The developing consumer culture emphasized the purchasing of goods, even if this meant going into debt, departing from the thrift and self-denial that had previously defined good character.
a. true
b. false
a. true
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a) House of Commons b) House of Lords c) Privy Council d) Board of Trade
The Yalta accords were less a settlement of postwar issues than a set of loose principles.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
The enlightened legal reforms expressed by Catherine the Great in her Instruction
A) succeeded in abolishing serfdom in all of Russia. B) succeeded in establishing an equal system of law for all Russian citizens. C) instigated changes in Russian government that sapped the power of the old nobility. D) accomplished little due to heavy opposition and were soon forgotten. E) abolished three-fourths of the Russian army.
In his The Consolation of Philosophy, Boethius stated a basic tenet of classical humanism when he said
a. no tyrant can "ever disturb the peculiar restfulness which is the property of a mind that hangs together upon the firm basis of its reason." b. "For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge the more grief." c. "When I surveyed all I my hands had done, everything was meaningless, a chasing after the wind." d. "Man is formed of dust, slimes, and ashes; what is even more vile, of the filthiest seed." e. "In the City of God, there is no merely human wisdom, but there is the piety which worships true God as He should be worshipped."