Question 1

The Enlightenment was essentially a product of cultural life in

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A)  Italy. 
B)  Scotland. 
C)  France. 
D)  Great Britain. 
A)  Italy. 
B)  Scotland. 
C)  France. 
D)  Great Britain. C

Question 2

The perfect instrument for rococo music was the

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A)  violin. 
B)  trumpet. 
C)  harpsichord. 
D)  organ. 
A)  violin. 
B)  trumpet. 
C)  harpsichord. 
D)  organ. C

Question 3

Neoclassicism was characterized by

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A)  frivolous subjects. 
B)  a focus on anatomy and life drawings. 
C)  weightless floating images. 
D)  an undercurrent of eroticism. 
A)  frivolous subjects. 
B)  a focus on anatomy and life drawings. 
C)  weightless floating images. 
D)  an undercurrent of eroticism. B

Question 4

Eighteenth-century novelists generally wrote about

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A)  famous historical events. 
B)  legends or fables. 
C)  ordinary people. 
D)  glamorous personages. 
A)  famous historical events. 
B)  legends or fables. 
C)  ordinary people. 
D)  glamorous personages.

Question 5

Which of the following musicians composed the Surprise Symphony?

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A)  Franz Joseph Haydn 
B)  Philippe Rameau 
C)  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
D)  François Couperin 
A)  Franz Joseph Haydn 
B)  Philippe Rameau 
C)  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
D)  François Couperin

Question 6

Deism was based on

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A)  Adam Smith's economic theory. 
B)  Isaac Newton's model of the universe. 
C)  Mozart's compositions for piano. 
D)  Leibniz's philosophical writings. 
A)  Adam Smith's economic theory. 
B)  Isaac Newton's model of the universe. 
C)  Mozart's compositions for piano. 
D)  Leibniz's philosophical writings.

Question 7

Which of the following musicians considered as demeaning his post as court musician in the service of the archbishop of Salzburg?

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A)  Franz Joseph Haydn 
B)  Philippe Rameau 
C)  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
D)  François Couperin 
A)  Franz Joseph Haydn 
B)  Philippe Rameau 
C)  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 
D)  François Couperin

Question 8

Enlightenment thinking favored

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A)  traditional Catholic beliefs. 
B)  pietistic feelings. 
C)  the experimental method. 
D)  Thomist theology. 
A)  traditional Catholic beliefs. 
B)  pietistic feelings. 
C)  the experimental method. 
D)  Thomist theology.

Question 9

Who laid out his philosophy of skepticism in A Treatise of Human Nature?

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A)  Jean-Jacques Rousseau 
B)  Baron de Montesquieu 
C)  David Hume 
D)  John Locke 
A)  Jean-Jacques Rousseau 
B)  Baron de Montesquieu 
C)  David Hume 
D)  John Locke

Question 10

The Empress Maria Theresa of Austria

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A)  was one of the most ardent supporters of the Enlightenment. 
B)  ruled over an empire that included only Austrian Germans. 
C)  attempted to reform her government and army. 
D)  never had the support of her people, who held her in contempt. 
A)  was one of the most ardent supporters of the Enlightenment. 
B)  ruled over an empire that included only Austrian Germans. 
C)  attempted to reform her government and army. 
D)  never had the support of her people, who held her in contempt.

Question 11

Voltaire's chief aim in Candide was to satirize the

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A)  philosophy of optimism. 
B)  institution of monarchy. 
C)  practice of arranged marriages. 
D)  legal system of France. 
A)  philosophy of optimism. 
B)  institution of monarchy. 
C)  practice of arranged marriages. 
D)  legal system of France.

Question 12

Another name for laissez-faire economics is

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A)  the guild system. 
B)  free trade. 
C)  mercantilism. 
D)  a government-run system. 
A)  the guild system. 
B)  free trade. 
C)  mercantilism. 
D)  a government-run system.

Question 13

Identify the characteristics and leading figures of the rococo style of art. How did painters like Hogarth respond to this style?

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The Rococo style of art was characterize

Question 14

Who of the following, considered an "enlightened despot", was a pragmatic diplomat, a skilled military tactician, and a student of the Enlightenment and French culture who ruled Prussia and converted it into a leading European power?

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A)  Queen Anne 
B)  George III 
C)  Louis XV 
D)  Frederick II 
A)  Queen Anne 
B)  George III 
C)  Louis XV 
D)  Frederick II

Question 15

A central tenet of Deism is that

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A)  Jesus Christ is the savior of humanity. 
B)  God created the universe and set the laws of nature in motion and thereafter never again interfered in human and natural affairs. 
C)  God reveals himself in the human heart. 
D)  God expresses himself in human feelings. 
A)  Jesus Christ is the savior of humanity. 
B)  God created the universe and set the laws of nature in motion and thereafter never again interfered in human and natural affairs. 
C)  God reveals himself in the human heart. 
D)  God expresses himself in human feelings.

Question 16

Which technological innovation is associated with Hogarth's art?

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A)  He was the pioneer of the lithography process. 
B)  He was the first artist to run off multiple engravings of his paintings. 
C)  He was the progenitor of drypoint. 
D)  He was the originator of prints in newspapers. 
A)  He was the pioneer of the lithography process. 
B)  He was the first artist to run off multiple engravings of his paintings. 
C)  He was the progenitor of drypoint. 
D)  He was the originator of prints in newspapers.

Question 17

What innovations occurred in music during the Age of Reason?

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During the Age of Reason, also known as

Question 18

How did English society influence the rise of neoclassicism in literature? Focus on the writings of Alexander Pope and Edward Gibbon.

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English society played a significant rol

Question 19

The outstanding example of enlightened despotism in the Age of Reason was

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A)  Austria under Joseph II. 
B)  Russia under Peter the Great. 
C)  France under Louis XVI. 
D)  Great Britain under George I. 
A)  Austria under Joseph II. 
B)  Russia under Peter the Great. 
C)  France under Louis XVI. 
D)  Great Britain under George I.

Question 20

The Enlightenment owed intellectual debts to all of the following EXCEPT

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A)  seventeenth-century revolutions in science and philosophy. 
B)  the secular values of the Greco-Roman world. 
C)  the humanism of the Renaissance. 
D)  the religious doctrines of Christianity. 
A)  seventeenth-century revolutions in science and philosophy. 
B)  the secular values of the Greco-Roman world. 
C)  the humanism of the Renaissance. 
D)  the religious doctrines of Christianity.

Exam 17: The Age of Reason

The Enlightenment was essentially a product of cultural life in

The perfect instrument for rococo music was the

Neoclassicism was characterized by

Eighteenth-century novelists generally wrote about

Which of the following musicians composed the Surprise Symphony?

Deism was based on

Which of the following musicians considered as demeaning his post as court musician in the service of the archbishop of Salzburg?

Enlightenment thinking favored

Who laid out his philosophy of skepticism in A Treatise of Human Nature?

The Empress Maria Theresa of Austria

Voltaire's chief aim in Candide was to satirize the

Another name for laissez-faire economics is

Identify the characteristics and leading figures of the rococo style of art. How did painters like Hogarth respond to this style?

Who of the following, considered an "enlightened despot", was a pragmatic diplomat, a skilled military tactician, and a student of the Enlightenment and French culture who ruled Prussia and converted it into a leading European power?

A central tenet of Deism is that

Which technological innovation is associated with Hogarth's art?

What innovations occurred in music during the Age of Reason?

How did English society influence the rise of neoclassicism in literature? Focus on the writings of Alexander Pope and Edward Gibbon.

The outstanding example of enlightened despotism in the Age of Reason was

The Enlightenment owed intellectual debts to all of the following EXCEPT

Prehistory and the Rise of Civilization in the Near East and Egypt

The Aegean: the Minoans, the Mycenaeans, and the Greeks of the Archaic Age

Classical Greece: the Hellenic Age

The Hellenistic World

Classical Rome: From Republic to Empire

Judaism and the Rise of Christianity

Late Antiquity: the Transformation of the Roman Empire and the Triumph of Christianity

The Heirs to the Roman Empire: Byzantium and the West in the Early Middle Ages

The Rise of Islam

The High Middle Ages

The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Recovery

The Early Renaissance: Return to Classical Roots

The High Renaissance and Early Mannerism

Northern Humanism, Northern Renaissance, Religious Reformations, and Late Mannerism

The Baroque Age I: Glamour and Grandiosity

The Baroque Age Ii: Revolutions in Scientific and Political Thought

Revolution, Reaction, and Cultural Response

The Triumph of the Bourgeoisie

The Age of Early Modernism

The Age of the Masses and the Zenith of Modernism

The Age of Anxiety and Late Modernism

The Contemporary World: Globalization, Terrorism, and Postmodernism

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