Chapter 99. Quiz for Thinking Like a Historian

99.1 What Was Absolutism?

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Chapter 18: European Power and Expansion 1500–1750
Quiz for Thinking Like a Historian: What Was Absolutism?

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Question 99.1

Correct. The answer is d. Many scholars have emphasized the growth of state power in this period, especially under Louis XIV of France, while others have questioned whether such a thing as “absolutism” ever existed.
Incorrect. The answer is d. Many scholars have emphasized the growth of state power in this period, especially under Louis XIV of France, while others have questioned whether such a thing as “absolutism” ever existed.
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Question 99.2

Correct. The answer is a. Louis XIV loved the portrait and had many copies of it made.
Incorrect. The answer is a. Louis XIV loved the portrait and had many copies of it made.
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Question 99.3

Correct. The answer is c. Bossuet declared, “It appears from all this that the person of the king is sacred, and that to attack him in any way is sacrilege.”
Incorrect. The answer is c. Bossuet declared, “It appears from all this that the person of the king is sacred, and that to attack him in any way is sacrilege.”
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Question 99.4

Correct. The answer is a. The Estates of Burgundy claimed they were too poor to pay the full taxes demanded by the king due to “the great levies it has suffered, the sterility [of the land] in recent years, and the disorders that have recently occurred.”
Incorrect. The answer is a. The Estates of Burgundy claimed they were too poor to pay the full taxes demanded by the king due to “the great levies it has suffered, the sterility [of the land] in recent years, and the disorders that have recently occurred.”
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Question 99.5

Correct. The answer is a. Louis XIV noted that a king should wield power persuasively rather than coercively as much as he possibly could.
Incorrect. The answer is a. Louis XIV noted that a king should wield power persuasively rather than coercively as much as he possibly could.
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