MCQ 1st half 19th (2)

What is the religion of the majority of the population, dominated, in Ireland ?

• Anglicanism

• Catholicism

• Presbyterian Protestantism

• Celtic paganism

With which country, ally, did England sign its first free trade treaty (Methuen) in 1703 ?

• Scotland

• Denmark

• Netherlands

• Portugal

In which year did Napoleon officially establish the regime known as the “Empire” ?

• 1791

• 1799

• 1804

• 1813

According to Tocqueville, of what is the French Revolution the real heir?

• The Protestant Reformation

• The centralization of the State linked to the absolute monarchy

• Radical Enlightenment philosophy

• The movement of medieval communes

In which year did Belgium become independent?

• 1815

• 1830

• 1848

• 1870

On which philosophical basis does Burke criticize the French Revolution?

• Liberal-democratic progressivism

• A romanticism, rather traditionalist but liberal

• A reactionary spirit, defending the Church and the King

• A Protestantism, puritan and individualistic

Which German state is the symbol of enlightened despotism, praised by Voltaire and later by Hegel?

• Bavaria

• Palatinate

• Prussia

• Saxony

According to Jürgen Habermas, what is the “public sphere” promoted by the Enlightenment ?

• A republican, democratic and social state

• A set of civil associations where the general interest is discussed, at a distance from the State and the economy

• A “civil society” based on the economy that wants to distinguish itself from the State

• A secular ideology defended in Masonic lodges

When was the Order of Vienna established?

• 1800

• 1815

• 1830

• 1850

According to the linguistic theory of Riksmål (later Bokmål = book language), what is the origin of the good Norwegian language ?

• That of the “Sami” indigenous peoples

• That of the people of the countryside, without foreign influence

• That of the city elites, of Danish origin

• That of students who have toured Europe, a mixture of French, English and German