Question 1

Which English writer championed women's rights and challenged traditional ideas about education?

Accepted Answer

A)  Wollstonecraft 
B)  Swift 
C)  Pope 
D)  Dryden 
A)  Wollstonecraft 
B)  Swift 
C)  Pope 
D)  Dryden

Question 2

Who was the first great French Rococo painter (d. 1721)?

Accepted Answer

A)  Boucher 
B)  Watteau 
C)  Fragonard 
D)  Hogarth 
A)  Boucher 
B)  Watteau 
C)  Fragonard 
D)  Hogarth

Question 3

Who wrote The Marriage of Figaro , a play interpreted as an attack on the lifestyle of the ruling classes and made into an opera?

Accepted Answer

A)  Beaumarchais 
B)  Fragonard 
C)  Hogarth 
D)  Swift 
A)  Beaumarchais 
B)  Fragonard 
C)  Hogarth 
D)  Swift

Question 4

Which English poet faced numerous challenges, such as his poor health and his Catholic faith in a Protestant country?

Accepted Answer

A)  William Blake 
B)  Theodore Dryden 
C)  Alexander Pope 
D)  John Keats 
A)  William Blake 
B)  Theodore Dryden 
C)  Alexander Pope 
D)  John Keats

Question 5

According to Rousseau, what had corrupted the natural goodness of humans?

Accepted Answer

A)  greed 
B)  religion 
C)  science 
D)  civilization 
A)  greed 
B)  religion 
C)  science 
D)  civilization

Question 6

What French term, used in economics, means "let it be"?

Accepted Answer

A)  "Après moi le deluge" 
B)  "fêtes galantes" 
C)  "laissez-faire" 
D)  "écrasez l'infâme" 
A)  "Après moi le deluge" 
B)  "fêtes galantes" 
C)  "laissez-faire" 
D)  "écrasez l'infâme"

Question 7

Which English painter of the Rococo period was best known for his portraits and landscapes?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gainsborough 
B)  Watteau 
C)  Hogarth 
D)  David 
A)  Gainsborough 
B)  Watteau 
C)  Hogarth 
D)  David

Question 8

Which English artist is best known for his satirical paintings of the English middle class?

Accepted Answer

A)  Constable 
B)  Gainsborough 
C)  Hogarth 
D)  Reynolds 
A)  Constable 
B)  Gainsborough 
C)  Hogarth 
D)  Reynolds

Question 9

Who wrote Candide ?

Accepted Answer

A)  Voltaire 
B)  Montesquieu 
C)  Robespierre 
D)  Couperin 
A)  Voltaire 
B)  Montesquieu 
C)  Robespierre 
D)  Couperin

Question 10

What is sonata form?

Accepted Answer

A)  a musical piece featuring a piano or violin 
B)  an organizational structure for a movement of a symphony 
C)  an orchestral device developed by Beethoven 
D)  a short minuet for a string ensemble 
A)  a musical piece featuring a piano or violin 
B)  an organizational structure for a movement of a symphony 
C)  an orchestral device developed by Beethoven 
D)  a short minuet for a string ensemble

Question 11

What names have been applied to the 18th century?

Accepted Answer

A)   the Proto-Baroque & the Age of Enlightenment 
B)   the Rococo Period & the Age of Reformation 
C)   the Enlightenment & the Age of Reason 
D)   the Twilight Period & the Awakening 
A)   the Proto-Baroque & the Age of Enlightenment 
B)   the Rococo Period & the Age of Reformation 
C)   the Enlightenment & the Age of Reason 
D)   the Twilight Period & the Awakening

Question 12

Which writer conceived of the project of creating a vast encyclopedia of contemporary science, technology, and thought?

Accepted Answer

A)  Diderot 
B)  Rousseau 
C)  Jefferson 
D)  Swift 
A)  Diderot 
B)  Rousseau 
C)  Jefferson 
D)  Swift

Question 13

What Italian painter of the Rococo period depicted religious subjects on a grand scale?

Accepted Answer

A)  Carriera 
B)  Tiepolo 
C)  Borghese 
D)  Canova 
A)  Carriera 
B)  Tiepolo 
C)  Borghese 
D)  Canova

Question 14

Who wrote An Essay on Man , which expresses a philosophical position that humans occupy a preeminent place in the divine scheme of life?

Accepted Answer

A)  John Dryden 
B)  Denis Diderot 
C)  Alexander Pope 
D)  Charles-Louis Montesquieu 
A)  John Dryden 
B)  Denis Diderot 
C)  Alexander Pope 
D)  Charles-Louis Montesquieu

Question 15

Which is the name of the 18th-century English literary group who revered the literature of ancient Rome?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Coliseum 
B)  the Augustans 
C)  the Metaphysicals 
D)  the Rationalists 
A)  the Coliseum 
B)  the Augustans 
C)  the Metaphysicals 
D)  the Rationalists

Question 16

What was the purpose of the Encyclopédie?

Accepted Answer

A)  to facilitate schoolchildren's research 
B)  to collect and classify contemporary knowledge 
C)  to codify religious and moral doctrine 
D)  to promote the monarchy of Louis XV 
A)  to facilitate schoolchildren's research 
B)  to collect and classify contemporary knowledge 
C)  to codify religious and moral doctrine 
D)  to promote the monarchy of Louis XV

Question 17

Which painter's works best represent the official art style of the French Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  Watteau 
B)  Gainsborough 
C)  David 
D)   Hals 
A)  Watteau 
B)  Gainsborough 
C)  David 
D)   Hals

Question 18

Who was the most important Neo-Classical sculptor from Italy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Balthazar Neumann 
B)  Antonio Canova 
C)  Giovanni Tiepolo 
D)  Jacques-Louis David 
A)  Balthazar Neumann 
B)  Antonio Canova 
C)  Giovanni Tiepolo 
D)  Jacques-Louis David

Question 19

What archeological excavations influenced the artistic and intellectual culture of the late 1700s?

Accepted Answer

A)  the excavations at Carthage 
B)  the excavations at Knossos 
C)  the excavations at Pompeii 
D)  the excavations at Alexandria 
A)  the excavations at Carthage 
B)  the excavations at Knossos 
C)  the excavations at Pompeii 
D)  the excavations at Alexandria

Question 20

What are the characteristics of the Rococo style of art?

Accepted Answer

The characteristics of the roc

Exam 19: The Eighteenth Century

Which English writer championed women's rights and challenged traditional ideas about education?

Who was the first great French Rococo painter (d. 1721)?

Who wrote The Marriage of Figaro , a play interpreted as an attack on the lifestyle of the ruling classes and made into an opera?

Which English poet faced numerous challenges, such as his poor health and his Catholic faith in a Protestant country?

According to Rousseau, what had corrupted the natural goodness of humans?

What French term, used in economics, means "let it be"?

Which English painter of the Rococo period was best known for his portraits and landscapes?

Which English artist is best known for his satirical paintings of the English middle class?

Who wrote Candide ?

What is sonata form?

What names have been applied to the 18th century?

Which writer conceived of the project of creating a vast encyclopedia of contemporary science, technology, and thought?

What Italian painter of the Rococo period depicted religious subjects on a grand scale?

Who wrote An Essay on Man , which expresses a philosophical position that humans occupy a preeminent place in the divine scheme of life?

Which is the name of the 18th-century English literary group who revered the literature of ancient Rome?

What was the purpose of the Encyclopédie?

Which painter's works best represent the official art style of the French Revolution?

Who was the most important Neo-Classical sculptor from Italy?

What archeological excavations influenced the artistic and intellectual culture of the late 1700s?

What are the characteristics of the Rococo style of art?

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The Fourteenth Century a Time of Transition

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What names have been applied to the 18^th century?

Which is the name of the 18^th-century English literary group who revered the literature of ancient Rome?