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Question #1
Charles I frequently clashed with what group?
A.   The House of Commons
B.   Catholics throughout England
C.   The Stuart family
D.   The Church of England
Question #2
What was an important aspect of Peter the Great's tour of western Europe?
A.   He began to focus mostly on introducing capitalism into Russia.
B.   He was particularly impressed by the power of the Dutch and English.
C.   He employed spies to steal industrial technology.
D.   He decided he would model his rule after the French example.
Question #3
In the early seventeenth century, what reforms did the English Puritans desire?
A.   They sought a resurgence of Roman Catholicism.
B.   They wanted all people to be required to attend the Church of England.
C.   They wanted to be granted special tax exemptions by the Crown.
D.   They wanted to eliminate Crown-appointed bishops from the Church of England.
Question #4
In the seventeenth century, serfdom returned to what region of Europe?
A.   Central
B.   The Low Countries
C.   Western
D.   Eastern
Question #5
Which order of nuns (founded in the sixteenth century) attained prestige in education for women?
A.   Mericis
B.   Jesuits
C.   Trentines
D.   Ursulines
Question #6
Who held the political power in the Dutch Republic in the seventeenth century?
A.   A democratically elected States-General
B.   The stadholder and his royal courtiers
C.   An oligarchy of wealthy businessmen
D.   The central government
Question #7
Which of these was a member of the Grand Alliance of 1701?
A.   Russia
B.   Spain
C.   Prussia
D.   France
Question #8
How did the climate change in Europe during the seventeenth century?
A.   It became colder and wetter.
B.   It became warmer and drier.
C.   It became colder and drier.
D.   It became warmer and wetter.
Question #9
In 1649, after the execution of Charles I, England was initially declared which of the following?
A.   A theocracy
B.   A democracy
C.   A commonwealth
D.   A military dictatorship
Question #10
What country did Peter the Great defeat at the Battle of Poltava?
A.   Poland
B.   Austria
C.   Sweden
D.   Latvia
Question #11
Voltaire thought that ordinary men
A.   needed to be educated for democracy to work.
B.   were incapable of governing themselves.
C.   needed to study England's social system.
D.   should overthrow the French monarchy.
Question #12
Which of the following did empiricism emphasize?
A.   Reliance on the authority of other scientists
B.   Proof through mathematical equations
C.   The use of deductive reasoning
D.   Acquiring evidence through observation and experimentation
Question #13
Who was tried for heresy in 1633 for defending Copernicus and the heliocentric theory?
A.   Brahe
B.   Newton
C.   Kepler
D.   Galileo
Question #14
Which Enlightenment thinker argued in favor of separating and sharing political power?
A.   John Locke
B.   Voltaire
C.   Madame du Châtelet
D.   Baron de Montesquieu
Question #15
What was Frederick the Great's attitude toward religion?
A.   He objected to private prayer.
B.   He promoted Lutheranism.
C.   He was tolerant of individual beliefs.
D.   He persecuted Jews.
Question #16
Which of these was Montesquieu's most famous work?
A.   The Encyclopedia
B.   Candide
C.   The Spirit of the Laws
D.   Principia
Question #17
Which enlightened ruler abolished serfdom?
A.   Joseph II
B.   Frederick II
C.   Maria Theresa
D.   Louis XIV

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