WESTERN CIVILIZATION Name

TEST # 50F3

1. Tony Blair is Prime Minster of the United Kingdoms. Which of the following is true?

a. He won the job in the last election when his party won the majority seats in Parliament;

b. As leader of the Labour Party he became PM when the former leader resigned;

c. He will be PM for only four years, the length of the term of office for a PM;

d. He will be PM for only one term, as the constitution prevents a person from serving more than one term.

2. What is true of the British Government today?

a. the Queen opens parliament in a very elaborate ceremony;

b. the House of Lords can only play a major role on Foreign policy;

c. there are not courts in England;

d. Tony Blair has an executive and legislative role in the English government.

3. The Crystal Palace was so important because

a. it showed how dominate English goods were in the world since no other country participated;

b. it was the first use of prefabrication in building materials;

c. it served as England’s chief railroad center;

d. it served as England’s chief stock market.

4. In December 1648, Col. Pride of Cromwell's staff purged Parliament of the pro-King forces. This Parliament is called the:

a. Long Parliament

b Short Parliament

c. Rump Parliament

d. Restoration Parliament

5. The first individual who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain was

a. William Pitt

b. William Gladstone

c. Lord Palmerston

d. Robert Walpole

6. The Battle of the Boyne was fought between the

a. the English and the Scots;

b. William of Orange and James II;

c. Cromwell and Charles II;

d. James I and the Scots.

7. The Stuart rulers of England strongly believed in:

a. divine right of kings

b. religious freedom

c. supremacy of Parliament

d. rule of Congregationalists

8. The triumph of Parliament was assured by the:

a. abdication of James II

b. Toleration Act

c. Declaration of Rights

d. Act of Settlement

9. The Reform Bill of 1832 also:

a. provided for freedom of religion

b. gave women the right to vote

c. improved representation in Parliament by abolishing many rotten boroughs

d. provided for a secret ballot

10-14 TIMELINE: PLACE THE FOLLOWING IN THEIR ORDER OF OCCURRENCE:

10. A. Restoration

11. B. King is executed

12. C. Lord Protector rules

13. D. James I becomes King

14. E. Long Parliament first called

15. As we discussed in class, Mass Production is associated with the the Industrial Revolution because this is an

a. age of the factory

b. age of steel

c. age of rapidly increased output

d. an age to end all ages.

16. As we discussed in class, the term “Industrial Revolution”

a. is another name for the age of factories;

b. is the same as the Age of Iron and Steel;

c. describes the amount of change brought about by the process;

d. refers to the quickness that all this was done.

17. As we discussed in class, What is true about the Agricultural Revolution?

a. it was caused by factories;

b. it came as a result of the need to feed the workers of the Industrial Revolution;

c. it came before the industrial revolution;

d. it came before the industrial revolution.

18. England had all these important elements for the industrial process, EXCEPT

a. coal;

b. water;

c. cotton;

d. iron ore.

19. All the following were part of the changes in English Agriculture, EXCEPT:

a. enclosure of millions of acres of land,

b. widespread cultivation of fodder crops such as clover and turnips

c. ability of farmers to increase their livestock,

d. disaster in the wool crop forcing the change to cotton as the main fiber for clothes.

20. The first industry in England to be industrialized was the:

a. automobile

b. coal

c. cotton textile

d. electric

21. The British Prime Minister who was associated closely with the Irish Home Rule bill was

a. Benjamin Disraeli

b. William Gladstone

c. Lord Salisbury

d. Joseph Chamberlain

e. Robert Peel

22. One of the major new features of the Agricultural Revolution was

a. farming for the market rather than for subsistence;

b. large-scale use of fertilizer;

c. the use of metal tipped plows;

d. the open-field system.

23. The person who introduced the use of fodder crops that kept land in productive use was

a. Josiah Hughes;

b. Charles Parnell;

c. Charles Townsend;

d. Jethro Tull.

24. The wave after wave of technological revolutions stemmed from

a. sheer genius;

b. practical ingenuity;

c. government investment;

d. royal charters.

25. The person who perfected the steam engine was

a. Benjamin Franklin;

b. Thomas Newcomen;

c. James Watt;

d. Henry James.

26. In the first stages of the Industrial Revolution, entrepreneurs got their money usually from

a. national grants;

b. large metropolitan banks;

c. local nobles;

d. family and friends.

27. Between 1800 and 1900 the population of Europe

a. more than doubled;

b. remained static;

c. increased, but less than doubled;

d. declined because of the vast emigration to the newly founded colonies.

28. W. W. Rostow’s contributions to the industrial process was his

a. “the Protestant Ethic and Capitalism”

b. “Stages of Urban development”

c. “The Nature of Capitalism”

d. "Stages of Economic Growth"

29. According to W. W. Rostow’s theory of economic growth the United States has taken off into what stage”

a. Ultra Capitalism;

b. Mass Consumption;

c. the Computer Age;

d. Super-Industrial production.

30-34 MATCH the following dates with chronological periods to which it most belongs:

30. 1660-1688 A. Victoria and/or Albert rule

31. 1603-1642 B. William and Mary are invited to rule

32. 1642-1649 C. Charles II and James II

33. 1837-1901 D. the King loses the Civil War

34. 1688-1689 E. Divine Rights Kings

35. The Great Protestation, 1621, was associated with this British ruler

a. Cromwell;

b. James I;

c. Charles I;

d. Victoria;

36. The Irish politician most associated with Catholic Emancipation was a. Daniel O’Connell;

b. Robert Peel;

c. Robert Nelson;

d. d. Sean Kennedy.

37. The creator of the modern Liberal Party was

a. William Pitt;

41. What opera by Verdi was used, in class, as a an example of the art form and Romanticism.

a. Symphony Number 3;

b. Aida

c. Rigoletto

d. Madam Butterfly

42. Much of Beethoven’s musical works start

a. loudly with the playing of a lot of new and different instruments; b. softly but it then ends loudly;

c. loudly and gets louder as it is played;

d. with a choral piece that is soon followed by a soft sounding ending.

43. Great painter of the Neoclassical era; his hero and subject for many of his painting was Napoleon:

a. J. M. W. Turner

b. Jacques Louis David

c. Eugene Delacroix

d. Kaspar David Friedrich

44. The painting "Liberty Leading the People" was a celebration "of the triumph of the

revolutionary principle of liberty in a tempestuous allegory." It was painted by

a. Francisco Goya

b. Eugene Delacroix

c. Theodore Gericault

d. William Blake

e. Gustave Courbet

Questions 45-50: Identify the following styles .

45. What style is this garden?

a) Neo-Classical

b) Romantic

46. Which style is this building?

a) Neo-Classical

b) Romantic (Neo-Gothic)

47. Which style is this building?

a) Neo-Classical

b) Romantic (Neo-Gothic)

48. Which style is this building?

a) Neo-Classical

b) Romantic (Neo-Gothic)

49. Which style is this painting?

a) Neo-Classical

b) Romantic

50. Which style is this painting?

a) Neo-Classical

b) Romantic

EXTRA-CREDIT What is the name/title of this painting