For what is Dante's Divine Comedy best known?
a. It is considered a synthesis of medieval Christian thought.
b. It was one of the last fourteenth-century works to be written in Latin.
c. It lashed out at the "barbarity" of the classical tradition.
d. It attacked the science of Aristotle, the Holy Roman Emperor, and the Catholic church.
e. It was the greatest prose work of the early Renaissance.
a
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Which of the following statements reflects Robert Reich's warning in his book The Work of Nations (199), excerpted in the textbook?
A) In the evolving worldwide economy, the United States would soon not be able to control its economy. B) The federal government must reduce regulation of business practices in order for the United States to compete successfully in the evolving worldwide economy. C) The United States should increase tariffs on imports to protect American industries from foreign competition. D) The national debt was unsustainable.
Which of the following was NOT one of Lenin?s demands of April 16, 1917?
A) all power to the Soviets B) elimination of all Mensheviks and Social Revolutionaries C) nationalization of all land D) immediate peace with the Central Powers E) a revolution against social oppressors
Which of the following effectively pairs early Greek thinkers with their ideas?
a. Ionians and rejection of mythic explanations of nature b. Pythagoras and mathematical order of nature c. Democritus and mechanical structure of the universe d. Parmenides and logical proof e. all of the above
What was the sequence of events before Trenton?
I. In December, General Lord Cornwallis captured New Jersey and forced Gen Washington to withdraw across Delaware River into Pennsylvania. In the meantime, General Clinton seized Newport, Rhode Island. As winter set in, the British entrenched in New Jersey. Because of the need to feed a large army as well as a sense of vengeance, British troops and the Hessians plundered the countryside and committed various acts of atrocities such as rape, torture and murder. As a result, it threw New Jersey into a state of anarchism with severe strife between the Loyalists and Patriots. II. In October, George Washington betted wrongly on staying to defend New York and Fort Washington. With an almost 1:3 ratio of men against, the Continental army was crushed by the big guns and the hired Hessians. New York and the Hudson fell to British hand. On top of that, morale was hurt and Washington lost half of the army. III. In the fight at Long Island, August 1776, George Washington was outflanked by General Howe's army. The Continental Army was cornered, with 300 dead and 1000 captured. George Washington and the remaining army managed to sneak out to Manhattan Island at the New York Harbor in the dark. At day break, a fog engulfed the area to hide the rebels from British sight. IV. Washington entrenched in Pennsylvania for the winter. Soldiers' morale was low and desertion was rampant. Diseases like small pox plagued the camps. Citizens in Pennsylvani fled, leaving their shops and homes. Even the Continental Congress moved south to Baltimore. In this darkest time during the revolution, Thomas Paine wrote and printed the American Crisis. a. III,II,I,IV b. III,I,II,IV c. IV,III,II,I d. III,IV,I,II