The repression in the Netherlands,
instead of solving a crucial problem, elicited bitter criticism from every major
European state. Alba was unrepentant about his tough policy convinced that the
population must remain in a state of fear, so that every individual has the
feeling that one fine night or morning the house will fall in on him. Of the leading dissidents who escaped from Alba’s hands, only William of Orange remained. Tall, dark-haired, with a small moustache and a short peaked beard, the prince of Orange-Nassau was aged thirty-five at the moment that fortune left him in the unenviable role of defender of his country. A comrade-in-arms of Philip during the latter’s years abroad in mid-century, he never made a secret of his concern for the privileges of his class or of his dislike for religious dogmatism. Widowed in 1558 A. sour. B. major. C. angry. D. vinegary. E. none of the above. 更多"Passage Two The repressio"的相关试题: [单项选择]Passage Two
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