Question 1

What reflected and shaped the burgeoning consumer culture of late-nineteenth-century Europe?&#10;A)new department stores&#10;B)movie theaters&#10;C)the radio&#10;D)leisure time&#10;E)disposable income

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New department stores reflected and shaped the burgeoning consumer culture of late-nineteenth-century Europe by offering a wide variety of goods under one roof, encouraging consumerism and changing shopping habits.

Question 2

In the last half of the nineteenth century,the Second Industrial Revolution&#10;A)became the gateway for the Third Industrial Revolution.&#10;B)finished the &#34;job&#34; of the First Industrial Revolution.&#10;C)brought about an era in which industrial output helped improve the everyday life of most Europeans.&#10;D)allowed southern Europe to catch up with the north in industrial output.&#10;E)was responsible for the First World War.

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The Second Industrial Revolution, which began in the second half of the 19th century, brought about major advances in technology, especially in steel production, electricity, and communications. This led to an increase in industrial output, which helped raise the standard of living for many Europeans. However, it did not directly lead to the Third Industrial Revolution (which began in the 1960s) and was not the cause of the First World War. It also did not finish the job of the First Industrial Revolution but rather built upon it with new technologies and innovations. While southern Europe did lag behind the north in industrial output, the Second Industrial Revolution did not necessarily enable southern Europe to catch up.

Question 3

Carl Benz&#10;A)used an internal combustion engine and carburetor to build an automobile.&#10;B)refined oil into diesel.&#10;C)refined oil into Benzene.&#10;D)founded the company Mercedes-Benz.&#10;E)used electricity to power the London underground railway.

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Carl Benz is known for developing the first automobile powered by an internal combustion engine with a carburetor in 1885. This invention is considered the birth of the modern automobile.

Question 4

An important development in the late-nineteenth century was&#10;A)women's education.&#10;B)liberal arts education.&#10;C)compulsory primary school education.&#10;D)free university education.&#10;E)the introduction of science education in schools.

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Compulsory primary school education became increasingly important in the late-nineteenth century as many countries, such as Britain and France, passed laws requiring children to attend school. This marked a major shift towards universal education and helped to expand literacy rates and access to basic education.

Question 5

While all major European cities changed drastically in the mid-nineteenth century,none did more so than&#10;A)London.&#10;B)Berlin.&#10;C)St.Petersburgh.&#10;D)Vienna&#10;E)Paris.

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Paris underwent a massive transformation in the mid-nineteenth century, known as Haussmannization, in which the city was extensively re-planned and rebuilt with broad, straight boulevards, new housing, and public spaces. This was done under the direction of Baron Haussmann and Napoleon III. While other cities such as London and Berlin also underwent changes during this time, they were not as transformative as the changes in Paris.

Question 6

Not everyone thought highly of the new wide boulevards and uniform buildings in Paris.The artist Renoir called them&#10;A)&#34;an atrocity.&#34;&#10;B)&#34;vandalism.&#34;&#10;C)&#34;cold and lined up like soldiers in review.&#34;&#10;D)&#34;a demolition of culture.&#34;&#10;E)&#34;characterless and soulless.&#34;

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The quote "cold and lined up like soldiers in review" implies a lack of character and soul in the uniformity of the buildings and boulevards, without using as extreme language as the other answer choices.

Question 7

While education made strides in the early-twentieth century,the working class was only rarely able to partake in secondary education.In one country,only 1 in 1000 university students came from the working class.This country was

A)Austria-Hungary.
B)Italy.
C)Serbia.
D)Greece.
E)Prussia.

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The best choice is E, Prussia, as it had a highly centralized educational system that limited access to higher education to the upper classes. This system was in place until the reforms of the Weimar Republic in the 1920s, which aimed to open up education to a wider range of social classes.

Question 8

In the late-nineteenth century,many social theorists thought that the rapid growth of cities would breed crime.However,in some places,the only crimes that increased were crimes against&#10;A)the monarchy.&#10;B)property.&#10;C)the poor.&#10;D)centers of learning.&#10;E)minorities.

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The sentence states that "in some places, the only crimes that increased were crimes against property." This suggests that crimes against property, such as theft or burglary, were the only types of crime that saw an increase, while crimes against other entities like the monarchy, centers of learning, minorities, or the poor did not necessarily increase.

Question 9

A dramatic increase in prostitution during the industrial era was viewed by Europeans mainly as&#10;A)a threat to public health.&#10;B)an issue of law and order.&#10;C)a natural phenomenon.&#10;D)a business occurrence.&#10;E)a sign of the times.

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Prostitution was seen as a threat to public health because it was associated with the spread of sexually transmitted diseases.

Question 10

Science is usually associated with absence of faith,yet Alfred Einstein is quoted as saying,&#10;A)&#34;The universe is the result of God at work.&#34;&#10;B)&#34;Hebrew God or Christian God: they are one and the same.&#34;&#10;C)&#34;My inspiration comes from God.&#34;&#10;D)&#34;God does not play dice.&#34;&#10;E)&#34;God created everything.&#34;

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While some of the quotes suggest that Einstein had faith in God, the one most commonly associated with him is "God does not play dice." This quote reflects Einstein's belief in determinism and his rejection of the notion that quantum mechanics involves randomness or chance. It does not necessarily imply a belief in a personal, anthropomorphic God, but rather a belief in some kind of underlying order or structure to the universe.

Question 11

Even though education made great strides during the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries,many people doubted its importance.What quotation from an illiterate Russian illustrates this sentiment?

A)"You can't eat books."
B)"Education is not everything."
C)"There is not money in education."
D)"Education is a waste of time."
E)"Education is only good for the upper class."

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Question 12

Singer's new sewing machine&#10;A)bound many women to the hectic pace of piecework.&#10;B)liberated women from the drudgery of knitting.&#10;C)allowed men to do what used to be &#34;women's work.&#34;&#10;D)created new demand for needles.&#10;E)allowed even novices to do expert work.

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Question 13

The Michelin Company&#10;A)became the first to use clever advertisement (the Michelin man).&#10;B)published a guide for travelers listing hotels and restaurants.&#10;C)was the first to use inner tubes.&#10;D)was the first to recommend spare tires.&#10;E)was the first company to open factories in more than one country.

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Question 14

How did German banks become important to German industrialization?&#10;A)They adopted a policy of lending money freely without oversight,which encouraged creativity amongst industrialists.&#10;B)They were willing to take risks.&#10;C)They were willing to buy substantial shares in industries and thus remained involved in their progress.&#10;D)They kept British and French banks out of Germany.&#10;E)They were government owned.

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Question 15

The speed at which the economic depression that started in 1873 spread to various financial capitals proved that&#10;A)banks were not a safe place for one's money.&#10;B)banks were not regulated enough.&#10;C)banks were regulated too much.&#10;D)improvements in transportation and communication had created an interconnected global economy.&#10;E)tariffs and protectionism could spare a country from an economic crisis.

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Question 16

Most countries in late-nineteenth-century Europe experienced a large population increase.Which country's officials were concerned about their less-substantial population growth,due to a plunging birth rate?

A)Great Britain
B)Germany
C)Italy
D)France
E)Austria-Hungary

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Question 17

What does the textbook identify as one of the most important results of newer and faster modes of transportation in the early twentieth century?&#10;A)a horrific increase in traffic accidents&#10;B)a dramatic rise in pollution levels&#10;C)people moving to the suburbs&#10;D)an increased need for parking spaces in cities&#10;E)an increase in the number of people traveling and vacationing

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Question 18

The popularity of department stores in late-nineteenth-century Europe prompted the French writer &#201;mile Zola to call them&#10;A)&#34;a harbinger of things to come.&#34;&#10;B)&#34;the eighth wonder of the world.&#34;&#10;C)&#34;what progress is all about.&#34;&#10;D)&#34;cathedrals of modernity.&#34;&#10;E)&#34;the face of the future.&#34;

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Question 19

Louis Pasteur's &#34;pasteurization&#34; was&#10;A)a new way to forge steel from iron.&#10;B)a safer way to conduct electricity.&#10;C)a new,and safer,way to anesthetize patients.&#10;D)a treatment for tuberculosis.&#10;E)a method to prevent spoilage of food.

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Question 20

The late-nineteenth-century &#34;rags to riches&#34; stories turned out to be&#10;A)true.&#10;B)mostly true.&#10;C)completely untrue.&#10;D)largely untrue.&#10;E)irrelevant.

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Question 21

What was one consequence of the Second Industrial Revolution?&#10;A)Fewer people could read and write.&#10;B)People lived much shorter lives.&#10;C)People were less likely to go to church.&#10;D)The traditional family was almost entirely destroyed.&#10;E)Nationalism became less of a concern.

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Question 22

What discoveries in technology and medicine helped improve the daily lives of Europeans in the late-nineteenth century?

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Question 23

What were the goals of French Emperor Napoleon III and Baron Haussmann as they planned the extensive urban renewal of Paris in the 1850s and 1860s?

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Question 24

The new emphasis in athletics during the second half of the nineteenth century resulted in&#10;A)the Wimbledon Tennis Championship.&#10;B)the soccer World Cup.&#10;C)the revival of the Olympic Games.&#10;D)the Tour de France bicycle race.&#10;E)college/university sports.

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Question 25

The new enthusiasm for sports and physical activity was one of the motivations behind Robert Baden-Powell's founding of&#10;A)the Junior Reserve Officer Army Corps.&#10;B)the Boy Scouts.&#10;C)the Glasgow Rangers soccer team.&#10;D)the Boston Celtics basketball team.&#10;E)the junior field hockey league.

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Question 26

Late-nineteenth-century women were enthusiastic about bicycles.However,in the opinion of moralists,&#10;A)biking was a low-class activity.&#10;B)bikes exposed women to danger.&#10;C)women should only bike with their male relatives.&#10;D)only old women should bike.&#10;E)biking for women was improper because it might &#34;generate physical pleasure.&#34;

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Question 27

While most were enthusiastic about sports,others were not.The poet Rudyard Kipling called cricket and football players&#10;A)&#34;fools&#34; and &#34;oafs.&#34;&#10;B)&#34;good for nothing.&#34;&#10;C)&#34;hoodlums.&#34;&#10;D)&#34;idiots.&#34;&#10;E)&#34;simpletons.&#34;

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