Elizabeth I was the daughter of Henry VIII and



A. Catherine of Aragon.


B. Catherine Parr.


C. Ann of Cleves.


D. Ann Boleyn.


E. Jane Seymour.


Answer: D
A politique was



A. a political bureaucrat in France.


B. the governor of a French district.


C. rulers who tended to subordinate theological doctrine to political unity.


D. a conservative advisor to the king of France.


E. an advisor on courtly etiquette.


Answer: C
The phrase, cuius, regio, eius religio, means



A. whoever controls the religion may rule.


B. he who controls the land may determine its religion.


C. whoever reigns may also serve as head of the religion.


D. the king should always support the established religion.


E.


Answer: B
Mary, Queen of Scots, was executed because



A. she was a Catholic.


B. of her support of the Spanish Armada.


C. of her complicity in plots against Elizabeth.


D. because her great beauty enraged the much plainer Elizabeth.


E. she was caught in flagrant delicto with Elizabeth's husband.


Answer: C
The phrase "Paris is worth a Mass" is attributed to



A. Catherine de Medicis.


B. William of Orange.


C. James I.


D. Philip II.


E. Henry of Navarre (Henry IV).


Answer: E
The Edict of Nantes



A. recognized Catholic religious freedoms.


B. recognized Huguenot religious freedoms and rights of Protestants to participate in French
 public institutions.

C. was promulgated by Henry IV and provided for religious toleration in England.


D. both (b) and (c)


E.


Answer: B
During the reign of Mary I of England



A. nearly 300 Catholics were executed.


B. the "Marian Exiles" were caught and returned to England for execution.


C. Protestant legislation was repealed.


D. laws were passed to prevent Roman Catholics from holding high public office in England.


E. there was no Mary I of England, Mary I was the Queen of Spain.


Answer: C
The husband of Mary I of England was



A. Thomas Cranmer.


B. Henry VIII.


C. Philip II.


D. Edward VI.


E. Sir Francis Drake.


Answer: C
The "defenestration of Prague" refers to



A. the defense of Prague by Calvinist forces during the first phase of the 30 Years War.


B. the burning of the Bohemian heretic John Hus.


C. the chucking of the Emperor's regents out of an upper story window.


D. the bulwarks and ramparts surrounding that medieval Bohemian city.


E. none of the above


Answer: C
Henry of Navarre



A. was a politique.


B. supported Catholicism as the majority religion of his country.


C. tolerated a Protestant minority in his country.


D. had been raised as a Huguenot.


E. all of the above


Answer: E
The Swedish King_____ entered the Thirty Years War with financial support from
Catholic France and Protestant Netherlands.  He is considered one of the great military geniuses
of the 17th Century.  His victory at Breitenfield in 1630 was the most decisive of that long and
horrible war.
A. Ingamar


B. William the Silent


C. Gustavus Adolphus


D. Henry III


E. Theodore Beza


Answer: C
In 1571 the Spanish ended Turkish control of the Mediterranean at the battle of



A. the Dardanelles.


B. Gibraltar.


C. Lepanto.


D. Halfa.


E. Trafalgar.


Answer: C
Charles V (1500-1558) held all the following countries and titles except



A. Spain


B. Holy Roman Empire


C. France


D. The Netherlands


E. Kingdom of Naples


Answer: C
The Huguenots were



A. French Catholics.


B. French merchants.


C. French Protestants.


D. elite French troops.


E. Papal guards.


Answer: C
The King of France who contested Charles V for control of Italy was



A. Phillip Augustus.


B. Louis XIV.


C. Francis I.


D. Henry IV.


E. Mildred IX.


Answer: C
The eventual husband of Elizabeth I was



A. Robert Dudley.


B. James Bothwell.


C. William of Orange.


D. Lord Darnley.


E. none of the above


Answer: E
_____was the massive palace-monastery built between 1563 and 1584 by Phillip II.



A. the Castile


B. the Baroque


C. the Guise


D. the Escorial


E. the cuius regio


Answer: D
"The Milch Cow" in the 16th Century satirical painting represents



A. the Catholic Church.


B. the Society of Jesus (Jesuits).


C. the Netherlands.


D. the Church of England.


E. Lutheranism.


Answer: C
The Dutch Mennonite   (1606-1669) is famous for the gentle, searching portraits that
he painted.


A. Rembrandt


B. Albrect Durer


C. Hans Holbein the Younger


D. Hans Holbein the Elder


E. William of Orange


Answer: A
The great English architect (1632-1723) who designed beautiful churches, including St. Pauls in
London, was


A. John Knox


B. Christopher Wren


C. John Hawkins


D. Charles Stuart


E. Thomas More


Answer: B
This famous Englishman "singed the beard of Spain's king" (i.e., raided the Spanish coast in
1587).


A. Captain Cook


B. Sir Francis Drake


C. Sir Christopher Wren


D. Oliver Cromwell


E. Christopher Marlowe


Answer: B
Albrecht   (1583-1634) was a brilliant and opportunistic mercenary who sold his
services to the Emperor Ferdinand II.


A. of Austria


B. of Alba


C. of Orange


D. von Wallenstein


E. van Rijn


Answer: D
The goal of James II's domestic policies was to



A. subject English institutions to the power of the monarchy.


B. support protestants whenever possible in his administration.


C. reduce taxes.


D. all of the above.


E.


Answer: A
The Edict of Nantes (1598 A.D.) guaranteed French Protestants freedom of religion.  The king
who issued this famous decree was


A. Francis I.


B. Henry IV.


C. Louis XIV.


D. Louis XVI.


E. Charles I.


Answer: B
The Test Act of 1672



A. was aimed at Charles' brother, James.


B. required all subjects to swear an oath against the doctrine of transubstantiation.


C. was passed by Parliament.


D. all of the above


E.


Answer: D
The "Cavaliers" were



A. bodyguards and an elite force that fought under the command of Colonel Thomas Pride.


B. soldiers of Cromwell.


C. supporters of King Charles I.


D. mostly Puritans.


E. champions of Parliamentary supremacy


Answer: C
The king who quite literally lost his head in A.D. 1649 was



A. Louis XIV


B. Louis XVIII


C. James II


D. Charles I


E. Charles II


Answer: D
In the last years of his reign, Charles II



A. did not call Parliament.


B. had a rather cooperative arrangement with Parliament.


C. depended on the Dutch King for financial support.


D. had a cooperative arrangement with business corporations.


E.


Answer: A
Cromwell's official title was



A. First Lord.


B. Lord Protector.


C. Lord General


D. Viceroy.


E. King Consort.


Answer: B
_____was appointed tutor to the son of Louis XIV.  He wrote an intellectual defense
of the "Divine Right" of kings.


A. John Locke


B. Blaise Pascal


C. Cardinal Mazarin


D. Bishop Jansen


E. Bishop Bossuet


Answer: E
The statement, "one king, one law, one faith," was the policy of



A. Elizabeth I.


B. Henry IV.


C. Charles II.


D. Louis XIV.


E. Alphonso IX.


Answer: D
Under Louis XIII, the government was run by



A. Colbert who promoted mercantilism.


B. Mazarin who protected Louis from the Fronde.


C. Cardinal Richelieu who promoted campaigns against the Huguenots.


D. Catherine of Aragon.


E. Pascal.


Answer: C
France differed from England in its political development in the 17th century by



A. moving toward a monarchy limited by a parliament.


B. moving toward an absolute monarchy.


C. promoting regionalism as opposed to centralization.


D. both a and c.


E.


Answer: B
The Second Treatise on Government (1690) states that the relationship between a king and his
subjects was a bilateral contract.  This work was often cited in support of the "Glorious
Revolution."  Its author was

A. James II


B. Colbert


C. John Locke


D. Mary Stuart


E. John Calvin


Answer: C
The "Roundheads" were



A. supporters of Charles I in the Civil War.


B. supporters of Parliament in the Civil War.


C. the nobility who supported the king.


D. the nickname given to the Jansenists.


E. none of the above.


Answer: B
The Treaty of Dover (1670)



A. was an Anglo-Dutch alliance against Spain.


B. included a pledge (in a secret portion of this treaty) by Charles II that he would openly
 announce his conversion to Catholicism as soon as conditions in England permitted.

C. promised English aid to Spain if Spain was attacked by France.


D. ceded Dover and Folkstone to the King of France.


E. provided for large annual payments to France from England to compensate France for her
  losses in the War of Spanish Succession.

Answer: B
The leader of the mid-17th century Puritan republic in England was



A. Colonel Pride


B. John Locke


C. John Knox


D. Oliver Cromwell


E. John Calvin


Answer: D
Dauphin means



A. the bishop of Rome


B. the bishop of Paris


C. the heir to the French throne


D. the dynasty that ruled France from 1589-1714


E. none of the above


Answer: C
The Edict of Nantes was revoked in 1685 A.D. by



A. Francis I.


B. Henry IV.


C. Louis XIV.


D. Louis XVI.


E. Charles I.


Answer: C
Politically, the Glorious Revolution replaced



A. James I with William and Mary.


B. James II with Mary I.


C. James II with William and Mary.


D. Charles II with Queen Anne.


E. Louis XIV with Henry IV.


Answer: C
The quote "L'elat, c'est moi" is attributed to whom?



A. Louis XIII


B. Louis XIV


C. Louis XV


D. Napoleon Bonaparte


E. Marie Antoinette


Answer: B
The author of A Trew Law of Free Monarchies was



A. James I


B. John Knox


C. Machiavelli


D. John Locke


E. Thomas More


Answer: A
The philosophy or school of thought that calls for close government control of the economy so
as to maximize exports, minimize imports, and build large internal reserves of gold and silver
is

A. classical liberalism


B. laissez faire


C. raison d'elat


D. mercantilism


E. predestination


Answer: D
The magnificent palace built outside Paris by Louis XVIII is known as



A. Escorial


B. Windsor Palace


C. Versailles


D. The Louvre


E. Bossuet Palace


Answer: C
Shakespeare's hometown was



A. Vienna, Austria.


B. Stoke-on-Kent.


C. Avebury.


D. Greenwich.


E. Stratford-upon-Avon.


Answer: E
The fiery Puritan preacher who wrote classics of spirituality was



A. Pascal.


B. John Bunyon.


C. Christopher Marlowe.


D. Spinoza.


E. John Kepler.


Answer: B
Francis Bacon



A. has been regarded as the father of empiricism and of experimentation in science.


B. championed the desirability of innovation and change.


C. believed that human knowledge should produce useful results.


D. all of the above


E.


Answer: D
"I can conceive of a man without hands ... but I cannot conceive man without thoughts; he would
be a stone or a brute."  "Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature; but he is a thinking
reed."  "If the universe were to crush him, man would still be more noble than that which killed
him, because he knows that he dies ..., the universe knows nothing of this."  These quote are from
A. Isaac Newton.


B. Francis Bacon.


C. Galileo Galilei.


D. Blaise Pascal.


E. Sancho Panza.


Answer: D
Most of the men who became the giants of the Scientific Revolution were able to do so because
they were atheists.  Released from the necessity of finding a place for God in the Universe, they
were able to pursue rational solutions.

A. True


B. False


C.


D.


E.


Answer: B
Which best characterizes human life in the state of nature according to Thomas Hobbes?



A. a life of divine grace, where God provides the simple and wholesome wants of men


B. a life of perfect freedom and equality


C. a life of rational and measured existence resting firmly on peaceful social cooperation


D. a life that was poor, nasty, brutish and short


E.


Answer: D
The individual source of the major foundations of medieval thought in astronomy and physics
was


A. Aristotle.


B. Saint Augustine.


C. Virgil.


D. Aristophanes.


E. Homer.


Answer: A
Developments in these two sciences were at the heart of the scientific revolution:



A. physics and astronomy


B. chemistry and history


C. theology and mathematics


D. biology and politics


E.


Answer: A
The major work of Thomas Hobbes was



A. Ethics.


B. Leviathan.


C. Pensees.


D. Two Treatises of Government.


E. Principia Mathematica.


Answer: B
Newton's conception of the physical universe is often pictured as



A. a machine of perfect orderliness.


B. a mirage that exists only in man's mind.


C. an incoherent agglomeration of unrelated phenomena.


D. an apparent order that cannot be understood by man


E.


Answer: A
The Scientific Revolution



A. brought immediate and rapid changes involving large numbers of people.


B. originally did not directly involve more than a few hundred human beings.


C. progressed steadily from one correct thought to another.


D. began in Central Africa and was carried into Europe by Arab merchants.


E. was born within the Roman Catholic Church and prospered because of the Church's
  continuing patronage.

Answer: B
The most controversial thinker of the 17th century may have been (1632-1677).  His
most influential work Ethics was published posthumously; it was attacked by both Christians and
Jews who accused the author of being a Panthiest.

A. John Locke


B. Johannes Kepler


C. Tycho Brake


D. Rene Descartes


E. Baruch Spinoza


Answer: E
Miguel de Cervantes published his masterwork in 1605.  Its title is



A. The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes


B. Don Quixote de la Mancha


C. The Merchant of Venice


D. Dialogues on the Two Chief Systems of the World


E. Principia Mathematica


Answer: B
The Polish astronomer (1473-1543) who postulated that the sun, not the earth, was the center of
the universe was


A. Johan Keplar


B. Galileo


C. Carl Sagen


D. Copernicus


E. Euclid


Answer: D
The English philosopher who has proved to be the most influential political thinker of the
seventeenth century was  .  His writings gave inspiration to both the American and
French Revolutions.  His most famous works were the Essay Concerning Human Understanding
and Two Treatises of Government (1690).
A. John Hobbs


B. Adam Smith


C. John Locke


D. Isaac Newton


E. Thomas More


Answer: C
The English Puritan poet who wrote Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes
was 


A. John Bunyan


B. Thomas More


C. John Law


D. John Milton


E. Thomas Hobbs


Answer: D
Professor Weber tells us all of the following were true except



A. In the course of the religious wars of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the Spanish
  aided Catholics in France.

B. In the course of the religious wars of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the Swedes
 aided Protestants in England.

C. In the course of the religious wars of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the English
  aided Protestants in the Netherlands.

D. In the course of the religious wars of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the English
 aided Protestants in France.

E.


Answer: B
According to Professor Weber, all of the following thinkers and artists did much of their greatest
work while living in Holland except


A. Spinoza


B. Galileo


C. Descartes


D. Vermeer


E.


Answer: B
Which of the following was not among the reasons listed by Professor Weber for the commercial
success of Amsterdam in the seventeenth century?


A. Antwerp, its great rival, had badly suffered during the religious wars.


B. The Dutch had extended religious toleration to Catholics and Jews.


C. Protestants, Catholics, and Jews could all participate in the city government.


D. The Dutch merchant fleet was the most extensive in Europe.


E.


Answer: C
Mark the false choice.  According to Professor Weber,



A. French Protestants attracted a strong following among the nobility.


B. French Protestants often represented a reaction against the centralizing state.


C. French Protestants attempted to topple the monarchy on Saint Bartholomew's Night in
  August 1572.

D. French Protestants eventually put a Protestant king on the throne.


E.


Answer: C
All of the following were among the great examples of baroque art discussed by Professor Weber
except


A. the paintings of Rubens


B. the churches of the Counter-Reformation


C. the paintings of Vermeer


D. the sculpture of Bernini


E.


Answer: C
Professor Weber informs us that the Thirty Years War



A. put an end to the international rivalry between France and Spain


B. destroyed Protestant forces in Bohemia and much of the rest of central Europe


C. made England a first-rate European power


D. led to German unity, under the terms of the Peace of Westphalia


E.


Answer: B
Mark the false choice.  According to Professor Weber, the Dutch owed their commercial
successes to such factors as 


A. a system of commercial lending that allowed them to borrow at lower interest rates than
  their competitors could obtain.  

B. their refusal to allow Catholics and Jews to do business in Holland.


C. joint-stock ventures that sold shares to raise money and spread out risk.


D. trading companies such as the East India Company.


E.


Answer: B 
Mark the false choice.  According to Professor Weber, the following issues led to widespread
dissatisfaction among the subjects of Charles I:  His attempt to


A. raise taxes without parliamentary consent.


B. unify and control the church.


C. force all of his subjects to become Catholics.


D. arrest leaders of the House of Commons in 1642.


E.


Answer: C
According to Professor Weber. Louis XIV attempted to strengthen the powers of the Crown by
all of the following except


A. moving his court away from the turbulent city of Paris


B. creating a magnificent court to attract the nobility


C. recruiting many of his most important ministers from the middle classes


D. excluding the nobility from important posts in the army and the church


E.


Answer: D
Professor Weber informs us that as a sign of its growing military and economic strength, France



A. established royal workshops that were models for the rest of Europe


B. made Paris the leading commercial city of Europe


C. imposed its free trade policies on the rest of the continent


D. built the greatest merchant fleet in Europe


E.


Answer: A
According to Professor Weber, among the artists in the reign of Louis XIV who satisfied a taste
for "a rigorous, reasonable, and cool style" was


A. Jacques Callot


B. Nicolas Poussin


C. Georges de la Tour


D. the Le Nain brothers


E.


Answer: B
Mark the false choice.  According to Professor Weber, the following developments were among
the signs of French cultural domination in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries:


A. many aristocrats in other European countries spoke French among themselves rather than
  their native language.

B. the architecture and customs of Versailles were imitated at many other courts.


C. in Protestant countries French Huguenots created widespread admiration for the religious
  policies of Louis XIV

D. books written in other languages would sometimes be translated and published in French
 before appearing in their original language.

E.


Answer: C
Mark the false choice.  Professor Weber argues that theories of natural law



A. formed part of the basis of English political and constitutional thought.


B. formed part of various theories of the rights of man.


C. supported theories of the divine rights of kings.


D. influenced Protestant thinkers who were formulating theories about human perfectibility.


E.


Answer: C
According to Professor Weber, during the European wars of religion, which country consistently
backed Protestant powers?


A. France


B. Italy


C. Spain


D. Sweden


E.


Answer: D
According to Professor Weber, the two principal European rivals in the first half of the
seventeenth century were


A. France and Spain


B. England and Italy


C. France and the Holy Roman Empire


D. Spain and the Holy Roman Empire


E.


Answer: A
According to Professor Weber, which of the following are examples of the increasing importance
of daily life as a theme for art?


A. baroque churches


B. the paintings of Vermeer


C. the sculpture of Bernini


D. baroque architecture


E.


Answer: B
According to Professor Weber, which of the following was one of the few powerful republics
in seventeenth century Europe?


A. England


B. France


C. Spain


D. the United Provinces


E.


Answer: D
Professor Weber tells us that one of the most significant actions of Cardinal Richelieu of France
was


A. his edict of toleration


B. his attack on French Protestants


C. his giving increased power to the French nobility


D. his refusal to embroil France in foreign wars


E.


Answer: B
Professor Weber tells us that to suppress violence in the kingdom, Louis XIII and Cardinal
Richelieu instituted all of the following measures except


A. punished dueling


B. outlawed private warfare


C. encouraged nobles to serve in the royal army


D. created a national police force


E.


Answer: D
According to Professor Weber, which of the following was not one of the major sources of the
troubles that led to the English Civil War?


A. colonial problems and revolt in America


B. colonial problems and revolt in Ireland


C. political and religious problems in England


D. religious problems in Scotland


E.


Answer: A
According to Professor Weber, which political thinker provided the assumptions about human
nature that served as the basis of English constitutional thought?


A. Grotius


B. Newton


C. Locke


D. Machiavelli


E.


Answer: C