Question 1

What ideas and values defined the Enlightenment?

Accepted Answer

The Enlightenment was a period of intell

Question 2

Talk about:
-Henry Fielding's History of Tom Jones, A Foundling

Accepted Answer

Henry Fielding's History of Tom Jones, A

Question 3

Compare and contrast the contributions of the French philosophes and Britain's Enlightenment figures. How do they differ, if they do, and why?

Accepted Answer

The French philosophes and Britain's Enl

Question 4

Talk about:
-Marie-Jean de Condorcet and Baron d'Holbach

Accepted Answer

Marie-Jean de Condorcet and Baron d'Holb

Question 5

Talk about:
-Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contract and the general will

Accepted Answer

Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contr

Question 6

Talk about:
-chapbooks

Accepted Answer

Chapbooks are small, usually self-publis

Question 7

The eighteenth-century composer considered to be the most innovative who composed the opera  The Marriage of Figaro was

Accepted Answer

A)  Bach. 
B)  Handel. 
C)  Haydn. 
D)  Beethoven. 
E)  Mozart. 
A)  Bach. 
B)  Handel. 
C)  Haydn. 
D)  Beethoven. 
E)  Mozart.

Question 8

Talk about:
-laissez-faire

Accepted Answer

The answer of Talk about:
-laissez-faire...

Question 9

How did the popularization of science, the impact of travel literature, and the legacy of Locke and Newton influence the Enlightenment?

Accepted Answer

The popularization of science during the

Question 10

Talk about:
-François Quesnay

Accepted Answer

François Quesnay was a French economist

Question 11

Talk about:
-skepticism

Accepted Answer

Skepticism is a philosophical attitude o

Question 12

Talk about:
-Johann Sebastian Bach

Accepted Answer

Johann Sebastian Bach was a German compo

Question 13

The Rococo artist Antoine Watteau emphasized

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A)  the pleasure and joy of aristocratic life. 
B)  the simplicity of rural life. 
C)  the desperate poverty of cities. 
D)  the piety of the French clergy. 
E)  the majesty of French kings. 
A)  the pleasure and joy of aristocratic life. 
B)  the simplicity of rural life. 
C)  the desperate poverty of cities. 
D)  the piety of the French clergy. 
E)  the majesty of French kings.

Question 14

The strongest statement and vindication of women's rights during the Enlightenment was made by

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A)  Mary Wollstonecraft. 
B)  Beatrice Williams. 
C)  Mary Astell. 
D)  Princess Amelia of Austria. 
E)  Maria Cavendish. 
A)  Mary Wollstonecraft. 
B)  Beatrice Williams. 
C)  Mary Astell. 
D)  Princess Amelia of Austria. 
E)  Maria Cavendish.

Question 15

Voltaire was the author of

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A)  Treatise on Toleration . 
B)  Persian Letters 
C)  Spirit of the Laws. 
D)  Principia 
E)  None of these are correct. 
A)  Treatise on Toleration . 
B)  Persian Letters 
C)  Spirit of the Laws. 
D)  Principia 
E)  None of these are correct.

Question 16

Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations was a forceful rejection of the doctrine of laissez-faire .

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Talk about:
-Physiocrats

Accepted Answer

The Physiocrats were a group of French e

Question 18

Talk about:
-economic liberalism

Accepted Answer

Economic liberalism is a political and e

Question 19

The author of The Progress of the Human Mind and who became a victim of the French Revolution was

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A)  Condorcet. 
B)  Holbach. 
C)  Quesnay. 
D)  Arouet. 
E)  Danton. 
A)  Condorcet. 
B)  Holbach. 
C)  Quesnay. 
D)  Arouet. 
E)  Danton.

Question 20

Who said that individuals would be forced to be free if they did not obey the general will?

Accepted Answer

A)  Baron Paul d'Holbach 
B)  Jean-Jacques Rousseau 
C)  Denis Diderot 
D)  Francois Quesnay 
E)  Voltaire 
A)  Baron Paul d'Holbach 
B)  Jean-Jacques Rousseau 
C)  Denis Diderot 
D)  Francois Quesnay 
E)  Voltaire

What ideas and values defined the Enlightenment?

Talk about: -Henry Fielding's History of Tom Jones, A Foundling

Compare and contrast the contributions of the French philosophes and Britain's Enlightenment figures. How do they differ, if they do, and why?

Talk about: -Marie-Jean de Condorcet and Baron d'Holbach

Talk about: -Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contract and the general will

Talk about: -chapbooks

The eighteenth-century composer considered to be the most innovative who composed the opera The Marriage of Figaro was

Talk about: -laissez-faire

How did the popularization of science, the impact of travel literature, and the legacy of Locke and Newton influence the Enlightenment?

Talk about: -François Quesnay

Talk about: -skepticism

Talk about: -Johann Sebastian Bach

The Rococo artist Antoine Watteau emphasized

The strongest statement and vindication of women's rights during the Enlightenment was made by

Voltaire was the author of

Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations was a forceful rejection of the doctrine of laissez-faire .

Talk about: -Physiocrats

Talk about: -economic liberalism

The author of The Progress of the Human Mind and who became a victim of the French Revolution was

Who said that individuals would be forced to be free if they did not obey the general will?

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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Exam 5: The Eighteenth Century: an Age of Enlightenment

What ideas and values defined the Enlightenment?

Talk about: -Henry Fielding's History of Tom Jones, A Foundling

Compare and contrast the contributions of the French philosophes and Britain's Enlightenment figures. How do they differ, if they do, and why?

Talk about: -Marie-Jean de Condorcet and Baron d'Holbach

Talk about: -Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contract and the general will

Talk about: -chapbooks

The eighteenth-century composer considered to be the most innovative who composed the opera The Marriage of Figaro was

Talk about: -laissez-faire

How did the popularization of science, the impact of travel literature, and the legacy of Locke and Newton influence the Enlightenment?

Talk about: -François Quesnay

Talk about: -skepticism

Talk about: -Johann Sebastian Bach

The Rococo artist Antoine Watteau emphasized

The strongest statement and vindication of women's rights during the Enlightenment was made by

Voltaire was the author of

Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations was a forceful rejection of the doctrine of laissez-faire .

Talk about: -Physiocrats

Talk about: -economic liberalism

The author of The Progress of the Human Mind and who became a victim of the French Revolution was

Who said that individuals would be forced to be free if they did not obey the general will?

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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