WESTERN CIVILIZATION

WESTERN CIVILIZATION NAME ____________

Test #4_0B4

1. During the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, one similarity in the works of many scientists and philosophers was that they

a. relied heavily on the ideas of medieval thinkers;

b. favored an absolute monarchy as a way of improving the economic conditions;

c. received the support from the Catholic Church;

d. examined natural laws governing the universe.

2. According to the text, all of the following are true, EXCEPT?

a. The Enlightenment saw education as crucial;

b. The Enlightenment did not reached Catholic Europe;

c. The Enlightenment was less a set of ideas than it was a set of attitudes;

d. The Enlightenment attacked established institutions, above all the Church.

3. Which statement best describes a change that occurred during the Enlightenment?

a. feudalism became the dominate political system;

b. the use of reason and logic were discouraged;

c. technology and science were considered unimportant;

d. a new questioning spirit and attitude emerged.

4. “God hath power to create or destroy, make or unmake, at his pleasure; to give life or send death; to be judge (by) none...And the like power have kings;...”

Which ideas is described by this passage?

a. theory of divine right of kings;

b. enlightened despotism;

c. Social Darwinism;

d. constitutional monarchy.

5. Which of the following could be considered an expression of enlightened ideas about government?

a. the Committee of Public Safety;

b. the Declaration of the Rights of Man;

c. revocation of the Edict of Nantes;

d. execution of Louis XVI.

6. According to the text, all of the following are important Enlightenment thinkers, EXCEPT?

a. David Hume;

b. Jacques Bossuet;

c. Jean Rousseau;

d. Baron Montesquieu.

7. Louis XIV’s court at Versailles was designed to serve all the following purposes, EXCEPT:

a. to impress people with its wealth, power, and refinement;

b. to insulate the court from the turmoil of the capital city;

c. to serve as a final defense bastion in case of invasion;

d. to detach the nobles from their traditional base of power in the provinces.

8. Louis XIV’s domestic policy included all the following EXCEPT

a. building a capitalistic economy;

b. expelling the Huguenots and suppressing Jansenism;

c. building and reforming the French Army;

d. transforming the aristocracy into a compulsory service class.

9. According to Mr. Sidoli, Louis XIV was

a. a tall, dark, handsome, bright, self-assured individual;

b. shaped by his early childhood fears who strove to overcome those who had

slighted he and his family;

c. a good family man whose life was cut short by his poor health;

d. deeply religious and pious yet who spent most of his time at the lavish parties he

hosted at Versailles.

10. “People of Paris attack feudal prison in Paris”

“ Nothing found in building to indict reign.”

“Building taken apart, brick, by brick...nothing left”

These headlines could describe the:

a. Tennis Court Oath;

b. Abolition of Feudalism;

c. Calling of Estates General;

d. Storming of the Bastille.

11. I came from a long line of church choral directors. Much of my work was not famous until long after I died. I invented the musical form know as the fugue. I am

a. Rembrandt;

b. Johann S. Bach;

c. El Greco;

d. Peter Paul Rubens.

12. The Baroque style is best characterized by all the following EXCEPT

a. exuberance;

b. the sense of heroic;

c. overly elaborate; d. unemotional figures.

13. The "Philosophes" were:

a. students of society who analyzed its evils and advocated reform b. followers of Voltaire

c. French Revolutionary soldiers.

d. the name of a salon of educated French women

14. Deism is:

a. rationalistic scientific based religion

b. the theology created by Baruch Spinoza

c. a hierarchical priesthood

d. belief that the world did not function according to natural laws

15. Empiricism, tabula rosa,and An Essay Concerning Human Understanding are all associated with this English thinker

a. John Locke; b. Voltaire; c. Edward Gibbon; d. Diderot.

16. A political scientist who found the bulwark of freedom in the concept of the separation of powers was

a. Montesquieu; b. Rousseau; c. Bossuet; d. Voltaire.

17. The "Prince of the Philosophes", author of Candide, was? a. Montesquieu; b. Rousseau; c. Bossuet; d. Voltaire.

18. The editor of the famous EncyclopŽ die was a. Voltaire; b. Rousseau; c. Bossuet; d. Diderot.

19-20. Label each of the following forms of reasoning : (A) for inductive or (D) for deductive.

Our sun is yellow.

The sun is a star.

19.______All stars are yellow.

All women are great.

Zena Bibler is a woman.

20. ______Zena Bibler is a great woman.

21. According to the Text, in strengthening the state of Prussia, the Great Elector of Brandenburg, as he was called, was one of the European princes who made the most effective use of the techniques of absolutism. He was

a. Gustav Adolphus;

b. William Junker;

c. Frederick William I;

d. Kurt von Trapp.

22. The “spark” that precipitated the French Revolution was : a. poverty of the peasant class;

b. calls to action from the philosophes; c. the selfishness of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVl;

d. the impending bankruptcy of the monarchy.

23. The nations allied against post-revolutionary France were called the: a. Alliance; b. Old Order; c. New Alliance; d. First Coalition.

24. Which item does not belong in this list of reforms of the National Assembly.

a. abolition of special privileges;

b. establishment of a republic;

c. a constitution for a limited monarchy;

d. a declaration of man's basic rights.

25. The two privileged classes of the Estate General before the Revolution were the a. nobility and peasants

b. nobility and clergy

c. nobility and bourgeoisie

d. clergy and bourgeoisie

26. The sans-culottes supported:

a. the nobles

b. the clergy

c. the peasants

d. the Paris workers

27. The Civil Constitution of the Clergy of 1791

a. reduced the clergy to poverty;

b. created, in effect, a national church of France;

c. gained for the revolution the support of the peasants;

d. gave control of the Church to the Paris workers.

28. The author of the Declaration of the Rights of Women and Citizens was

a. Madame Roland;

b. Marie Viggee;

c. Olivia Gaspee;

d. Madame Olympe de Gouges.

29. In investigating who was killed during The Reign of Terror. We can see that it was primarily directed at:

a. the Church;

b. the nobility;

c. the urban workers;

d. grain hoarders, speculators, and peasants

The following questions, 30 to 36, come from the Seeds of Change.

30. The seigneur of Vieillevigne was:

a. Duke Saulx-Tavanes

b. Marquis de Sade

c. Marquis d'Escouloubre

d. Baron Dupont

31-35. Identify the following as being characteristic of Marquis d'Escouloubre (A), or Duke Saulx-Tavanes(D) nobles.

31. rarely visited his property in the provinces;

32. was in the greatest debt;

33. took his role as seigneur most seriously; 34. sold his own grain;

35. gave little to charity;

36. Use the following chart to answer the next question

36. The title of this chart would best be called?

a. Expenses of Robespierre;

b. Marquis de Sade yearly income sources;

c. Personal Expenses of the Duke Saulx-Tavanes;

d. Mr. Sidoli’s budget.

37. A radical reaction developed against the King and the National Assemby. A new government came into power. This second stage is often called a. the Constitutional Monarchy; b. the Thermadorian Reaction; c. the Legislative Assembly; d. the Jacobin Commonwealth.

38 -42. TIMELINE: PLACE THE FOLLOWING IN THEIR ORDER OF OCCURRENCE

A. Death of Robespierre

B. National Assembly

C. Execution of Citizen Capet

D. Terror

E. Estates General

38.____38. first

39.____39.

40.____40.

41.____41.

42.____42. last

43. The Baroque style was found particularly in Catholic countries because

a. it supported the Counter Reformation;

b. only the wealthy were able to support it;

c. Protestants preferred more flamboyant styles;

d. only there were the artists with necessary skills found.

Question 44-50 are to be found in the illustrations at the back of the room!!

44. The following building is a great example of the Baroque use of

a. simplicity of design;

b. chiaroscuro;

c. realism;

d. tromp L’ oeil.

45. On the “Yellow and Black” sheets; Which of the following is the Baroque BUILDING?

A B

46. On the sheets; Which of the following is the Baroque BUILDING?

A B

47. On the “Yellow” sheets; Which of the following is the Baroque STATUE?

A B

48. On the “Yellow” sheets; Which of the following is the Baroque STATUE?

A B

49. On the “Red and Black” sheets; Which of the following is the Baroque PAINTING?

A B

50. On the “Blue” sheet; Which of the following is the Baroque PAINTING?

A B C

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