Question 1

As a result of the idea of separate spheres, middle-class married women who sought to work outside the home

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A)  found that they could not gain well-paying jobs, and their wages were less than men's for the same work.
B)  gained a series of legal rights over their property and wages.
C)  were eligible for professional employment if they had the proper education.
D)  had easy access to childcare.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 2

Which of the following caused marked changes in childrearing practices?

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A)  Women had fewer children.
B)  Mothers increasingly depended on advice from their mothers and grandmothers owing to the lack of literature on childrearing.
C)  Women increasingly hired wet nurses to free them to care for other children.
D)  The number of illegitimate children abandoned at foundling hospitals increased.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 3

Karl Marx had predicted in 1848 that European society would be increasingly polarized into two classes: bourgeoisie and proletariat. What was the reality of the European social structure in the second half of the nineteenth century?

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Question 4

Answer the following questions :
-Second Industrial Revolution

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A)  The burst of industrial creativity and technological innovation that promoted strong economic growth in the last third of the nineteenth century.
B)  The idea that disease was caused by the spread of living organisms that could be controlled.
C)  The highly skilled workers, such as factory foremen and construction bosses, who made up about 15 percent of the working classes from about 1850 to 1914.
D)  A branch of physics built on Sir Isaac Newton's laws of mechanics that investigated the relationship between heat and mechanical energy.
E)  Poorly paid handicraft production, often carried out by married women paid by the piece and working at home.F) A literary movement that, in contrast to romanticism, stressed the depiction of life as it actually was.G) The idea of Jeremy Bentham that social policies should promote the "greatest good for the greatest number."H) The idea, applied by thinkers in many fields, that stresses gradual change and continuous adjustment.I) A body of thought that applied the theory of biological evolution to human affairs and saw the human race as driven by an unending economic struggle that would determine the survival of the fittest.J) All of the above
K) E) and F)

Question 5

The following is an excerpt from Émile Zola's Germinal (Evaluating the Evidence 22.3) : "The man had set out from Marchiennes about two o'clock. He walked with long strides, shivering beneath his worn cotton jacket and corduroy breeches. A small parcel tied in a check handkerchief troubled him much, and he pressed it against his side, sometimes with one elbow, sometimes with the other, so that he could slip to the bottom of his pockets both the benumbed hands that bled beneath the lashes of the wind. A single idea occupied his head-the empty head of a workman without work and without lodging-the hope that the cold would be less keen after sunrise."
What do we know about the man Zola describes?

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A)  He's unemployed.
B)  He's a factory worker.
C)  He used to be middle class.
D)  He's an escaped prisoner.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 6

Answer the following questions :
-Realism

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A)  The burst of industrial creativity and technological innovation that promoted strong economic growth in the last third of the nineteenth century.
B)  The idea that disease was caused by the spread of living organisms that could be controlled.
C)  The highly skilled workers, such as factory foremen and construction bosses, who made up about 15 percent of the working classes from about 1850 to 1914.
D)  A branch of physics built on Sir Isaac Newton's laws of mechanics that investigated the relationship between heat and mechanical energy.
E)  Poorly paid handicraft production, often carried out by married women paid by the piece and working at home.F) A literary movement that, in contrast to romanticism, stressed the depiction of life as it actually was.G) The idea of Jeremy Bentham that social policies should promote the "greatest good for the greatest number."H) The idea, applied by thinkers in many fields, that stresses gradual change and continuous adjustment.I) A body of thought that applied the theory of biological evolution to human affairs and saw the human race as driven by an unending economic struggle that would determine the survival of the fittest.J) A) and I)
K) A) and B)

Question 7

The place for women in the latter half of the nineteenth century seemed to be the home. Why? What other options did European women have?

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Question 8

On Map 22.1: European Cities of 100,000 or More, 1800-1900, which cities had the largest increase in population growth between 1800 and 1900?

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A)  Berlin, St. Petersburg, and Vienna
B)  London, Paris, and Constantinople
C)  Moscow, Naples, Barcelona, and Madrid
D)  London and ParisE) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

After years of scientific investigation and reflection, Charles Darwin concluded that

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A)  each species of animal was a divine creation.
B)  all life had gradually evolved from a common ancestral origin.
C)  acquired characteristics could be passed on to one's children.
D)  his ideas about biological evolution should be applied to human affairs.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 10

How did the goals of middle-class feminists differ from those of socialist women?

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A)  Middle-class women believed that women's liberation required greater access to educational opportunities, while socialist women emphasized the need of women to support men on the barricades.
B)  Middle-class women supported the efforts to obtain economic rights for women, while socialist women fought for an expansion of the welfare state.
C)  Middle-class women fought for the right to vote, while socialist women argued that women's liberation could only occur as part of a working-class revolution.
D)  Middle-class women endorsed the separate spheres theory in order to enhance women's power in the home, while socialists emphasized the need to empower women in the workplace immediately.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 11

One of the most important scientific and technological developments in the nineteenth century saw a form of commercial energy useful in communications and manufacturing developed from

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A)  coke.
B)  coal.
C)  oil.
D)  electricity.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 12

What caused the revolutionary reduction in the size of European families?

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A)  The family's desire to improve its economic and social position
B)  The effectiveness and availability of birth control
C)  The pursuit of careers outside the home by married women
D)  The epidemic of infertility related to environmental contamination.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 13

The following is an excerpt from a sketch of London life in 1870 written from the perspective of a newcomer from the countryside (Evaluating the Evidence 22.1) : "Self-dependence is another habit peculiarly of London growth. Men soon discover they have no longer the friend, the relative or the neighbour of their own small town to fall back upon. . . . No doubt there are warm friendships and intimacies in London as well as in the country, but few and far between. People associate more at arm's length, and give their hand more readily than their heart, and hug themselves within their own domestic circles. You know too little of people to be deeply interested either in them or their fortunes, so you expect nothing and are surprised at nothing. An acquaintance may depart London life, and even this life, or be sold up and disappear, without the same surprise or making the same gap as in a village circle."
The author implies that people in London, in contrast to people in the countryside,

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A)  fill important roles in the social life of the community as a whole.
B)  are uneducated and lack curiosity.
C)  care little for their neighbors.
D)  are self-dependent.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 14

Answer the following questions :
-sweated industries

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A)  The burst of industrial creativity and technological innovation that promoted strong economic growth in the last third of the nineteenth century.
B)  The idea that disease was caused by the spread of living organisms that could be controlled.
C)  The highly skilled workers, such as factory foremen and construction bosses, who made up about 15 percent of the working classes from about 1850 to 1914.
D)  A branch of physics built on Sir Isaac Newton's laws of mechanics that investigated the relationship between heat and mechanical energy.
E)  Poorly paid handicraft production, often carried out by married women paid by the piece and working at home.F) A literary movement that, in contrast to romanticism, stressed the depiction of life as it actually was.G) The idea of Jeremy Bentham that social policies should promote the "greatest good for the greatest number."H) The idea, applied by thinkers in many fields, that stresses gradual change and continuous adjustment.I) A body of thought that applied the theory of biological evolution to human affairs and saw the human race as driven by an unending economic struggle that would determine the survival of the fittest.J) A) and F)
K) C) and H)

Question 15

What was Count Leo Tolstoy's central message in War and Peace?

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A)  Human love, trust, and everyday family ties are life's enduring values.
B)  Great men are able to bend history to their will.
C)  The idealistic young always surrender to feverish ambition and society's pervasive greed.
D)  Ordinary men and women are doomed to be crushed by fate and bad luck.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 16

Answer the following questions :
-evolution

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A)  The burst of industrial creativity and technological innovation that promoted strong economic growth in the last third of the nineteenth century.
B)  The idea that disease was caused by the spread of living organisms that could be controlled.
C)  The highly skilled workers, such as factory foremen and construction bosses, who made up about 15 percent of the working classes from about 1850 to 1914.
D)  A branch of physics built on Sir Isaac Newton's laws of mechanics that investigated the relationship between heat and mechanical energy.
E)  Poorly paid handicraft production, often carried out by married women paid by the piece and working at home.F) A literary movement that, in contrast to romanticism, stressed the depiction of life as it actually was.G) The idea of Jeremy Bentham that social policies should promote the "greatest good for the greatest number."H) The idea, applied by thinkers in many fields, that stresses gradual change and continuous adjustment.I) A body of thought that applied the theory of biological evolution to human affairs and saw the human race as driven by an unending economic struggle that would determine the survival of the fittest.J) E) and I)
K) B) and I)

Question 17

What was companionate marriage?

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A)  Marriage for the sake of convenience
B)  Marriage for economic or social reasons
C)  Marriage based on romantic love and middle-class family values
D)  Marriage chosen by the parents of the coupleE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 18

Which of the following characterizes early-nineteenth-century British cities?

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A)  Overcrowding in cities inhibited population growth.
B)  City officials demolished row houses in order to build more efficient apartment complexes.
C)  New laws limiting capacity in buildings eased overcrowding.
D)  Nearly all land was used for buildings, which meant parks or open areas were almost nonexistent.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

Answer the following questions :
-thermodynamics

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A)  The burst of industrial creativity and technological innovation that promoted strong economic growth in the last third of the nineteenth century.
B)  The idea that disease was caused by the spread of living organisms that could be controlled.
C)  The highly skilled workers, such as factory foremen and construction bosses, who made up about 15 percent of the working classes from about 1850 to 1914.
D)  A branch of physics built on Sir Isaac Newton's laws of mechanics that investigated the relationship between heat and mechanical energy.
E)  Poorly paid handicraft production, often carried out by married women paid by the piece and working at home.F) A literary movement that, in contrast to romanticism, stressed the depiction of life as it actually was.G) The idea of Jeremy Bentham that social policies should promote the "greatest good for the greatest number."H) The idea, applied by thinkers in many fields, that stresses gradual change and continuous adjustment.I) A body of thought that applied the theory of biological evolution to human affairs and saw the human race as driven by an unending economic struggle that would determine the survival of the fittest.J) B) and G)
K) A) and C)

Question 20

As the nineteenth century progressed, the upper middle class

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A)  tended to merge with the old aristocracy.
B)  formed tighter bonds with the rest of the middle class.
C)  retained its frugal attitudes.
D)  increasingly turned toward socialism.E) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

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