Question 1

Post-Impressionist painters such as Cezanne and van Gogh differed from the Impressionists in shifting from an objective reality to a subjective reality, thus abandoning the artist's traditional task of portraying the external world.

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A) True 
 B)False

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-Post-Impressionism

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Post-Impressionism was an art movement t...

Question 3

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-the "new woman"

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The "new woman" refers to a feminist ide...

Question 4

Germany entered the ranks of the imperialist powers by establishing African colonies including

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A)   the Sudan.
B)   Mozambique.
C)   Algeria.
D)   the Cameroons.
E)   Libya.

Question 5

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-the Symbolists

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The Symbolists were a group of late 19th...

Question 6

Modernism in music included all of the following elements except

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A)   attraction to the exotic.
B)   the exclusive use of extremely regular rhythms.
C)   nationalist themes.
D)   folk music.
E)   the lure of the primitive.

Question 7

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-Indian National Congress

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Question 8

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-Henri Bergson's "life force"

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Henri Bergson, a prominent French philos...

Question 9

The Boxers in China were successful in limiting the influence of the European nations and Japan.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

In his Life of Jesus, Ernst Renan

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A)   employed the methods of higher criticism.
B)   questioned the historical accuracy of the Bible.
C)   challenged the divinity of Jesus.
D)   postulated that the value of Jesus lay in his life and teaching.
E)   all of the above.

Question 11

The Symbolists were primarily associated with which of the following types of writing?

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A)   Novels.
B)   Poetry.
C)   Critical essays.
D)   Letters.
E)   All of the above.

Question 12

In Freud's theory of psychoanalysis, the seat of reason is the

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A)   ego.
B)   superego.
C)   pleasure principle.
D)   id.
E)   dream.

Question 13

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-Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis

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Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologis...

Question 14

Maria Montessori exemplifies the "new woman" of modern times in that

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A)   she became a leading advocate of the vote for women.
B)   she entered Italian politics as a liberal.
C)   she created the International Women's League for Peace and Freedom.
D)   she obtained a professional degree and applied her expertise to new fields of inquiry like early childhood development.
E)   she was the first professional woman who received equal pay for equal work.

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-Suez Canal

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The Suez Canal is an artificial waterway...

Question 16

In what ways is it accurate to identify Europe the period between 1894 and 1914 as possessing a worldview dominated by the ideas of Social Darwinism? In what ways is that assessment inaccurate?

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It is accurate to identify Europe in the...

Question 17

According to relativity theory

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A)   space is absolute but time is relative to the observer.
B)   time is absolute but space is relative to the observer.
C)   neither time nor space is absolute but relative to the observer.
D)   time and space are both absolute.
E)   both time and space had an existence independent of human experience.

Question 18

The quantum theory of energy developed by Max Planck raised fundamental questions about the

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A)   structure of stars.
B)   accepted medieval theories of chemical reaction.
C)   subatomic realm of the atom and the basic building blocks of the material world.
D)   safe transmission of electrical energy for powering modern economies.
E)   the electro-dynamics of moving bodies.

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-economic imperialism

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Economic imperialism refers to the pract...

Question 20

The Triple Entente before 1914 included which of the following countries?

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A)   Great Britain, France, Russia.
B)   Austria, Germany, the Ottoman Empire.
C)   Turkey, Russia, Germany.
D)   France, Spain, Great Britain.
E)   Great Britain, France, and Italy.

Exam 24: An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894-1914

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