AP EUROPEAN HISTORY EXAMINATION
SECTION I: Multiple-Choice Questions
Time – 55 minutes
Number of Questions – 80
Directions Each of the questions or incomplete statements below is followed by five suggested answers or
completions. For each question, select the best response in each case.
1. Which of the following was not true of 6. The Italian city-states during the
the Black Plague (Black Death)? Renaissance
A) Almost one-third of Europeans died. A) were oligarchies.
B) Eastern Europe escaped the disease. B) were able to prevent corruption
C) The disease was spread in part due to because the leaders were educated.
trade routes. C) created cooperative economic units.
D) Laborers could demand higher D) prevented the French from invading.
wages. E) were wealthy but not interested in
E) Europe experienced a general rise in culture.
prices.
7. A Renaissance man
2. The Hundred Years’ War A) attempted to specialize so that the
A) was fought continuously for one could become an expert.
hundred years. B) was increasingly secular.
B) was won by England. C) emphasized modesty and using his
C) led to the canonization of Joan of talents for God.
Arc, so that she could retire. D) avoided the study of Latin classics.
D) caused countries to recognize the E) avoided pleasures of the senses.
need for standing armies.
E) caused the decline of nationalism. 8. Which of the following is not true of
Italian Renaissance art?
3. The Babylonian Captivity and the Great A) It studied classical subject.
Schism B) It reflected significant use of
A) deepened faith in the Catholic perspective.
Church C) It was rejected by the guilds.
B) caused people to question the D) Artists signed their works.
church. E) The Catholic Church was a major
C) improved papal prestige. patron.
D) caused countries to battle over
religion. 9. Humanists
E) prolonged the era of the Middle A) promoted education for the elite.
Ages. B) departed from Castiglione’s The
Courtier.
4. Uprisings such as the jacquerie occurred C) avoided a study of classical literature
in the fourteenth century due to all of as outdated.
the following except D) allowed upper-class women to be
A) class clash. educated but never established
B) taxation. schools for girls.
C) religious differences. E.) concentrated on humanitarian
D) frustration with the nobility. efforts.
E) defeat in war.
10. The role of women during the
5. Which of the following contained bitter Renaissance included all of the
criticism of the Catholic Church? following except
A) Dante’s Divine Comedy A) slavery.
B) Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales B) jobs such as making sails, managing
C) Villon’s Grand Testament businesses, weaving, and midwifing.
D) Dalimil Chronicle C) some political and legal activity for
E) Pisan’s Book of Three Virtues upper-class women.
D) running their husband’s
establishments.
E) overseeing servants and entertaining.
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, 11. Machiavelli’s The Prince 16. The impact of the Protestant
A) reflects a pessimistic view of man. Reformation included all of the
B) was written to praise Italy’s success following except
during the Renaissance. A) reform of practices within the
C) emphasizes civic virtue and Catholic Church.
morality. B) division among Protestants.
D) was embraced by successful C) religious wars.
monarchs in sixteenth-century. D) continued fragmentation of the Holy
E) was adopted by Lorenzo de’ Medici. Roman Empire.
E) increased social mobility for the
12. Henry VII’s Court of Star Chamber peasants.
A) reflected an enlightened view of the
monarch’s role. 17. John Calvin’s theology emphasized
B) reduced the power of the nobles A) salvation by faith alone.
through intimidation. B) morality and hard work.
C) conducted foreign policy. C) free will in terms of salvation.
D) resulted in peasants’ uprisings. D) cooperation with the Anabaptists.
E) eliminated torture. E) spiritual warfare against the Catholic
Church.
13. During the fifteenth century, Spain
A) joined five key provinces. 18. Henry VIII broke from the Catholic
B) gained power over the Catholic Church because of
Church and the aristocracy. A) serious doubts about Catholic
C) failed in the reconquista. theology.
D) eliminated resentment against the B) his concerns about succession.
Jews. C) his desire to protect Protestants in
E) ended the medieval practice of the England.
Inquisition. D) influence from his first wife.
E) his political designs on Spain.
14. Until the beginning of the sixteenth
century, criticism of the Catholic 19. The Council of Trent
Church was focused primarily on A) affirmed Catholic theology was it
A) relics and transubstantiation had been for the preceding 1,500
B) the desire to allow priests to marry. years.
C) immorality and ignorance among the B) brought about reconciliation with the
clergy. Protestants.
D) overly spiritual bishops. C) limited the number of saints to be
E) refusal of the church to allow honored.
divorce. D) separated itself from the influence of
international politics.
15. Martin Luther E) allowed couples to exchange
A) sought to create a new church as an marriage vows without witnesses.
alternative to corrupt Catholic
practices. 20. The series of civil wars in France during
B) joined forces with Calvin to spread the sixteenth century ended because of
Protestantism. A) success by the Catholics.
C) supported the peasants in their major B) a moderate policy by King Henry
revolt in 1525. IV.
D) hoped to reform Catholic theology C) exile of the Huguenots.
as well as corrupt practices. D). invasion by the Spanish Habsburgs.
E) was burned at the stake. E) peace-making efforts by the pope.
21. Western expansion in the sixteenth
century included involvement in the
Muslim area currently known as
A) China.
B) Indonesia.
C) Central America.
D) South Africa.
E) Canada.
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SECTION I: Multiple-Choice Questions
Time – 55 minutes
Number of Questions – 80
Directions Each of the questions or incomplete statements below is followed by five suggested answers or
completions. For each question, select the best response in each case.
1. Which of the following was not true of 6. The Italian city-states during the
the Black Plague (Black Death)? Renaissance
A) Almost one-third of Europeans died. A) were oligarchies.
B) Eastern Europe escaped the disease. B) were able to prevent corruption
C) The disease was spread in part due to because the leaders were educated.
trade routes. C) created cooperative economic units.
D) Laborers could demand higher D) prevented the French from invading.
wages. E) were wealthy but not interested in
E) Europe experienced a general rise in culture.
prices.
7. A Renaissance man
2. The Hundred Years’ War A) attempted to specialize so that the
A) was fought continuously for one could become an expert.
hundred years. B) was increasingly secular.
B) was won by England. C) emphasized modesty and using his
C) led to the canonization of Joan of talents for God.
Arc, so that she could retire. D) avoided the study of Latin classics.
D) caused countries to recognize the E) avoided pleasures of the senses.
need for standing armies.
E) caused the decline of nationalism. 8. Which of the following is not true of
Italian Renaissance art?
3. The Babylonian Captivity and the Great A) It studied classical subject.
Schism B) It reflected significant use of
A) deepened faith in the Catholic perspective.
Church C) It was rejected by the guilds.
B) caused people to question the D) Artists signed their works.
church. E) The Catholic Church was a major
C) improved papal prestige. patron.
D) caused countries to battle over
religion. 9. Humanists
E) prolonged the era of the Middle A) promoted education for the elite.
Ages. B) departed from Castiglione’s The
Courtier.
4. Uprisings such as the jacquerie occurred C) avoided a study of classical literature
in the fourteenth century due to all of as outdated.
the following except D) allowed upper-class women to be
A) class clash. educated but never established
B) taxation. schools for girls.
C) religious differences. E.) concentrated on humanitarian
D) frustration with the nobility. efforts.
E) defeat in war.
10. The role of women during the
5. Which of the following contained bitter Renaissance included all of the
criticism of the Catholic Church? following except
A) Dante’s Divine Comedy A) slavery.
B) Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales B) jobs such as making sails, managing
C) Villon’s Grand Testament businesses, weaving, and midwifing.
D) Dalimil Chronicle C) some political and legal activity for
E) Pisan’s Book of Three Virtues upper-class women.
D) running their husband’s
establishments.
E) overseeing servants and entertaining.
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, 11. Machiavelli’s The Prince 16. The impact of the Protestant
A) reflects a pessimistic view of man. Reformation included all of the
B) was written to praise Italy’s success following except
during the Renaissance. A) reform of practices within the
C) emphasizes civic virtue and Catholic Church.
morality. B) division among Protestants.
D) was embraced by successful C) religious wars.
monarchs in sixteenth-century. D) continued fragmentation of the Holy
E) was adopted by Lorenzo de’ Medici. Roman Empire.
E) increased social mobility for the
12. Henry VII’s Court of Star Chamber peasants.
A) reflected an enlightened view of the
monarch’s role. 17. John Calvin’s theology emphasized
B) reduced the power of the nobles A) salvation by faith alone.
through intimidation. B) morality and hard work.
C) conducted foreign policy. C) free will in terms of salvation.
D) resulted in peasants’ uprisings. D) cooperation with the Anabaptists.
E) eliminated torture. E) spiritual warfare against the Catholic
Church.
13. During the fifteenth century, Spain
A) joined five key provinces. 18. Henry VIII broke from the Catholic
B) gained power over the Catholic Church because of
Church and the aristocracy. A) serious doubts about Catholic
C) failed in the reconquista. theology.
D) eliminated resentment against the B) his concerns about succession.
Jews. C) his desire to protect Protestants in
E) ended the medieval practice of the England.
Inquisition. D) influence from his first wife.
E) his political designs on Spain.
14. Until the beginning of the sixteenth
century, criticism of the Catholic 19. The Council of Trent
Church was focused primarily on A) affirmed Catholic theology was it
A) relics and transubstantiation had been for the preceding 1,500
B) the desire to allow priests to marry. years.
C) immorality and ignorance among the B) brought about reconciliation with the
clergy. Protestants.
D) overly spiritual bishops. C) limited the number of saints to be
E) refusal of the church to allow honored.
divorce. D) separated itself from the influence of
international politics.
15. Martin Luther E) allowed couples to exchange
A) sought to create a new church as an marriage vows without witnesses.
alternative to corrupt Catholic
practices. 20. The series of civil wars in France during
B) joined forces with Calvin to spread the sixteenth century ended because of
Protestantism. A) success by the Catholics.
C) supported the peasants in their major B) a moderate policy by King Henry
revolt in 1525. IV.
D) hoped to reform Catholic theology C) exile of the Huguenots.
as well as corrupt practices. D). invasion by the Spanish Habsburgs.
E) was burned at the stake. E) peace-making efforts by the pope.
21. Western expansion in the sixteenth
century included involvement in the
Muslim area currently known as
A) China.
B) Indonesia.
C) Central America.
D) South Africa.
E) Canada.
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