwright is best known for his invention of
A) the flying shuttle.
B) the first modern railroad engine.
C) an improved steam engine.
D) the water frame.
E) the spinning jenny.
76. What was the purpose of the Concert of Europe?
A. to re-enact the Holy Roman Empire
B. to work toward a common constitution among member states
C. to maintain peace and the balance of power in Europe
D. to provide a system to implement liberal reforms across Europe
E. to promote the ideals of the French Revolution throughout Europe
77. The Quadruple Alliance included which of the following?
A. Spain, Russia, France, and Prussia
B. Great Britain, Austria, Prussia, and Russia
C. France, Austria, Prussia, and Russia
D. Great Britain, Holland, Belgium, and Denmark
E. Italy, Norway, Sweden, and Russia
78. One of the most important symbols of Romanticism was the:
A. unified society marching collectively to a better future.
B. desperate working class fighting for economic equality.
C. oppressed nationalities fighting to be included in an empire.
D. isolated individual in heroic struggle.
E. idealic life of the yeoman farmer.
79. Klemons von Metternich's policies were most influential in:
A. South America
B. Western Russia
C. Central Europe
D. Great Britain and her colonies
E. Eastern Asia
80. One of the most important disputes dividing the Estates General was:
A. The dispute over the method of voting in which the Third Estate demanded that voting occur by order
rather than by head
B. The chosen meeting place at Versailles was an aristocratic stronghold that would influence the actions of
the Estates General
C. The name “Estates General” implied a tradition-based assembly that would be dominated by the
monarchy
D. The allotted salaries of the First and Second Estates were higher than those of the Third Estate
E. The dispute over the method of voting in which the Third Estate demanded that voting occur by head
rather than by order
81. Metternich may have been a brilliant statesman, but he was particularly misguided in:
A. believing the forces of nationalism and liberalism could be effectively suppressed.
B. his attempt to keep legitimate dynasties from returning to power.
C. his failure to understand the need to balance power.
D. serving the Austrian monarchy and totally disregarding the interests of Europe.
E. his support of the 1848 revolutions in Italy.
82. Urbanization and industrialization in 19th century Europe:
A) created new social classes.
B) increased class conflict.
C) changed family life.
D) influenced the creation of the Realist school of art and writing.
E) all of these choices are correct.
83. Until repealed in 1846, the _____________ protected the interests of wealthy landowners to the
detriment of the poor by outlawing the import of low-cost foreign grain.
a. Land Protection Acts
b. Corn Laws
c. Grain Tariffs
d. Grain Embargoes
e. Home Agriculture Laws
84. Ultimately, the Peterloo Massacre of 1819:
A. resulted in the death of several hundred radical reformers
B. resulted in the death of four members of the Prime Minister's cabinet when their meeting room was
bombed
C. did not really occur and was a propaganda ploy on the part of the liberals
D. resulted in censorship of the press after a meeting of reformers in St. Peter's field was attacked by royal
troops
E. occurred after British communists assassinated the Prince of Wales
85. The Crystal Palace exhibition of 1851 commemorated the
A) industrial dominance of Britain.
B) half-century of labor reforms in Britain.
C) creation of the German Zollverein.
D) Battle of Waterloo.
E) launching of the Great Eastern.
86. Karl Marx's ideas on the course and outcome of history were derived from
A. Hegel's dialectic
B. French socialist societies and their stand-alone communities
C. Herder's romantic notion of medieval life and German folklore
D. Vladimir Lenin's concept of a party elite to guide the proletariat
E.. the secret tenets of the Russian Communist Party
87. “These writers extolled, often in an exaggerated form, the expression of human emotion and the search
for realization of one's own identity.” The writers described above were associated with which of the
following?
A. Concert of Europe
B. Liberalism
C. Romanticism
D. Utilitarianism
E. Neo-Platonists
88. The __________ System imposed by Napoleon with his Berlin decree in 1806 was meant to exclude
British goods from the continent.
A) Continental B) Blockade C) Exculsion D) French Imperial E) British Imperial
89. Revolutions occurred in 1848 in all of the following regions except
A. the Italian states. B. Prussia. C. Great Britain. D. France. E. Austria.
90. All of the following are true of the Romantic movement in the early 19th century EXCEPT?
A. it sympathized with revolts against oppression.
B. it placed great emphasis upon the individual.
C. it accepted the basic ideals of the Enlightenment philosophes.
D. it instilled a reverence for nature.
E. it called for social reform.
91. The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen guaranteed all of the following except
A) equality before the law.
B) economic equality.
C) representative government.
D) individual freedom.
E) the presumption of innocence in criminal investigations.
92. Alexander I was well educated in the ideas of Enlightenment:
A. and implemented progressive legislation that reduced the Tsar's traditional authority
B. yet turned permanently away from reform after the Napoleonic wars and the Congress of Troppau
C. and advocated the abolition of serfdom while forcing the Boyars to free the Russian serfs
D. and instituted democratic reforms throughout the Russian Empire
E. and was still resotred as Tsar after he was deposed by Napoleo
93. The program of Chartism included
a. the maintenance of the property requirement for Members of Parliament
b. universal manhood suffrage
c. open ballots instead of secret ballots
d. elections in the House of Commons every five years
e. elimination of salaries for members of Parliament
94. What was the Continental System?
A. The network of Napoleon's family members installed to rule various subject kingdoms throughout
Europe
B. Napoleon's new method of warfare, involving conscription and large-scale battles
C. A prohibition of trade with Great Britain by France and its dependent states and allies
D. A French legal code that reformed the feudal laws of all territories captured by the French
E. Britain barring trade with any nations other than those in Europe
95. The July Ordinances were repressive decrees issued by:
A. Nicholas I of Russia in response to the Decembrist Revolt in 1825.
B. Prince Metternich of Austria at the start of the Hungarian Revolt in 1848.
C. Queen Victoria of England who renounced the tactics of her predecessor George III
D. Frederick William IV of Prussia when he refused the crown of a United Germany offered by the
Frankfurt Parliament.
E. Charles X of France in 1830 in n effort to reduce growing middle-class unrest.
96. Pierre-Joseph Proudhon defined property as
A. the cornerstone for civilization.
B. something that the state should monopolize.
C. theft and that labor alone is productive, whereas rent, interest, and profit are unjust
D. the rightful desire of all productive laborers working in earnest.
E. the rightful possession of those with the most wealth.
97. Under pressure from popular demonstrations, King Frederick William IV of Prussia was forced to
acknowledge an assembly that met in _______________ in an attempt to unify Germany.
A. Berlin B. Munich C. Hamburg D. Frankfurt E. Dresden
98. Following the defeats of Napoleon, the chief purpose of the Congress of Vienna was to:
A. stimulate nationalism.
B. protect western Europe from autocratic Russia.
C. restore the Old Regime as far as possible.
D. preserve the basic reforms of the French Revolution.
E. make Poland an independent state.
99. The British Corn Laws
A. prevented the import of low-cost grain into Britain.
B. promoted better nutrition among the working classes.
C. were designed by nationalists to promote British trade abroad.
D. harmed landlords by raising the price of food.
E. were supported by working class reformers
100. The following excerpt is from which well known Romantic work?
" That with music loud and long,
I would build that dome in air,
That sunny dome! those caves of ice !
And all who heard should see them there,
And all should cry, Beware! Beware!
His flashing eyes, his floating hair !
Weave a circle round him thrice,
And close your eyes with holy dread,
For he on honey-dew hath fed,
And drunk the milk of Paradise.
A. William Blake's Holy Thursday from Songs of Innocence
B. Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Kubla Kahn
C. Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner
D. William Blake's Holy Thursday from Songs of Experience
E. Percy Shelley's Ozymandias