HIST 502 Module 7 Quiz: Historiographical Topics | Questions and Answers | 2026 Update | Already Passed.
Due Aug 10 at 11:59pm
Points 75
Questions 11
Time Limit 60 Minutes
Instructions
The quiz:
Covers the Learn material from Module 7: Week 7.
Contains 11 multiple-choice, true/false, and essay questions.
Is limited to 1 hour.
Allows 1 attempt.
Is worth 75 points.
You may refer to your notes and textbooks at any time during the assessment.
Submit this assignment by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday of Module 7: Week 7.
Attempt History
Attempt Time Score
LATEST Attempt 1 55 minutes 60 out of 75 *
* Some questions not yet graded
Correct answers are hidden. Score
for this quiz: 60 out of 75 *
* Some questions not yet graded
Submitted Aug 7 at 8:38pm
This attempt took 55 minutes.
Question 1
pts
This author of the multi-volume History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-1788),
placed emphasis on the loss of civil virtue among the citizens of Rome as the reason for the
Empire's collapse. He also insisted that Christianity contributed to this shift by making the
populace less interested in the worldly here-and-now because it was willing to wait for rewards
in Heaven.
J.B. Bury
, Flavius Vegetius
William McNeill
Edward Gibbon
Adrian Goldsworthy
Question 2
pts
What modern book by Adrian Goldsworthy connected Rome's collapse to civil wars and weak
leadership?
Plagues and People
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Ho Rome Fell
Military Institutions of the Romans
Question 3
pts
What book on the American West, published in 1991, insisted that the West was-- more than
any other section of the United States-- a creation not of local or individual efforts, but of
federal ones? The West, then, served as a "Kindergarten of the state."
"It's Your Misfortune and None Mine O n": A Ne History of the American West, by Richard White
Gro ing Up With the Country: Childhood on the Far Western Frontier, by Elliott West
The Indian Frontier of the American West, by Robert Utley
The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West, by Particia Nelson Limerick
"The Significance of the Frontier in American History," by Frederick Jackson Turner
Question 4
pts
Which of the following is true about the "frontier thesis"?
It was a theory advanced by Frederick Jackson Turner in the early 1890s.
It argued that the center of American history was to be found at its edges-- i.e. the presence of a rugged
frontier to the west of American settlement (going all the way back to Jamestown in 1607) shaped American
character and temperment.
It insisted that the 20th century West represented a "Second Great Age of Discovery."
All of the above
A & B only
Due Aug 10 at 11:59pm
Points 75
Questions 11
Time Limit 60 Minutes
Instructions
The quiz:
Covers the Learn material from Module 7: Week 7.
Contains 11 multiple-choice, true/false, and essay questions.
Is limited to 1 hour.
Allows 1 attempt.
Is worth 75 points.
You may refer to your notes and textbooks at any time during the assessment.
Submit this assignment by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday of Module 7: Week 7.
Attempt History
Attempt Time Score
LATEST Attempt 1 55 minutes 60 out of 75 *
* Some questions not yet graded
Correct answers are hidden. Score
for this quiz: 60 out of 75 *
* Some questions not yet graded
Submitted Aug 7 at 8:38pm
This attempt took 55 minutes.
Question 1
pts
This author of the multi-volume History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-1788),
placed emphasis on the loss of civil virtue among the citizens of Rome as the reason for the
Empire's collapse. He also insisted that Christianity contributed to this shift by making the
populace less interested in the worldly here-and-now because it was willing to wait for rewards
in Heaven.
J.B. Bury
, Flavius Vegetius
William McNeill
Edward Gibbon
Adrian Goldsworthy
Question 2
pts
What modern book by Adrian Goldsworthy connected Rome's collapse to civil wars and weak
leadership?
Plagues and People
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Ho Rome Fell
Military Institutions of the Romans
Question 3
pts
What book on the American West, published in 1991, insisted that the West was-- more than
any other section of the United States-- a creation not of local or individual efforts, but of
federal ones? The West, then, served as a "Kindergarten of the state."
"It's Your Misfortune and None Mine O n": A Ne History of the American West, by Richard White
Gro ing Up With the Country: Childhood on the Far Western Frontier, by Elliott West
The Indian Frontier of the American West, by Robert Utley
The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West, by Particia Nelson Limerick
"The Significance of the Frontier in American History," by Frederick Jackson Turner
Question 4
pts
Which of the following is true about the "frontier thesis"?
It was a theory advanced by Frederick Jackson Turner in the early 1890s.
It argued that the center of American history was to be found at its edges-- i.e. the presence of a rugged
frontier to the west of American settlement (going all the way back to Jamestown in 1607) shaped American
character and temperment.
It insisted that the 20th century West represented a "Second Great Age of Discovery."
All of the above
A & B only
