1. Identify statements characterizing the Enlightenment era. A) Erosion of aristocratic authority. B

1. Identify statements characterizing the Enlightenment era.
A) Erosion of aristocratic authority.
B) Critique of existing orders.
C) Heightened role of religion in society.
D) Advocacy for universal equality.
E) Desire to preserve societal structures.

2. From the options provided, choose the consequences of the agrarian revolution.
Select a few from the following:
A) Decline in English agriculture.
B) Farmers adopting improved farming methods, leading to higher-quality and greater production.
C) Emergence of a labor market.
D) Increase in landless peasants.
E) Growth of the internal market.

3. Determine the truth or falsehood of statements regarding Jonathan Swift’s work «Gulliver’s Travels.» (Yes/No)
A) The Yahoos were once Englishmen who became savage over time.
B) The country of Lilliput is a parody of Swift’s England.
C) The «Big-Endians» and «Little-Endians» are a parody of the Tory and Whig parties.
D) The land of Brobdingnag is a nation of tyrants.
E) On the island of Laputa, dwell members of the gentry who are detached from the real world.

4. Which style gained prominence in Europe during the 18th century?
A) Baroque.
B) Rococo.
C) Classicism.
D) Romanticism.
E) Gothic.

5. Reconstruct the chronology of historical events, starting with the earliest.
Indicate the order of all four answer options:
A) Paris Treaty transferring Canada and Florida to England.
B) Arrival of the first batch of indentured servants in Virginia.
C) King James I granting charters to the London and Plymouth Companies for settling Virginia.
D) Introduction of the Stamp Act.

6. Who were the Luddites?
A) Prominent industrial entrepreneurs.
B) Hired laborers on farms.
C) Landless peasants.
D) Machine breakers.
E) Advocates against enclosures.

7. Choose the causes and preconditions of the Industrial Revolution.
Select a few from the following:
A) Invention of the «flying shuttle.»
B) Competition between English and foreign entrepreneurs.
C) Expansion of English colonies.
D) The English bourgeois revolution.
E) War of Spanish Succession.

8. What were the main provisions of the «Declaration of Independence»?
Select a few from the following:
A) The principle of equality among all people and their possession of unalienable rights.
B) Separation of the rebellious colonies from England and the establishment of a new independent state – the United States of America.
C) Formal recognition of the English king as the supreme ruler of the colonies.
D) The principle of popular sovereignty, where power originates from the people.
E) The supremacy of the state in making decisions on societal development.

9. «The Bill of Rights» did not guarantee these rights and freedoms to American citizens.
Choose several from the following:
A) Abolition of slavery.
B) Freedom of religion.
C) Right to personal privacy and home inviolability.
D) Universal suffrage.
E) Introduction of trial by jury.

10. What were the main provisions of the Decrees of the National Assembly from August 4-11, 1789?
Choose several from the following:
A) Declaration of a general amnesty.
B) Equality of all before the law.
C) Abolition of personal feudal obligations.
D) Abolition of the monarchy.
E) Introduction of a universal tax.