AP European History Practice Test 1, Section I, Part A (^) ‹ 219
- Voltaire was participating in what cultural
movement?
A. The Scientific Revolution
B. The Reformation
C. The Enlightenment
D. The Romantic Movement - From the quotation, what becomes clear about
Voltaire?
A. Voltaire was an atheist.
B. Tolerance was a value of the Enlightenment.
C. Voltaire believed tolerance violated the laws
of nature.
D. Voltaire believed tolerance was uniquely
English.
Questions 32–33 refer to the following quotation:
What is tolerance?... We are full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon our follies. This is the last law
of nature.... Of all religions, the Christian ought doubtless to inspire the most tolerance, although hitherto the
Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.
Voltaire, Philosophic Letters on the English, 1733
Questions 34–36 refer to the following passage:
For a long time, educated Germans answered it in the positive, initially by laying claim to a special German mission,
then, after the collapse of 1945, by criticizing Germany’s deviation from the West. Today, the negative view is pre-
dominant. Germany did not, according to the now prevailing opinion, differ from the great European nations to an
extent that would justify speaking of a “unique German path.” And, in any case, no country on earth ever took what
can be described as the “normal path.”
Heinrich August Winkler, Germany: The Long Road West, Volume 1, 2006
- What does the passage indicate about the author’s
point of view?
A. The notion of a unique German path in
history has never been the prevailing public
opinion in Germany.
B. Winkler advocates a Marxist view of German
history.
C. There has been a longstanding debate in
Germany about the existence of a unique
German path in history.
D. The question of a unique German path in
history has been answered once and for all. - Before 1945,
. A there was significant belief in a unique
German mission in history
B. almost no one believed in a unique German
mission in history
C. the historian Heinrich August Winkler
argued that there was a unique German mis-
sion in history
D. the historian Heinrich August Winkler
opposed the notion that there was a unique
German mission in history
36. The belief that Germany had a unique mission
in history
A. resulted from Germany’s defeat in World
War II
B. was unaffected by Germany’s defeat in World
War II
C. was proven correct by Germany’s defeat in
World War II
D. was discredited by Germany’s defeat in World
War II
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