Question 1

John Locke maintained that

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A)   legitimate government required the consent of the governed.
B)   security lay in conferring power upon a single ruler.
C)   revolution is never justified.
D)   religion is the bedrock of the social contract.E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 2

Which of the following statements about the French Revolution is FALSE?

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A)   It degenerated into a Reign of Terror followed by a military dictatorship.
B)   It resulted largely from social inequality and economic turmoil.
C)   It served as a model for the American Revolution that shortly followed.
D)   It witnessed the mobilization of women in pursuit of greater sexual equality.E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

Question 3

Defend the following statement by focusing on five landmark works of the European Enlightenment: "The Enlightenment marks the divide between an essentially medieval view of the world as dominated by divine truths and the principles of religious faith, and the modern view of the world as governed by scientific truths and the principles of human reason."

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The statement that "The Enlightenment ma...

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Francis Bacon called the false dogmas or teachings that hindered clear thinking

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A)   Icons.
B)   Identities.
C)   Idols.
D)   Ironies.E) B) and D)
F) All of the above C

Question 5

The fusion of art and politics that exalted the ideal of service and sacrifice to one's country is exemplified by which landmark?

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A)   Hogarth's The Marriage Transaction
B)   David's The Oath of Horatii
C)   Greuze's Village Bethrothal
D)   Watteau's Departure from the Island of CytheraE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 6

The title of Francis Bacon's landmark work, Novum Organum, means

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A)   "inductive logic."
B)   "new method."
C)   "not organic."
D)   "social contract."E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

Genre painting depicts scenes of

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A)   classical history.
B)   military conquests.
C)   ordinary life.
D)   religious events.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

Which figure famously recanted his scientific theories in 1633 after having been put on trial for heresy?

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A)   Galileo
B)   Newton
C)   Copernicus
D)   DescartesE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT one of the three parts of the traditional sonata?

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A)   Recapitulation
B)   Composition
C)   Exposition
D)   DevelopmentE) A) and C)
F) B) and C) B

Question 10

The French salon, center of intellectual debate, was often organized by

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A)   noblewomen.
B)   artisans.
C)   priests.
D)   government officials.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 11

One reason that both Protestants and Catholics opposed the heliocentric theory was that it

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A)   had no empirical basis.
B)   contradicted Scripture.
C)   was introduced to Europe by Muslim astronomers.
D)   All these answers are correct.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 12

Ingres' Grande Odalisque deviated from the principles of Classical art by

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A)   depicting female nudity.
B)   painting with rough brushstrokes.
C)   using murky colors that obscured objects in the composition.
D)   disproportionately elongating the body of his female subject.E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 13

All of the following figures are generally considered painters of the Rococo style EXCEPT

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A)   Fragonard.
B)   Boucher.
C)   Greuze.
D)   Watteau.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 14

The philosophic optimism of Enlightenment figures was satirized in Candide and other writings by

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A)   Diderot.
B)   Voltaire.
C)   Descartes.
D)   Jefferson.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 15

Mozart drew many of the melodies for his symphonies and compositions from

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A)   Lutheran chorales.
B)   religious chants.
C)   popular dance tunes.
D)   Renaissance madrigals.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 16

Descartes' proposition, "I think, therefore I am," demonstrated

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A)   his debt to the empirical method.
B)   his respect for the theories of Francis Bacon.
C)   a premise he could not doubt.
D)   his rejection of critical inquiry.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 17

Diderot's Encyclopedia was

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A)   was written entirely by Diderot himself.
B)   the largest compendium of knowledge produced in the West.
C)   an attempt to limit access to technical knowledge and philosophical truth.
D)   All these answers are correct.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 18

The predominant theme of Rococo paintings was the

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A)   pursuit of pleasure.
B)   nobility of patriotic self-sacrifice.
C)   dignity of the common peasant.
D)   ubiquity of death and suffering.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C) A

Question 19

The works of Boucher and Watteau reflect a style

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A)   known as Rococo.
B)   that expressed upper-class tastes.
C)   of great delicacy and sensuality.
D)   All these answers are correct.E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 20

Neoclassical art and classical music share an emphasis on

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A)   clarity and formal structure.
B)   freedom of form.
C)   spontaneity and emotion.
D)   religious themes.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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