Question 1

Talk about:
-the salon and the coffeehouse

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The salon and the coffeehouse are both s

Question 2

Johann Sebastian Bach

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A)  was best known for his cantatas and motets. 
B)  became a close German confidant of Voltaire. 
C)  produced religious music as a way to worship God. 
D)  was the major Catholic composer of the seventeenth century. 
E)  composed Messiah. 
A)  was best known for his cantatas and motets. 
B)  became a close German confidant of Voltaire. 
C)  produced religious music as a way to worship God. 
D)  was the major Catholic composer of the seventeenth century. 
E)  composed Messiah.

Question 3

What was the relationship between high culture and popular culture during the eighteenth century?

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During the eighteenth century, there was

Question 4

The belief in natural laws underlying all areas of human life led to

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A)  scientific theism. 
B)  an abandonment of the scientific method. 
C)  intellectual stagnation. 
D)  the formation of several agnostic religious movements. 
E)  the emergence of the "science of man." 
A)  scientific theism. 
B)  an abandonment of the scientific method. 
C)  intellectual stagnation. 
D)  the formation of several agnostic religious movements. 
E)  the emergence of the "science of man."

Question 5

Talk about:
-cosmopolitan

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Cosmopolitan can refer to a few differen

Question 6

The French philosophes

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A)  flourished in an atmosphere of government support. 
B)  sought no extension of Enlightenment to other disciplines. 
C)  were literate intellectuals who meant to change the world through reason and rationality. 
D)  supported state censorship of ideas contrary to their own. 
E)  were widely influenced by Jean Jacques Rousseau and his emphasis upon emotions. 
A)  flourished in an atmosphere of government support. 
B)  sought no extension of Enlightenment to other disciplines. 
C)  were literate intellectuals who meant to change the world through reason and rationality. 
D)  supported state censorship of ideas contrary to their own. 
E)  were widely influenced by Jean Jacques Rousseau and his emphasis upon emotions.

Question 7

The recognized capital of the Enlightenment was

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

Question 8

Compare and contrast deism with strains of popular religiosity in the eighteenth century.

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Deism and popular religiosity in the eig

Question 9

Talk about:
-pogroms

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Pogroms:

Who?
Pogroms were violent riot

Question 10

Talk about:
-Balthasar Neumann

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Balthasar Neumann, whose full name is Jo

Question 11

The punishment of crime in the eighteenth century was often

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A)  carried out by mobs after the criminals were charged in court. 
B)  less severe than the crime would merit. 
C)  the responsibility of the army. 
D)  public and very gruesome. 
E)  carried out privately so as not to inflame the general populace. 
A)  carried out by mobs after the criminals were charged in court. 
B)  less severe than the crime would merit. 
C)  the responsibility of the army. 
D)  public and very gruesome. 
E)  carried out privately so as not to inflame the general populace.

Question 12

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.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Talk about:
-Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jews

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Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jews are two ma

Question 14

Pogroms were

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A)  parties held to celebrate the amity between Jews and Christians. 
B)  instances of massacring and looting of Jewish communities. 
C)  special Jewish holidays practiced only by Sephardim. 
D)  special Jewish holidays practiced only by Ashkenazim. 
E)  treaties offering Jews economic liberties. 
A)  parties held to celebrate the amity between Jews and Christians. 
B)  instances of massacring and looting of Jewish communities. 
C)  special Jewish holidays practiced only by Sephardim. 
D)  special Jewish holidays practiced only by Ashkenazim. 
E)  treaties offering Jews economic liberties.

Question 15

Talk about:
-Rococo

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Rococo was an artistic and decorative st

Question 16

How do the art and literature of the eighteenth century reflect the political and social life of the period?

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The art and literature of the eighteenth

Question 17

According to Rousseau, the source of inequality and the chief cause of crimes was

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A)  divine-right monarchy. 
B)  marriage. 
C)  religion. 
D)  scientific experimentation. 
E)  private property. 
A)  divine-right monarchy. 
B)  marriage. 
C)  religion. 
D)  scientific experimentation. 
E)  private property.

Question 18

In The Spirit of the Laws , Montesquieu argued that the best political system in a modern society is one where

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A)  the legislature exercises absolute and unlimited power. 
B)  the king exercises absolute and unlimited power. 
C)  power is divided between the three branches of government. 
D)  the nobility is uninvolved. 
E)  all government resources are focused on military power. 
A)  the legislature exercises absolute and unlimited power. 
B)  the king exercises absolute and unlimited power. 
C)  power is divided between the three branches of government. 
D)  the nobility is uninvolved. 
E)  all government resources are focused on military power.

Question 19

John Locke influenced the eighteenth-century Enlightenment through his theory of knowledge and his concept of the tabula rasa.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

John Locke's tabula rasa refers to

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A)  the temple of reason. 
B)  a heart of love. 
C)  the image of God. 
D)  a blank mind. 
E)  the table of tradition. 
A)  the temple of reason. 
B)  a heart of love. 
C)  the image of God. 
D)  a blank mind. 
E)  the table of tradition.

Talk about: -the salon and the coffeehouse

Johann Sebastian Bach

What was the relationship between high culture and popular culture during the eighteenth century?

The belief in natural laws underlying all areas of human life led to

Talk about: -cosmopolitan

The French philosophes

The recognized capital of the Enlightenment was

Compare and contrast deism with strains of popular religiosity in the eighteenth century.

Talk about: -pogroms

Talk about: -Balthasar Neumann

The punishment of crime in the eighteenth century was often

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.

Talk about: -Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jews

Pogroms were

Talk about: -Rococo

How do the art and literature of the eighteenth century reflect the political and social life of the period?

According to Rousseau, the source of inequality and the chief cause of crimes was

In The Spirit of the Laws , Montesquieu argued that the best political system in a modern society is one where

John Locke influenced the eighteenth-century Enlightenment through his theory of knowledge and his concept of the tabula rasa.

John Locke's tabula rasa refers to

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

Talk about: -the salon and the coffeehouse

Johann Sebastian Bach

What was the relationship between high culture and popular culture during the eighteenth century?

The belief in natural laws underlying all areas of human life led to

Talk about: -cosmopolitan

The French philosophes

The recognized capital of the Enlightenment was

Compare and contrast deism with strains of popular religiosity in the eighteenth century.

Talk about: -pogroms

Talk about: -Balthasar Neumann

The punishment of crime in the eighteenth century was often

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.

Talk about: -Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jews

Pogroms were

Talk about: -Rococo

How do the art and literature of the eighteenth century reflect the political and social life of the period?

According to Rousseau, the source of inequality and the chief cause of crimes was

In The Spirit of the Laws , Montesquieu argued that the best political system in a modern society is one where

John Locke influenced the eighteenth-century Enlightenment through his theory of knowledge and his concept of the tabula rasa.

John Locke's tabula rasa refers to

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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