Europe by 1830 can be described as a continent that
A) was controlled by one power, France.
B) had enjoyed almost fifty years of peace and prosperity.
C) was divided into two political camps, liberals and conservatives.
D) was about to enter into a period of long decline.

Which is a true statement about John Constable?
A) He worked exclusively in his studio.
B) He studied and recorded the movement of the clouds.
C) He painted portraits of famous Englishmen.
D) He went unnoticed in his own lifetime.


In his paintings, Goya expressed
A) a nightmarish vision of the world.
B) a growing despair over the fate of his beloved Spanish homeland.
C) psychological insight into the subjects of his portraits.
D) All these answers are correct.


The economic conclusions reached by Malthus and Ricardo
A) indicated that farmers were prospering under industrialism.
B) forecast a rise in the working-class standard of living.
C) asserted that the economy operated by chance.
D) led many to believe that the workers deserved what they got.


One of the major events that occurred at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution in the English cloth-making industry was
A) that unions were created to protect the workers.
B) that laws were passed by Parliament to ensure minimum wages.
C) that the factories were built in the villages near the workers.
D) the invention of the steam engine by James Watt.