Question 1

How did literacy change -both in style and in audience- in the eighteenth century?

Accepted Answer

Following the Renaissance and the growth

Question 2

Which of the following is not the correct author-to-title match?

Accepted Answer

A)  Montesquieu, Spirit of the Laws 
B)  Rousseau, The Social Contract 
C)  Hobbes, Essays on Human Understanding 
D)  Voltaire, Philosophical Letters on the English 
E)  Locke, Two Treatises on Government 
A)  Montesquieu, Spirit of the Laws 
B)  Rousseau, The Social Contract 
C)  Hobbes, Essays on Human Understanding 
D)  Voltaire, Philosophical Letters on the English 
E)  Locke, Two Treatises on Government

Question 3

The modern concept of scientific objectivity emerged from the ideas of _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Pascal 
B)  Hobbes 
C)  Locke 
D)  Boyle 
E)  Newton 
A)  Pascal 
B)  Hobbes 
C)  Locke 
D)  Boyle 
E)  Newton

Question 4

What was revolutionary about New Science?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. The widespread reintr

Question 5

The writer of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman was _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun 
B)  Aphra Behn 
C)  Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 
D)  Madame du Chatelet 
E)  Mary Wollstonecraft 
A)  Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun 
B)  Aphra Behn 
C)  Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 
D)  Madame du Chatelet 
E)  Mary Wollstonecraft

Question 6

Voltaire was imprisoned in the Bastille after _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  he wrote Candide 
B)  his public statements on the The Calas Affair 
C)  he had a quarrel with a wealthy family 
D)  he published Philosophical Letters on the English 
E)  he wrote Elements of Newton's Philosophy 
A)  he wrote Candide 
B)  his public statements on the The Calas Affair 
C)  he had a quarrel with a wealthy family 
D)  he published Philosophical Letters on the English 
E)  he wrote Elements of Newton's Philosophy

Question 7

Montesquieu's Spirit of the Laws proposed that _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  people must be ruled by enlightened kings 
B)  the best government for France would be a republic 
C)  there is no one form of government that is universally preferable 
D)  a government can serve the needs of the people only through the establishment of a mutually understood constitution 
E)  a social contract cannot be understood by people without an education 
A)  people must be ruled by enlightened kings 
B)  the best government for France would be a republic 
C)  there is no one form of government that is universally preferable 
D)  a government can serve the needs of the people only through the establishment of a mutually understood constitution 
E)  a social contract cannot be understood by people without an education

Question 8

How did the Enlightenment affect Jewish thought?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary, but students should r

Question 9

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Johannes Kepler

Accepted Answer

German student of Br

Question 10

Emile du Châtelet helped her lover Voltaire better understand the works of Newton.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The person who undermined Raynal's argument of the brutishness of indigenous peoples by example was _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Thomas Jefferson 
B)  Benjamin Franklin 
C)  Bartolome de las Casas 
D)  John Winthrop 
E)  John Adams 
A)  Thomas Jefferson 
B)  Benjamin Franklin 
C)  Bartolome de las Casas 
D)  John Winthrop 
E)  John Adams

Question 12

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-René Descartes

Accepted Answer

French philosopher who argued

Question 13

Analyze the debate over women's role in the Enlightenment and as part of the intellectual community.

Accepted Answer

Mary Wollstonecraft pointed out in A Vin

Question 14

Denis Diderot believed that all human knowledge could be compiled and catalogued into an encyclopedia.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

What was revolutionary about Copernicus's theory in On the Revolution of the Heavenly Bodies ?

Accepted Answer

A)  He argued that there were other planets outside our solar system. 
B)  He argued that it was possible there was life on other planets. 
C)  He argued that the Earth was part of a larger system orbiting the sun. 
D)  He argued that gravity held all the planets in line with the sun. 
E)  He argued that God had not created the universe but that it just existed. 
A)  He argued that there were other planets outside our solar system. 
B)  He argued that it was possible there was life on other planets. 
C)  He argued that the Earth was part of a larger system orbiting the sun. 
D)  He argued that gravity held all the planets in line with the sun. 
E)  He argued that God had not created the universe but that it just existed.

Question 16

Cartesian dualism argued that _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the body and mind were inextricably linked 
B)  the body was material and the mind was not 
C)  an intertwined relationship existed between reason and emotion 
D)  men and women were not equal by virtue of physical differences 
E)  None of these were true. 
A)  the body and mind were inextricably linked 
B)  the body was material and the mind was not 
C)  an intertwined relationship existed between reason and emotion 
D)  men and women were not equal by virtue of physical differences 
E)  None of these were true.

Question 17

Jean Jacques Rousseau's religion was ultimately _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Catholic 
B)  Calvinist 
C)  deist 
D)  Lutheran 
E)  atheist. 
A)  Catholic 
B)  Calvinist 
C)  deist 
D)  Lutheran 
E)  atheist.

Question 18

The venues where men could interact socially in a more inclusive environment were _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  taverns 
B)  Masonic lodges 
C)  gentlemen's clubs 
D)  athletic events 
E)  coffeehouses 
A)  taverns 
B)  Masonic lodges 
C)  gentlemen's clubs 
D)  athletic events 
E)  coffeehouses

Question 19

One of the clearest signs of the rise of literacy in eighteenth-century Europe was _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the spread of lending libraries 
B)  increased circulation of newspapers 
C)  growth of the printing profession 
D)  women working as writers 
E)  None of these indicates rising literacy rates. 
A)  the spread of lending libraries 
B)  increased circulation of newspapers 
C)  growth of the printing profession 
D)  women working as writers 
E)  None of these indicates rising literacy rates.

Question 20

How did the evolution of the coffee house and the salon make the Enlightenment possible?

Accepted Answer

Both the coffee house and the salon prov

Exam 17: The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

How did literacy change -both in style and in audience- in the eighteenth century?

Which of the following is not the correct author-to-title match?

The modern concept of scientific objectivity emerged from the ideas of _____________.

What was revolutionary about New Science?

The writer of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman was _____________.

Voltaire was imprisoned in the Bastille after _____________.

Montesquieu's Spirit of the Laws proposed that _____________.

How did the Enlightenment affect Jewish thought?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Johannes Kepler

Emile du Châtelet helped her lover Voltaire better understand the works of Newton.

The person who undermined Raynal's argument of the brutishness of indigenous peoples by example was _____________.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -René Descartes

Analyze the debate over women's role in the Enlightenment and as part of the intellectual community.

Denis Diderot believed that all human knowledge could be compiled and catalogued into an encyclopedia.

What was revolutionary about Copernicus's theory in On the Revolution of the Heavenly Bodies ?

Cartesian dualism argued that _____________.

Jean Jacques Rousseau's religion was ultimately _____________.

The venues where men could interact socially in a more inclusive environment were _____________.

One of the clearest signs of the rise of literacy in eighteenth-century Europe was _____________.

How did the evolution of the coffee house and the salon make the Enlightenment possible?

The Origins of the West in the Ancient Near East

Iron Age Civilizations

The Rise of Greek Civilization

From Polis to Cosmopolis: the Hellenistic World

The Rise of Rome

The Roman Empire

Late Antiquity

The Eastern Mediterranean

The Kingdoms of Western Europe

The High Middle Ages

Reversals and Disasters

The Renaissance in Italy and Northern Europe

Europes Age of Expansion

Reform in the Western Church

A Century of Crisis

State Building and the European State System

Trade and Empire

Revolutionary France and Napoleonic Europe

Restoration and Reform: Conservative and Liberal Europe

Industrialization and Society

The Triumph of the Nation-State

The Culture of Industrial Europe

The Age of Imperialism

War and Revolution

A Decade of Revolutionary Experiments

Democracy Under Siege

Europe Divided

Lifting the Iron Curtain

Europe in a Globalizing World

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