Question 1

Under Charles II, Parliament passed the Test Act to achieve which of the following results?

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A)  To control the quality of food and drink coming from English colonies
B)  To stipulate that only Anglicans could hold military and civil offices
C)  To help Catholics gain government jobsD) B) and C)
E) A) and C)

Question 2

What is Locke's main argument?

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Question 3

How is the witchcraft craze of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries best described?

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A)  It came out of the social unrest deriving from the shift from individualism to communalism.
B)  It often targeted old, single women
C)  It was minimal in comparison to the late Middle Ages.D) A) and B)
E) All of the above

Question 4

What was the result of the English Bill of Rights?

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A)  It laid the foundation for a constitutional monarchy.
B)  It resolved all of England's seventeenth-century religious questions.
C)  It reaffirmed the divine-right theory of kingship while limiting the king's power.D) A) and B)
E) A) and C)

Question 5

Frederick William the Great Elector built Brandenburg-Prussia into a significant European power by adopting which of the following policies?

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A)  Making the General War Commissariat the bureaucratic machine of his state
B)  Freeing the peasants from the dominion of the nobles
C)  Using his army whenever possible to gain his endsD) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 6

Describe how Sweden became an absolute monarchy. How did its path differ to other European states? How was it similar?

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Question 7

After eleven years of personal rule, why was Charles I forced to call parliament into session in 1640?

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A)  He wished to go to war with France.
B)  He was unable to defend England against a Scottish rebellion.
C)  He wanted to ratify a peace treaty with the Irish.D) A) and B)
E) B) and C)

Question 8

How did James I of England alienate most of the members of Parliament?

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A)  He encouraged an alliance with Spain.
B)  He insisted on his right to govern through divine right.
C)  He began using the army to persecute Puritans.D) A) and C)
E) All of the above

Question 9

Louis XIV used his palace at Versailles to accomplish what goal?

Accepted Answer

A)  Dominate the nobility and display his grandeur
B)  Pursue his interest in scientific experimentation
C)  Cultivate luxury crops and enhance royal revenueD) All of the above
E) A) and B)

Question 10

Baroque art attempted to accomplish which of the following goals?

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A)  To revolt against the ideals of the Italian Renaissance
B)  To blend the feelings of the religious reformations with classical Renaissance art
C)  To achieve a representation of the feeling of a particular scene or objectD) A) and C)
E) B) and C)

Question 11

After the conclusion of the Thirty Years' War in 1648, the Holy Roman Empire experienced which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  It became one of the most powerful and centralized monarchies in Europe under the domination of Spanish grandees.
B)  It was not really an empire at all but rather a loose association of 300 German states.
C)  It became divided into three great warring states: Prussia, Poland, and Silesia.D) None of the above
E) A) and C)

Question 12

Under the liberum veto, who among the following could veto an act of the Polish Sejm?

Accepted Answer

A)  Any member of the Sejm
B)  The Holy Roman Emperor
C)  The King of PolandD) A) and C)
E) All of the above

Question 13

In the seventeenth century, how is the prominence of the Dutch Republic as a great power best described?

Accepted Answer

A)  It stemmed from its domination of Mediterranean trade.
B)  It was supported by economic prosperity.
C)  It was a result of the ejection of the house of Orange from political power in 1581.D) None of the above
E) All of the above

Question 14

How did Scandinavia change in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?

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A)  Denmark expanded so as to dominate the Baltic.
B)  Sweden became a second-rate power after the Great Northern War.
C)  Sweden and Denmark joined forces to defeat and occupy Poland in 1660.D) A) and B)
E) A) and C)

Question 15

Why did Spanish power decline in the 1600s?

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Question 16

What was the relationship between "divine right" monarchs and their parliaments?

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Question 17

How did the Dutch configure their new limited monarchy?

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Question 18

Among other things, the Petition of Right had which of the following significant results?

Accepted Answer

A)  It stated that the King of England was 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) None of the above
E) A) and B)

Question 19

How similar or different was Russia's experience of political centralization and economic transformation to other states in Western Europe? Why?

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Question 20

Why did the schism between Eastern and Russian Orthodox Church occur?

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

Among other things, the Petition of Right had which of the following significant results?

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How did James I of England alienate most of the members of Parliament?

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Under Charles II, Parliament passed the Test Act to achieve which of the following results?

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Describe how Sweden became an absolute monarchy. How did its path differ to other European states? How was it similar?

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What is Locke's main argument?

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Louis XIV used his palace at Versailles to accomplish what goal?

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How is the witchcraft craze of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries best described?

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What was the relationship between "divine right" monarchs and their parliaments?

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How did Scandinavia change in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries?

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Baroque art attempted to accomplish which of the following goals?

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How similar or different was Russia's experience of political centralization and economic transformation to other states in Western Europe? Why?

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How did the Dutch configure their new limited monarchy?

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Under the liberum veto, who among the following could veto an act of the Polish Sejm?

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Why did the schism between Eastern and Russian Orthodox Church occur?

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Frederick William the Great Elector built Brandenburg-Prussia into a significant European power by adopting which of the following policies?

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Why did Spanish power decline in the 1600s?

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What was the result of the English Bill of Rights?

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After the conclusion of the Thirty Years' War in 1648, the Holy Roman Empire experienced which of the following?

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In the seventeenth century, how is the prominence of the Dutch Republic as a great power best described?

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After eleven years of personal rule, why was Charles I forced to call parliament into session in 1640?

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