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What is significant about the Mérode Altarpiece?

a. It reflects the emerging merchant class and new wealth. b. It serves the interest of the monarchy, as a decorative work. c. It is an homage to the Crusades. d. The guild funded it as contribution to the Church.

Voltaire made himself unpopular with both the French and Prussian by

a. writing plays that involved questionable morals. b. openly living with the Marquise du Châtelet, a married woman. c. stating that the Prussian monarchy was better than the French. d. criticizing the government and satirizing the rulers.