Question 1

Mary Wollstonecraft is viewed by many as the founder of European feminism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Please define the following key terms.
-Francois Quesnay

Accepted Answer

François Quesnay (1694–1774) was a Frenc

Question 3

What was Diderot's most famous contribution to the Enlightenment's battle against religious fanaticism, intolerance, and prudery?

Accepted Answer

A) The great play "Is Rome Burning?" 
B) A 28-volume Encyclopedia compiling articles by many influential philosophes 
C) An autobiography published in French 
D) A biography of Newton, "the greatest European" 
E) An unconditional support for enlightened despotism 
A) The great play "Is Rome Burning?" 
B) A 28-volume Encyclopedia compiling articles by many influential philosophes 
C) An autobiography published in French 
D) A biography of Newton, "the greatest European" 
E) An unconditional support for enlightened despotism

Question 4

Which English writer argued that women should be better educated in A Serious Proposal to the Ladies?

Accepted Answer

A) Anne Stuart 
B) Mary Astell 
C) Mary Wollstonecraft 
D) Jane Austin 
E) Maria Cavendish 
A) Anne Stuart 
B) Mary Astell 
C) Mary Wollstonecraft 
D) Jane Austin 
E) Maria Cavendish

Question 5

Who wrote The Spirit of the Laws?

Accepted Answer

A) Mary Wollstonecraft 
B) Denis Diderot 
C) Voltaire 
D) Montesquieu 
E) John Locke 
A) Mary Wollstonecraft 
B) Denis Diderot 
C) Voltaire 
D) Montesquieu 
E) John Locke

Question 6

Please define the following key terms.
-skepticism

Accepted Answer

Skepticism is a philosophical attitude o

Question 7

What is the main idea of deism?

Accepted Answer

A) It posits that religion is fairy tales to frighten the superstitious. 
B) It suggests that if God exists, he has no interest in the world. 
C) It argues that God created the universe, but has no direct involvement in it. 
D) It suggests that a transcendent spirit controls every event. 
E) It argues that praying matters. 
A) It posits that religion is fairy tales to frighten the superstitious. 
B) It suggests that if God exists, he has no interest in the world. 
C) It argues that God created the universe, but has no direct involvement in it. 
D) It suggests that a transcendent spirit controls every event. 
E) It argues that praying matters.

Question 8

Please define the following key terms.
-popular culture

Accepted Answer

Popular culture, often abbreviated as po

Question 9

What most closely describes the contributions of Isaac Newton and John Locke to the Enlightenment?

Accepted Answer

A) They created two antagonistic religious systems of thought. 
B) They provided inspiration for the Enlightenment by arguing that through rational reasoning and the acquisition of knowledge one could discover natural laws governing all aspects of human society. 
C) They claimed that mathematics and science would bring about the cure for the evils of society but only very slowly. 
D) They said the philosophes were the prophets of the future and that their rejection of the scientific revolution was justified. 
E) They had little influence on the later Enlightenment as they were perceived to be figures of the "old" seventeenth century. 
A) They created two antagonistic religious systems of thought. 
B) They provided inspiration for the Enlightenment by arguing that through rational reasoning and the acquisition of knowledge one could discover natural laws governing all aspects of human society. 
C) They claimed that mathematics and science would bring about the cure for the evils of society but only very slowly. 
D) They said the philosophes were the prophets of the future and that their rejection of the scientific revolution was justified. 
E) They had little influence on the later Enlightenment as they were perceived to be figures of the "old" seventeenth century.

Question 10

Please define the following key terms.
-Joseph II

Accepted Answer

Joseph II, born in 1741, was the Holy Ro

Question 11

What development enabled the growth of reading and publishing in the eighteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A) Private tutors 
B) Magazines for the general public 
C) Compulsory education for the general public 
D) State investments in free books 
E) Libraries 
A) Private tutors 
B) Magazines for the general public 
C) Compulsory education for the general public 
D) State investments in free books 
E) Libraries

Question 12

The Plurality of Worlds used a dialogue between an aristocratic lady and her lover to explain

Accepted Answer

A) the mechanistic universe. 
B) religious toleration. 
C) the power of reason. 
D) absolute monarchy. 
E) human nature. 
A) the mechanistic universe. 
B) religious toleration. 
C) the power of reason. 
D) absolute monarchy. 
E) human nature.

Question 13

Please define the following key terms.
-cosmopolitan

Accepted Answer

Cosmopolitan can refer to a few differen

Question 14

Except in ____, judicial torture remained an important tool of European criminal-justice systems in the eighteenth century.

Accepted Answer

A) Russia 
B) France 
C) Spain 
D) England 
E) Prussia 
A) Russia 
B) France 
C) Spain 
D) England 
E) Prussia

Question 15

Please define the following key terms.
-Denis Diderot's Encyclopedia

Accepted Answer

Denis Diderot's Encyclopedia, also known

Question 16

Please define the following key terms.
-John Locke's tabula rasa

Accepted Answer

John Locke's concept of "tabula rasa" is

Question 17

Most French salons were run by

Accepted Answer

A) women. 
B) members of the clergy. 
C) older men. 
D) government officials. 
E) merchants. 
A) women. 
B) members of the clergy. 
C) older men. 
D) government officials. 
E) merchants.

Question 18

Compare and contrast baroque and Rococo art and architecture.

Accepted Answer

Baroque and Rococo are two distinct arti

Question 19

Please define the following key terms.
-Versailles

Accepted Answer

Versailles is a historic palace located

Question 20

The reputation of a salon depended on the stature of the men it was able to attract.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 17: The Eighteenth Century: An Age of Enlightenment.

Mary Wollstonecraft is viewed by many as the founder of European feminism.

Please define the following key terms. -Francois Quesnay

What was Diderot's most famous contribution to the Enlightenment's battle against religious fanaticism, intolerance, and prudery?

Which English writer argued that women should be better educated in A Serious Proposal to the Ladies?

Who wrote The Spirit of the Laws?

Please define the following key terms. -skepticism

What is the main idea of deism?

Please define the following key terms. -popular culture

What most closely describes the contributions of Isaac Newton and John Locke to the Enlightenment?

Please define the following key terms. -Joseph II

What development enabled the growth of reading and publishing in the eighteenth century?

The Plurality of Worlds used a dialogue between an aristocratic lady and her lover to explain

Please define the following key terms. -cosmopolitan

Except in ____, judicial torture remained an important tool of European criminal-justice systems in the eighteenth century.

Please define the following key terms. -Denis Diderot's Encyclopedia

Please define the following key terms. -John Locke's tabula rasa

Most French salons were run by

Compare and contrast baroque and Rococo art and architecture.

Please define the following key terms. -Versailles

The reputation of a salon depended on the stature of the men it was able to attract.

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations.

The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires.

The Civilization of the Greeks.

The Hellenistic World.

The Roman Republic.

The Roman Empire.

Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World.

European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750–1000.

The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages.

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power.

The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century.

Recovery and Rebirth: The Age of the Renaissance.

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century.

Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500–1800.

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century.

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science.

The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change.

A Revolution in Politics: The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon.

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society.

Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815–1850.

An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850–1871.

Mass Society in an “Age of Progress,” 1871–1894.

An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894–1914.

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution.

The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919–1939.

The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War II.

Cold War and a New Western World, 1945–1965.

Protest and Stagnation: The Western World, 1965–1985.

After the Fall: The Western World in a Global Age (Since 1985)

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