Which of the following English groups were supportive of the French Revolution during its early years ?

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1. 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

2. “When I was 16 years of age, we heard a Strange Rumor among the English, that there were Extraordinary Ministers preaching from Place to Place and Strange Concern among the White People. This was in the Spring of the Year. … After I was awakened & converted, I went to all the meetings, I could come at; & Continued under Trouble of Mind about 6 months; at which time I began to Learn the English letters; got me a Primer, and used to go to my English Neighbours frequently for Assistant in reading…”?

   A. Samson Occcum
   B. John Winthrop
   C. Benjamin Franklin
   D. Mayflower Compact

3. Which of the following sixteenth-century works of English literature was translated into the English language after its first publication in Latin ?

   A. Christopher Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus
   B. William Shakespeare’s King Lear
   C. Thomas More’s The History of King Richard III
   D. Thomas More’s Utopia

4. The supportive network of female slaves led to_______________?

   A. Resistance to the overseers.
   B. Learning to be midwives.
   C. Resistance against dehumanization.
   D. Lower suicide rates.

5. 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

6. 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

7. Which group was at the bottom of England’s social hierarchy during Shakespeare’s early years ?

   A. Nobility
   B. Peasants
   C. Yeomen
   D. The gentry

8. Which of the following does NOT accurately describe Robinson Crusoe’s and Oroonoko’s relationship to central features of the early English novel ?

   A. Where Oroonoko foregrounds supernatural agents, Robinson Crusoe avoids religion completely.
   B. Both are largely set in South America, reflecting the relationship between empire and the early English novel.
   C. Oroonoko seems to defend the aristocracy, where Robinson Crusoe elaborates the struggles of the middle class.
   D. Both make claims to historical veracity.

9. The French Revolution had a tremendous impact on which of the following aspects of British life ?

   A. Politics
   B. Literature
   C. Relations with France
   D. All of the above

10. 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