Which of the following best defines a client?
A) A magistrate that served a small segment of society in exchange for money and protection
B) A wealthy person who supports others with money and protection in exchange for services
C) "Hangers-on" that did the bidding of wealthy patrons and received protection and money in return
D) Candidates for governmental position that need supporters
E) Tribunes that are elected and must pay their fees through service to wealthy patricians
C
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All of the following is true of the Donglin Academy EXCEPT:
a. It was founded by philosophers who concluded that the Ming collapsed in part because of its retreat from practical politics. b. It was devoted to reconstituting an activist Confucianism. c. The scholars of the Academy avoiding arguing with the Court about any matters, believing a stable, self-assured government was the strongest. d. It inspired the “Han Learning Movement,” which sought to recover the original classic Confucianism.
Which of these families dominated in twelfth-century Japan as imperial power weakened?
A) Taira B) Ashikaga C) Hojo D) Minamoto
According to Plutarch, the great Hellenistic scientist Archimedes did not write down his findings about pulleys because he
a. was illiterate. b. feared persecution and censorship. c. was afraid that people would steal his ideas. d. considered such practical applications beneath him.
The witchcraft hysteria began to subside by the mid-seventeenth century for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
A) a tempering of religious passions in the wake of religious wars. B) the growing unwillingness of magistrates to accept the conditions generated by trials of witches. C) the stabilization of governments after a period of crisis. D) the questioning of traditional attitudes toward religion. E) the passage of laws recognizing the equality of women in European society.