Question 1

To what extent did "high culture" and "popular culture" influence one another?

Accepted Answer

High culture and popular culture have in

Question 2

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 3

Define "high culture." In what ways was high culture expressed in the eighteenth century?

Accepted Answer

High culture refers to the cultural prod

Question 4

Mozart wrote his first opera at age

Accepted Answer

A) twelve. 
B) eighteen. 
C) six. 
D) twenty-two. 
E) thirty. 
A) twelve. 
B) eighteen. 
C) six. 
D) twenty-two. 
E) thirty.

Question 5

Although many European rulers desired to emulate the size and grandiosity of Versailles, they usually adopted the Baroque-Rococo architectural style rather than the French classical style of Louis XIV's palace.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The Jews of eighteenth-century Europe

Accepted Answer

A) were assimilated into French society through the unanimous calls of the philosophes for integration. 
B) were most persecuted in France and Poland. 
C) were most free in participating in banking and commercial activities in tolerant cities. 
D) won the right to publicly practice their religion in Austria with Joseph II's Toleration Patent of 1781. 
E) were restricted to ghettos in all European states. 
A) were assimilated into French society through the unanimous calls of the philosophes for integration. 
B) were most persecuted in France and Poland. 
C) were most free in participating in banking and commercial activities in tolerant cities. 
D) won the right to publicly practice their religion in Austria with Joseph II's Toleration Patent of 1781. 
E) were restricted to ghettos in all European states.

Question 7

In Rousseau's view, for what role were women best suited?

Accepted Answer

A) Mother 
B) Soldier 
C) Thinker 
D) Writer 
E) Worker 
A) Mother 
B) Soldier 
C) Thinker 
D) Writer 
E) Worker

Question 8

Supporters of polygenesis believed that

Accepted Answer

A) there were a number of separate human species. 
B) there was only one human species. 
C) the earth had been created by more than one god. 
D) truth could only be discovered through the embrace of all religions. 
E) racial differences were largely an illusion. 
A) there were a number of separate human species. 
B) there was only one human species. 
C) the earth had been created by more than one god. 
D) truth could only be discovered through the embrace of all religions. 
E) racial differences were largely an illusion.

Question 9

Mozart's most famous piece was his Saint Matthew's Passion .

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Denis Diderot was an ardent Christian.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which city was the recognized capital of the Enlightenment?

Accepted Answer

A) Geneva 
B) Berlin 
C) London 
D) Vienna 
E) Paris 
A) Geneva 
B) Berlin 
C) London 
D) Vienna 
E) Paris

Question 12

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
salons

Accepted Answer

Salons were gatherings of intellectuals,

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Adam Smith laid the foundations for

Accepted Answer

A) utopian idealism. 
B) radical socialism. 
C) romantic nationalism. 
D) political conservatism. 
E) economic liberalism. 
A) utopian idealism. 
B) radical socialism. 
C) romantic nationalism. 
D) political conservatism. 
E) economic liberalism.

Question 15

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
deism

Accepted Answer

Deism is a philosophical and religious b

Question 16

According to Adam Smith, what was a legitimate function of government?

Accepted Answer

A) To promote religion 
B) To protect society from invasion 
C) To plan the national economy 
D) To set wages and prices 
E) To provide all citizens with employment 
A) To promote religion 
B) To protect society from invasion 
C) To plan the national economy 
D) To set wages and prices 
E) To provide all citizens with employment

Question 17

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Denis Diderot

Accepted Answer

Denis Diderot was a French philosopher,

Question 18

Rousseau, whose novel Émile emphasized the heart and sentiment, served as a precursor of the Romantic movement of the early nineteenth century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

How did the Enlightenment contribute to changes in European judicial systems?

Accepted Answer

The Enlightenment contributed to changes

Question 20

Discuss the significance and the influence of John Locke and Isaac Newton on the Enlightenment.

Accepted Answer

John Locke and Isaac Newton were two inf

Exam 17: The Eighteenth Century: an Age of Enlightenment

To what extent did "high culture" and "popular culture" influence one another?

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

Define "high culture." In what ways was high culture expressed in the eighteenth century?

Mozart wrote his first opera at age

Although many European rulers desired to emulate the size and grandiosity of Versailles, they usually adopted the Baroque-Rococo architectural style rather than the French classical style of Louis XIV's palace.

The Jews of eighteenth-century Europe

In Rousseau's view, for what role were women best suited?

Supporters of polygenesis believed that

Mozart's most famous piece was his Saint Matthew's Passion .

Denis Diderot was an ardent Christian.

Which city was the recognized capital of the Enlightenment?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. salons

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

Adam Smith laid the foundations for

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. deism

According to Adam Smith, what was a legitimate function of government?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Denis Diderot

Rousseau, whose novel Émile emphasized the heart and sentiment, served as a precursor of the Romantic movement of the early nineteenth century.

How did the Enlightenment contribute to changes in European judicial systems?

Discuss the significance and the influence of John Locke and Isaac Newton on the Enlightenment.

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