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Answers and Explanations for AP European History Practice Test 1
Section I, Part A: Multiple-Choice Questions
Choice Questions
- A. The reference to the pride and confidence
in the abilities of man and the date of publica-
tion both tell you that this is a passage from a
Renaissance thinker. B is incorrect because such
pride would be frowned upon by advocates of the
Protestant Reformation. C is incorrect because
the passage does not refer to knowledge about
the natural world and because the Scientific
Revolution was a seventeenth-century phenom-
enon. D is incorrect because the Enlightenment
was an eighteenth-century development. - D. The passage says that humans are the most
fortunate creatures because, unlike other crea-
tures whose nature is limited, a man is “allowed
to be whatever he chooses to be!” A is incorrect
because the passage does not mention a soul. B is
incorrect because the passage does not mention
man’s foreknowledge of death. C is incorrect
because the passage does not mention heaven. - C. The passage explicitly says that man is worthy
of admiration, thus one can easily infer that Pico
rejects the notion that man is unworthy of admi-
ration. A is incorrect because the passage states
that man alone has an unlimited potential; thus,
one may infer that Pico accepts, rather than
rejects, the notion that man is unique. B is incor-
rect because one may infer from the passage that
God, having given man an unlimited nature,
intended him to strive to achieve, and because
striving to achieve is a value of Renaissance
humanists like Pico. D is incorrect because one
cannot infer anything from the passage about
humans’ ability to become the equal of God. - C. The petitioners are clearly objecting to the
elimination of their traditional laboring jobs
by the introduction of machines. A is incorrect
because the petitioners are asking for a return to
traditional modes of work. B is incorrect because
there is no evidence in this document that the
Leeds woolen workers were resorting to the vio-
lent destruction of machines that characterized
the Luddite movement. D is incorrect because
there is no evidence in the document for an
increase in the use of child labor; rather, the
document expresses concern about the loss of
apprenticeship opportunities.- A. The replacing of workers and traditional
labor techniques by machines was a prominent
social effect of industrialization. B is incorrect
because the document makes no reference to
nationalist concerns. C is incorrect because the
document makes no reference to the empire or
its expansion. D is incorrect because the con-
cerns of the document are about a specific social
effect—the elimination of jobs, not broader
cultural issues. - B. The document makes the argument that
unemployment would lead to the depopulation
of the region, which in turn would cause the
collapse of the local economy. A is incorrect
because the document explicitly acknowledges
that productivity is increased by the introduc-
tion of machines. C is incorrect because the
document makes no reference to the size of
families. D is incorrect because the document
is an appeal for continued work and mentions
“idleness” only as an undesirable outcome of
unemployment. - A. The metaphor of a burden and images of a
“heavy harness” and “savage wars of peace” all
indicate difficult but necessary work. B is incor-
rect because none of the images in the poem
implies ruthlessness. C is incorrect because the
excerpt contains no images that are glorious or
religious. D is incorrect because, though the
excerpt does refer to hopes coming to naught,
the overall theme of a burden implies an impor-
tant purpose that justifies the effort.
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