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Question #1
Charles I frequently clashed with what group?
A.   The House of Commons
B.   The Church of England
C.   Catholics throughout England
D.   The Stuart family
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 decided he would model his rule after the French example.
C.   He was particularly impressed by the power of the Dutch and English.
D.   He employed spies to steal industrial technology.
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 to be granted special tax exemptions by the Crown.
C.   They wanted all people to be required to attend the Church of England.
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.   The Low Countries
B.   Eastern
C.   Central
D.   Western
Question #5
Which order of nuns (founded in the sixteenth century) attained prestige in education for women?
A.   Mericis
B.   Trentines
C.   Ursulines
D.   Jesuits
Question #6
Who held the political power in the Dutch Republic in the seventeenth century?
A.   The central government
B.   An oligarchy of wealthy businessmen
C.   A democratically elected States-General
D.   The stadholder and his royal courtiers
Question #7
Which of these was a member of the Grand Alliance of 1701?
A.   Spain
B.   Russia
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 wetter.
C.   It became colder and drier.
D.   It became warmer and drier.
Question #9
In 1649, after the execution of Charles I, England was initially declared which of the following?
A.   A commonwealth
B.   A theocracy
C.   A military dictatorship
D.   A democracy
Question #10
What country did Peter the Great defeat at the Battle of Poltava?
A.   Sweden
B.   Austria
C.   Poland
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.   should overthrow the French monarchy.
D.   needed to study England's social system.
Question #12
Which of the following did empiricism emphasize?
A.   Reliance on the authority of other scientists
B.   Acquiring evidence through observation and experimentation
C.   Proof through mathematical equations
D.   The use of deductive reasoning
Question #13
Who was tried for heresy in 1633 for defending Copernicus and the heliocentric theory?
A.   Galileo
B.   Newton
C.   Brahe
D.   Kepler
Question #14
Which Enlightenment thinker argued in favor of separating and sharing political power?
A.   Baron de Montesquieu
B.   Madame du Châtelet
C.   John Locke
D.   Voltaire
Question #15
What was Frederick the Great's attitude toward religion?
A.   He was tolerant of individual beliefs.
B.   He promoted Lutheranism.
C.   He objected to private prayer.
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.   Frederick II
B.   Maria Theresa
C.   Joseph II
D.   Louis XIV

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