WESTERN CIVILIZATION Name

TEST # 504B

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

a. He is the leader of the Conservative Party;

b. His party is the majority party in the House of Commons;

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

d. He is also Speaker of the House of Commons.

2. As a consequence of the English "Glorious" or "Bloodless" Revolution,

a. the Hanoverian dynasty came to the throne;

b. Oliver Cromwell was overthrown;

c. William and Mary became leaders of England;

d. Charles I Stuart was executed.

3. What happed in Pride's Purge (l648)?

a. Parliament removed all it Puritan members;

b. Oliver Cromwell became king;

c. the the so-called Rump Parliament was created;

d. England became a Republic.

4. The Enclosure movement of the 17th and 18th centuries

a. sought to group factories closely together for maximum efficiency;

b. combined many small estates and common lands;.

c. attempted to reunite all Christians in one church;

d. sought to ban trade with nations outside of Europe.

5. The Petition of Right (1628-29)

a. was an attempt by James I to secure additional tax revenues through the Parliament

b. resulted in Parliament voting to execute the Duke of Buckingham

c. was directed at addressing a range of Parliamentary grievances before

approving new sources of revenue which were requested by Charles I.

d. denounced the left-wing religious policies of Charles I's government.

e. was approved by the Addled Parliament.

6. The Instrument of Government (1653)

a. recognized the demands of the leaders of the Fronde.

b. was a plan devised by John Locke for the government of the Carolina policy.

c. specified that Charles I was to be executed.

d. recognized Scotland and Ireland as free and independent nations.

e. established the Protectorate and resulted in Cromwell's designation as Lord Protector.

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

a. William Pitt

b. William Gladstone

c. Lord Palmerston

d. Lord North

e. Robert Walpole

8. In December 1640, Charles II called Parliament into cession. This parliament was to turn on the king and begin the English Civil War. This Parliament is called the:

a. Long Parliament

b Short Parliament

c. Rump Parliament

d. Restoration Parliament

9. The Roundhead forces in the English Civil War came mostly from:

a. the Catholics

b. high Church Anglicans

c. Puritans

d. the Cavaliers

10. The dispute between James I and Parliament involved all the following EXCEPT a. foreign policy;

b. religion;

c. the king’s desire to establish alliance with major protestant countries;

d. the Courts.

11. The term rotten borough was applied to British parliamentary electoral districts which

a. were located often in rural areas that had lost significance population;

b. were noted for their support of the king; c. were noted for their radicalism;

d. were located in slum sections of major industrial cities.

12. The Stuart rulers of England strongly believed in:

a. supremacy of Parliament

b. religious freedom

c. divine right of kings

d. rule of the middle class

13. Who invented the spinning jenny?

a. James Watt;

b. James Hargreaves;

c. Thomas Newcomen;

d. Isaac Smith.

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. According to the reading, "The Middle Class Ethos", during the 1850's and 1860's "the culture and ethics of Western Civilization" was greatly influenced by the

a. “genteel society”

b. “bourgeois revolution”

c. “proletariat misery”

d. “agricultural revolution”.

17. This " Middle Class Ethos" was based upon a number of values but none so valued

as that of the "Gospel of

a. Work"

b. Play"

c. Morality"

d. Cleanliness," which represented the anti-thesis of the aristocracy.

18. Another great middle class value was devotion to

a. ideas

b. family

c. religion

d. sensuality.

19. The rise of the middle class during this period was attributed to

a. chance

b. the French and Industrial Revolutions

c. the lack of religious direction

d. the defeat of Napoleon.

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

a. ability of farmers to increase their herds of livestock,

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

c. enclosure of millions of acres of land;

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

21. The group of British working class workers who protested by breaking machinery were the:

a. Luddites

b. Levelers

c. Diggers

d. Owners

22. The graph below was used by Mr. Sidoli to suggest:

a. the rise of the king’s power and the fall of parliament’s power

b. the rise of parliament’s power while the king’s declined

c. the rapid growth of productivity during industrialization

d. the brain power drain of freshman girls versus sophomore boys.

23. The creator of the modern Conservative Party was a. Robert Peel;

b. William Pitt;

c. William Gladstone; d. Robert Walpole.

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

a. "Stages of Economic Growth"

b. “Urban development”

c. “The Nature of Capitalism”

d. “the Protestant Ethic and Capitalism”

25. The British Prime Minister who was associated closely with British Imperialism and the creation of the title of Empress of India for Queen Victoria was

a. Benjamin Disraeli

b. William Gladstone

c. Lord Salisbury

d. Joseph Chamberlain

e. Robert Peel

26. All of the following were reforms initiated by William Gladstone EXCEPT the

a. Education Act of l870

b. Secret Ballot Act of l872

c. Civil Service Reform of l870

d. Reform Bill of l867

27. According to W. W. Rostow’s theory of economic growth the last stage of development is concerned with

a. production;

b. distribution;

c. consumption;

d. computers

28-32 Place a D, for Disraeli, or a A, for Gladstone, next to the event, or

phrase that best is associated with the above person.

28. Home Rule for Ireland

29. His father was a minister

30. Suez Canal

31. Passed Third Reform Act

32. Conservative Party Leader

33-37. MATCH the following dates with chronological periods to which it most belongs:

33. __ 1660-1688 A. Cromwell

34. __ 1603-1642 B. Glorious Revolution

35. __ 1642-1649 C. Charles I and James I

36. __ 1649-1660 D. Civil War

37. __ 1688-1689 E. Restoration

38. Queen Victoria’s husband was

a. Prince Charles;

b. Prince Albert;

c. Prince Philip;

d. King Edward.

39. 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

40. The paintings of Kaspar David Friedrich can be identified by all the following details, EXCEPT:

a. his subjects often appeared with their backs to the audience;

b. anti-religious themes;

c. out of focus topics;

d. trees that are snarly and have short truncated limbs.

41. All of the following are characteristics of the Romantic movement EXCEPT

a. focus on emotion or intuition over reason;

b. reverence for nature and the natural;.

c. admiration for the Enlightenment.

d. glorification of the Middle Ages.

42. Mr. Sidoli mentioned a number of books written by this French Romantic writer. Some

of his works have been used by Disney, others have appeared as operas by Giuseppe Verdi. Who is he?

a. Walter Scott;

b. Victor Hugo; c. Pierre La Salle; d. Pepe Lepue.

43. All the following are Romantic painters EXCEPT a. Francisco Goya;

b. Eugene Delacroix;

c. Kaspar David Friedrich;

d. William Blake.

44. My Uncle Jerry is buried in a cemetery called Ferndale which is located in suburban Ardsley, New York. The grounds are very spacious and well planned but made to look natural or pastoral and bucolic. A perceptive and studious student of our Western Civilization class could say that Ferndale was influenced by the

a) Romantic Movement;

b) the Renaissance;

c) the Neo-classical Age;

d) the Progressive Movement.

Questions 45-50: Identify the following styles .

45. What style is this garden?

a) Neo-Classical

b) Romantic

46. Which style is this garden?

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