A. Politics
B. Literature
C. Relations with France
D. All of the above
Related Mcqs:
- Complete the following sentence. According to Edmund Burke, the French Revolution was________________?
A. the ultimate expression of humankind’s ability to control its own destiny.
B. a misguided attempt to overthrow human nature by rejecting tradition.
C. a necessary change that was beginning to go astray.
D. an event that had little consequence to England - Which of the following best characterizes Wordsworth’s attitude towards the French Revolution ?
A. He thought it did not go far enough in granting women rights.
B. He opposed it in favor of supporting the king and the ancien régime.
C. He favored its democratic impulses but was appalled by its destructive nature.
D. He did not think it concerned him and his relationship to nature. - Which of the following English groups were supportive of the French Revolution during its early years ?
A. Republicans
B. Liberals
C. Radicals
D. both B and C - Which of the following best describes the sort of language and tone most often used when Romantic writers discuss the French Revolution ?
A. snide indifference
B. biblical reverence
C. condemning censure
D. satirical derision - Which of the following texts published in the 1790s did not epitomize the radical social thinking stimulated by the French Revolution ?
A. Wollstonecraft’s Vindication of the Rights of Men
B. Paine’s Rights of Man
C. Godwin’s Enquiry Concerning Political Justice
D. Burke’s Reflections on the Revolution in France - Which of the following English groups were supportive of the French Revolution during its early years ?
A. Republicans
B. Liberals
C. Radicals
D. both B and C - Which action served to ignite the French Revolution ?
A. The rise of King William
B. The execution of King Louis XVI
C. The ruling of Bonaparte
D. The madness of King George - Paul O’Brien argues that Shelley did not lose his passion for the French Revolution, but that _____________did?
A. Lord Byron and John Clare
B. William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
C. John Keats and William Blake
D. Lord Byron and William Blake - Edmund Burke’s “Reflections on the French Revolution” ______________?
A. Celebrates the French Revolution
B. Encourages the United States to Support the French Revolution
C. Attacks the ideals of the French Revolution
D. Champions Napoleon’s political vision - Which British philosopher believed that monarchs repressed citizens and that revolution is proper when a government does not protect its people ?
A. Thomas Paine
B. James Mackintosh
C. Edmund Burke
D. John Locke
