The picaresque novel dealt with the
A) adventures of heroic knights in a fantastic world inhabited by giants and wizards.
B) problems of the new middle class.
C) love affairs and intrigues of the nobility.
D) seamy side of a world inhabited by rogues and vagabonds.
D
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The first phase of the Industrial Revolution was marked by all of the following EXCEPT
A) chemical industries B) use of steam power C) prominence of England D) production of textiles E) factories
What was the basis of the NATO alliance?
A) Members agreed to regard an attack against one member state as an attack against the entire alliance. B) Members agreed to resist the spread of communism throughout the world. C) Members agreed to regard any act of aggression by the United States as an act of aggression against their own country. D) Members agreed not to develop or deploy nuclear weapons. E) Members agreed to support peace movements throughout the world.
What caused the Chinese to be closed to the idea of Westerners?
A) The Jesuit missionaries had not worked so hard at converting the peasants. B) The Portuguese had offended Chinese sensibilities so much that they were temporarily expelled from the country. C) The Portuguese and the Dutch had not jockeyed for a favorable trade position when they arrived in China. D) Missionaries had inadvertently brought several deadly diseases with them. E) They had not tried to force Western scientific ideas on the Chinese.
The period of "Jacksonian Democracy" can be characterized by
a) greater influence of land-owning citizens b) elimination of the Spoils System in government c) a decrease in the power of the Executive Branch d) increasing the right to vote in the United States