Question 1

Which was NOT a prominent design element in rococo interiors?

Accepted Answer

A)  mirrors 
B)  chandeliers 
C)  religious images 
D)  rocaille 
A)  mirrors 
B)  chandeliers 
C)  religious images 
D)  rocaille

Question 2

Why did most of the philosophes reject absolutism and support an alternative form of government? Compare the alternative types of government preferred by Montesquieu and Rousseau.

Accepted Answer

Most of the philosophes rejected absolut

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT considered part of a traditional sonata?

Accepted Answer

A)  exposition 
B)  scherzo 
C)  development 
D)  recapitulation 
A)  exposition 
B)  scherzo 
C)  development 
D)  recapitulation

Question 4

Discuss the rise of the novel in eighteenth-century England. What conditions encouraged its development, who were the first novelists, and what were their themes?

Accepted Answer

The rise of the novel in eighteenth-cent

Question 5

What influences helped to bring about the neoclassical style? What were its characteristics?

Accepted Answer

The neoclassical style was influenced by

Question 6

The Encyclopédie was

Accepted Answer

A)  a monumental work of seventeen text volumes and eleven books of illustrations. 
B)  sponsored by the French authorities. 
C)  edited by Voltaire. 
D)  dedicated to the high culture of the arts and humanities. 
A)  a monumental work of seventeen text volumes and eleven books of illustrations. 
B)  sponsored by the French authorities. 
C)  edited by Voltaire. 
D)  dedicated to the high culture of the arts and humanities.

Question 7

Which of the following is a composition for orchestra?

Accepted Answer

A)  concerto 
B)  symphony 
C)  sonata 
D)  None of these answers is correct. 
A)  concerto 
B)  symphony 
C)  sonata 
D)  None of these answers is correct.

Question 8

________, as a limited monarchy, became the ideal model for many philosophes.

Accepted Answer

A)  Great Britain 
B)  France 
C)  Sweden 
D)  Spain 
A)  Great Britain 
B)  France 
C)  Sweden 
D)  Spain

Question 9

How would you characterize Mary Wollstonecraft's version of feminism? What were her key concerns, and what solutions did she propose?

Accepted Answer

Mary Wollstonecraft's version of feminis

Question 10

Which writer's intensely personal autobiography foreshadowed romanticism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Montesquieu 
B)  Diderot 
C)  Voltaire 
D)  Rousseau 
A)  Montesquieu 
B)  Diderot 
C)  Voltaire 
D)  Rousseau

Question 11

In The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart presents a

Accepted Answer

A)  study of the impact of a mythical hero on history. 
B)  brief one-act opera on the role of women in Austrian society. 
C)  humorous account of how the lower class can outwit the upper class. 
D)  romantic opera that plays on the theme of rejected love. 
A)  study of the impact of a mythical hero on history. 
B)  brief one-act opera on the role of women in Austrian society. 
C)  humorous account of how the lower class can outwit the upper class. 
D)  romantic opera that plays on the theme of rejected love.

Question 12

English neoclassical writers and their readers shared which values?

Accepted Answer

A)  lightheartedness and love of luxury 
B)  formality and courtliness 
C)  moralism and religiosity 
D)  free-spiritedness and unconventionality 
A)  lightheartedness and love of luxury 
B)  formality and courtliness 
C)  moralism and religiosity 
D)  free-spiritedness and unconventionality

Question 13

Rousseau's democratic ideas reflected his origins as a citizen of the

Accepted Answer

A)  nation-state of England. 
B)  world. 
C)  city-state of Geneva. 
D)  Holy Roman Empire. 
A)  nation-state of England. 
B)  world. 
C)  city-state of Geneva. 
D)  Holy Roman Empire.

Question 14

All of the following were contributions by Mozart EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  new musical forms. 
B)  religious works. 
C)  instrumental music. 
D)  operas. 
A)  new musical forms. 
B)  religious works. 
C)  instrumental music. 
D)  operas.

Question 15

What was enlightened despotism? Where and why did it develop in the eighteenth century? Discuss the successes and failures of this political system, focusing on one of the enlightened despots discussed in the textbook.

Accepted Answer

Enlightened despotism was a form of gove

Question 16

Watteau specialized in which subject?

Accepted Answer

A)  domestic interiors 
B)  aristocratic entertainments 
C)  portraits 
D)  still lifes 
A)  domestic interiors 
B)  aristocratic entertainments 
C)  portraits 
D)  still lifes

Which was NOT a prominent design element in rococo interiors?

Why did most of the philosophes reject absolutism and support an alternative form of government? Compare the alternative types of government preferred by Montesquieu and Rousseau.

Which of the following is NOT considered part of a traditional sonata?

Discuss the rise of the novel in eighteenth-century England. What conditions encouraged its development, who were the first novelists, and what were their themes?

What influences helped to bring about the neoclassical style? What were its characteristics?

The Encyclopédie was

Which of the following is a composition for orchestra?

________, as a limited monarchy, became the ideal model for many philosophes.

How would you characterize Mary Wollstonecraft's version of feminism? What were her key concerns, and what solutions did she propose?

Which writer's intensely personal autobiography foreshadowed romanticism?

In The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart presents a

English neoclassical writers and their readers shared which values?

Rousseau's democratic ideas reflected his origins as a citizen of the

All of the following were contributions by Mozart EXCEPT

What was enlightened despotism? Where and why did it develop in the eighteenth century? Discuss the successes and failures of this political system, focusing on one of the enlightened despots discussed in the textbook.

Watteau specialized in which subject?

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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Exam 17: The Age of Reason

Which was NOT a prominent design element in rococo interiors?

Why did most of the philosophes reject absolutism and support an alternative form of government? Compare the alternative types of government preferred by Montesquieu and Rousseau.

Which of the following is NOT considered part of a traditional sonata?

Discuss the rise of the novel in eighteenth-century England. What conditions encouraged its development, who were the first novelists, and what were their themes?

What influences helped to bring about the neoclassical style? What were its characteristics?

The Encyclopédie was

Which of the following is a composition for orchestra?

________, as a limited monarchy, became the ideal model for many philosophes.

How would you characterize Mary Wollstonecraft's version of feminism? What were her key concerns, and what solutions did she propose?

Which writer's intensely personal autobiography foreshadowed romanticism?

In The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart presents a

English neoclassical writers and their readers shared which values?

Rousseau's democratic ideas reflected his origins as a citizen of the

All of the following were contributions by Mozart EXCEPT

What was enlightened despotism? Where and why did it develop in the eighteenth century? Discuss the successes and failures of this political system, focusing on one of the enlightened despots discussed in the textbook.

Watteau specialized in which subject?

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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