Question 1
Which generalization about parliaments does NOT correspond to historical reality?
a. Parliaments became a common institution throughout medieval Europe.
b. Medieval parliaments were the ancestors of today's representative, constitutional governments.
c. Representative parliaments are unique to Western Civilization.
d. Medieval parliaments demonstrate that medieval king did not have the absolute power of a Roman emperor.
e. As clerical leaders, archbishops, bishops, and abbots were prohibited from parliamentary participation.
Question 2
In northern Italy, the revolution of 1848 was directed against
a. King Charles Albert of Piedmont-Sardinia.
b. papal hegemony.
c. Austrian rule.
d. French rule.
e. German rule.
