Chapter 285. Quiz for Document 18-4

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Chapter 18: European Power and Expansion 1500–1750
Quiz for Document 18-4: A Courtier Sketches the Character of a King

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Question 285.1

Correct. The answer is a. According to Saint-Simon, one of Louis XIV’s most damaging character flaws was his susceptibility to flattery. Saint-Simon noted that Louis’s “unmeasured and unreasonable love of admiration” made him the pawn of the men and women who surrounded him at court.
Incorrect. The answer is a. According to Saint-Simon, one of Louis XIV’s most damaging character flaws was his susceptibility to flattery. Saint-Simon noted that Louis’s “unmeasured and unreasonable love of admiration” made him the pawn of the men and women who surrounded him at court.
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Question 285.2

Correct. The answer is d. According to Saint-Simon, Louis XIV chose ministers who were ignorant because he did not wish them to be superior to him and “wished to reign by himself.”
Incorrect. The answer is d. According to Saint-Simon, Louis XIV chose ministers who were ignorant because he did not wish them to be superior to him and “wished to reign by himself.”
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Question 285.3

Correct. The answer is a. Though he critiqued several aspects of Louis XIV’s rule, Saint-Simon concluded by saying that Louis XIV was “by disposition good and just” as well as “prudent, moderate, discreet, master of his movements and his tongue.”
Incorrect. The answer is a. Though he critiqued several aspects of Louis XIV’s rule, Saint-Simon concluded by saying that Louis XIV was “by disposition good and just” as well as “prudent, moderate, discreet, master of his movements and his tongue.”
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Question 285.4

Correct. The answer is b. Saint-Simon described Louis XIV’s childhood as less than ideal: little attention was paid to Louis, and his early education was seriously neglected.
Incorrect. The answer is b. Saint-Simon described Louis XIV’s childhood as less than ideal: little attention was paid to Louis, and his early education was seriously neglected.
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