The Trial of Galileo was the representation of what?
A) Who Galileo was a heretic
B) The growing rift between the church and science
C) The beginning of absolutism
D) B and C, but not A
Who was James I?
A) The son of Mary Queen of Scots
B) The English monarch who was beheaded
C) Started a civil war
D) Both A and B, but not C
E) All of the above
What was the Fronde?
A) It means “slingshot” or “catapult”
B) It was a French revolution
C) It was a famous piece of artwork in France
D) Both A and B, but not C
Who was Louis XIV?
A) The king of France
B) He claimed “I am the state”
C) The believed in absolutism
D) All of the above
What is Rene Descartes’ famous phrase?
A) “Cognito ergo sum”
B) “We doubt, therefore we exist”
C) “I think, therefore I am”
D) A and C, but not B
Who was Gianlorenzo Bernini?
A) A famous sculptor
B) The tyrannical Italian monarch
C) A famous patron of the Baroque era
D) Both B and C, but not A
What was the name of the book Thomas Hobbes wrote?
A) The State of Nature
B) On Liberty
C) Human Nature
D) Leviathan
Who was Peter the Great?
A) The Russian monarch who demanded that men shave their beards
B) The monarch who westernized Europe
C) Was the tyrant in Russia who killed thousands of Chinese
D) All of the above
What were the three purpose of marriage in the seventeenth century?
A) continuity of the male line, acquisition of more property, happiness
B) keep property intact, continuity of male line, climbing the social ladder
C) continuity of the male line, keep property intact, acquisition of more property
D) acquisition of more property, keep property intact, producing more children
Who was John Dryden?
A) A writer who developed prose that was plain and practical
B) A poet who used imagery and symbolism
C) A playwright who worked with Schubert
D) C and D, but not A
