At one point during the First World War, the French prime minister
a. threatened to make Paris off-limits to American soldiers.
b. ordered a free bottle of champagne for every American soldier in France.
c. personally ordered the arrest of Americans found to have engaged in sexual misconduct with Frenchwomen
d. offered licensed, health-inspected prostitutes to the American army.
d
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The modern view of knowledge resembles that of ancient classical thinkers and differs from the medieval theory of knowledge mainly in that
a. modern and ancient thought were based almost exclusively in Greek philosophy. b. both in ancient and modern thinking, reason was independent; in medieval thought, it was dependent on faith. c. the ancient and the modern theories of knowledge were uniform; the medieval were not. d. all ancient and modern knowledge begins with sensory perception; medieval knowledge began with mysticism. e. both ancient and modern knowledge stressed practical applications; medieval did not.
Corruption remained rampant in the Spanish colonial system because
a. the pope supported the colonial governments. b. the wealth from the colonies masked problems with inefficient administration. c. low taxation gave colonists little reason to complain. d. colonial governors executed those who objected to bureaucratic policies.
Movies that dealt with the struggles faced by returning veterans by depicting them engaging in destructive behavior, and often including a "femme fatale," were called
A. veterans' dramas. B. film guerre ("war films"). C. film noir ("black film"). D. talkies.
Cornel West and Tavis Smiley were critical of President Obama’s response to __________
A) Islamic terrorism B) the housing crisis that followed the 2008 Wall Street collapse C) the emergence of North Korea as a nuclear power D) increasing data suggesting that American schools were failing inner-city students