The Baroque painter who used violent motion, heavily fleshed nudes, dramatic use of light and shadow, and rich sensuous pigments in his paintings was

A) Rembrandt van Rijn.
B) Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
C) El Greco.
D) Artemisia Gentileschi.
E) Peter Paul Rubens.


E

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The possibility of abolishing slavery was not openly discussed in the States of the upper South in 1830

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Under the headright system in Virginia, ________

A) every adult male could vote B) every child was guaranteed a primary education C) 50 acres were granted for each new settler, free or indentured D) new immigrants were guaranteed a year’s provisions E) every new settler was entitled to one slave

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The acquisition of firearms helped the Sioux ____________

A) push all the way to the Pacific Ocean B) defeat the Comanche C) fend off the Spanish D) become the dominant power on the Great Plains

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Which of the following was NOT part of the ideology of the reformers at Cluny?

A. the determination to maintain a spiritual church B. the rejection of the subservience of the clergy to royal authority C. the belief that the pope was sole ruler over all clergy D. the denial that secular authorities could rule over monasteries E. the affirmation that clergy could keep concubines

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