Who wrote The Divine Comedy, in which those who abuse God's gift of reason are severely punished in the afterlife?

A) Dante Alighieri
B) St. Thomas Aquinas
C) Albertus Magnus
D) Roger Bacon
E) Plato


Answer: A

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The Treaty of Madrid recognized the claim of which country to a dozen Caribbean islands and the North American coast?

A) Spain B) France C) Britain D) the Netherlands

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Which of the following statements best describes why Jamestown was a poor choice for permanent settlement?

A) The land was suitable for growing tobacco, but unfit for growing food. B) It was built on swampy land that could not be fortified against attacks by Spanish ships. C) The soil was too sandy to support crops either for sustenance or for export. D) Indians refused to allow passage from the sea to the vast lands available nearby for settlement. E) It was a breeding ground for mosquitoes that carried disease, and the drinking water was easily contaminated.

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By the late 1600s, the gap between rich and poor in white Chesapeake society ________

A) steadily shrank B) steadily widened C) remained unchanged D) could not be estimated E) is not mentioned by contemporary chroniclers

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If you were a teacher trying to follow Elwood Cubberley's ideas, you would be stressing:

A) vocational training programs for a new industrial order. B) educational psychology and guidance counseling. C) the assimilation and "Americanization" of immigrant children. D) family education centers to help reform the slums.

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