Question 1

Which of the following statements concerning women and the Enlighten is correct?

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A)  By 1789, about 20 percent of the women in France were literate. 
B)  Kant stated that for a woman "her philosophy is not to reason but to sense." 
C)  Mary Wollstonecraft published The Vindication of the Rights of Women in 1792. 
D)  It appears that the Enlightenment was quite inconsistent in its attitudes toward women. 
E)  all of the above 
A)  By 1789, about 20 percent of the women in France were literate. 
B)  Kant stated that for a woman "her philosophy is not to reason but to sense." 
C)  Mary Wollstonecraft published The Vindication of the Rights of Women in 1792. 
D)  It appears that the Enlightenment was quite inconsistent in its attitudes toward women. 
E)  all of the above

Question 2

Philosophes of the High Enlightenment were increasingly

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A)  academic in their discourses. 
B)  isolated in society. 
C)  revolutionary in their views. 
D)  religious in their outlook. 
E)  elitist. 
A)  academic in their discourses. 
B)  isolated in society. 
C)  revolutionary in their views. 
D)  religious in their outlook. 
E)  elitist.

Question 3

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-skepticism

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Skepticism is a philosophical attitude o

Question 4

Who wrote both Candide and Micromegas?

Accepted Answer

A)  d'Holbach 
B)  Helvetius 
C)  de Montesquieu 
D)  Voltaire 
E)  Bayle 
A)  d'Holbach 
B)  Helvetius 
C)  de Montesquieu 
D)  Voltaire 
E)  Bayle

Question 5

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-civil society

Accepted Answer

Civil society refers to the community of

Question 6

Which of the following statements is NOTaccurate? In the eighteenth century

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A)  the Enlightenment and the French Revolution sparked a movement for Hungarian nationalism. 
B)  Hungary rapidly modernized, and its population doubled. 
C)  Poland expelled the Jesuits in 1793and instituted educational reform. 
D)  Prussia, Russia, and Austria participated in the partitioning of Poland. 
E)  the Enlightenment had a similar impact in all of the countries of Eastern Europe. 
A)  the Enlightenment and the French Revolution sparked a movement for Hungarian nationalism. 
B)  Hungary rapidly modernized, and its population doubled. 
C)  Poland expelled the Jesuits in 1793and instituted educational reform. 
D)  Prussia, Russia, and Austria participated in the partitioning of Poland. 
E)  the Enlightenment had a similar impact in all of the countries of Eastern Europe.

Question 7

All of the following are identified in the text as venuesfor the production and sharing of Enlightenment ideas EXCEPT

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A)  coffee houses. 
B)  Masonic lodges. 
C)  scientific academies. 
D)  salons. 
E)  Catholic monasteries and cathedrals. 
A)  coffee houses. 
B)  Masonic lodges. 
C)  scientific academies. 
D)  salons. 
E)  Catholic monasteries and cathedrals.

Question 8

Instructions: Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s).
  
-Compare and contrast the ideas of Thomas Hobbes,John Locke,and Jean Jacques Rousseau about the origin of the state.What was the relationship of the citizen to the state according to each of these men?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean Jacq

Question 9

Which of the following countries did NOThave enlightened despotism in the eighteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  England 
B)  Austria 
C)  Spain 
D)  Prussia 
E)  Russia 
A)  England 
B)  Austria 
C)  Spain 
D)  Prussia 
E)  Russia

Question 10

Instructions: Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s).
  
-Discuss the Enlightenment as part of the broader intellectual history of the West.

Accepted Answer

The Enlightenment was a period of intell

Question 11

The text refers to salons as

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A)  regular receptions devoted to intelligent, egalitarian conversation, often hosted by women. 
B)  the last stronghold of aristocratic privileges. 
C)  a place where culture and traditional fashions still held sway. 
D)  the place where the French king retired when his public duties were finished. 
E)  businesses catering to the emerging consumer societies of Western Europe. 
A)  regular receptions devoted to intelligent, egalitarian conversation, often hosted by women. 
B)  the last stronghold of aristocratic privileges. 
C)  a place where culture and traditional fashions still held sway. 
D)  the place where the French king retired when his public duties were finished. 
E)  businesses catering to the emerging consumer societies of Western Europe.

Question 12

The international situation in the mid-eighteenth century included

Accepted Answer

A)  amicable cooperation between Austria and Prussia for control of central Europe. 
B)  a declining role for the aristocracy. 
C)  an intense rivalry between France and Britain in northern Europe and North America. 
D)  a prolonged period of peace on the continent. 
E)  a rejection of Prussian militarism by all of the philosophes. 
A)  amicable cooperation between Austria and Prussia for control of central Europe. 
B)  a declining role for the aristocracy. 
C)  an intense rivalry between France and Britain in northern Europe and North America. 
D)  a prolonged period of peace on the continent. 
E)  a rejection of Prussian militarism by all of the philosophes.

Question 13

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-freethinker

Accepted Answer

A freethinker is someone who forms their

Question 14

Pierre Bayle's skepticism

Accepted Answer

A)  aimed at undermining the Newtonian synthesis. 
B)  became the guiding principle behind the Encyclopédia. 
C)  dealt a serious blow to revealed religion and pointed in the direction of natural religion. 
D)  led to his expulsion from France and execution in Geneva. 
E)  gained the support of a number of Calvinist clergymen. 
A)  aimed at undermining the Newtonian synthesis. 
B)  became the guiding principle behind the Encyclopédia. 
C)  dealt a serious blow to revealed religion and pointed in the direction of natural religion. 
D)  led to his expulsion from France and execution in Geneva. 
E)  gained the support of a number of Calvinist clergymen.

Question 15

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-philosophes

Accepted Answer

The term "philosophes" refers to a group

Question 16

Enlightenment thinkers of which country took the lead in attacking slavery?

Accepted Answer

A)  Britain 
B)  Spain 
C)  France 
D)  the Dutch Republic 
E)  the Papal States 
A)  Britain 
B)  Spain 
C)  France 
D)  the Dutch Republic 
E)  the Papal States

Question 17

Cesare Beccaria advocated a justice system that

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A)  sought to rehabilitate the criminal. 
B)  was integrated with the church. 
C)  did not take into account the causes of crime. 
D)  linked crime and sin together. 
E)  all of the above 
A)  sought to rehabilitate the criminal. 
B)  was integrated with the church. 
C)  did not take into account the causes of crime. 
D)  linked crime and sin together. 
E)  all of the above

Question 18

In Émile,Rousseau recommended

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A)  that children receive a rigorous education in the sciences. 
B)  a solid background in the classics as essential for a modern education. 
C)  that intellectual and moral instruction should come after the development of the senses. 
D)  a state-run education system to rid society of superstition and ignorance. 
E)  an education provided in the home under the guidance of the clergy. 
A)  that children receive a rigorous education in the sciences. 
B)  a solid background in the classics as essential for a modern education. 
C)  that intellectual and moral instruction should come after the development of the senses. 
D)  a state-run education system to rid society of superstition and ignorance. 
E)  an education provided in the home under the guidance of the clergy.

Question 19

Thomas Hobbes appealed to Enlightenment thinkers by his

Accepted Answer

A)  concept of a state of nature superseded by a social contract. 
B)  belief that self-interest is not a valid reason for political activity. 
C)  support for the absolute power of the state. 
D)  view that human nature is greedy and warlike. 
E)  all of the above 
A)  concept of a state of nature superseded by a social contract. 
B)  belief that self-interest is not a valid reason for political activity. 
C)  support for the absolute power of the state. 
D)  view that human nature is greedy and warlike. 
E)  all of the above

Question 20

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-Locate and label three of the states said to be practitioners of enlightened despotism.

Accepted Answer

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Which of the following statements concerning women and the Enlighten is correct?

Philosophes of the High Enlightenment were increasingly

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -skepticism

Who wrote both Candide and Micromegas?

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -civil society

Which of the following statements is NOTaccurate? In the eighteenth century

All of the following are identified in the text as venuesfor the production and sharing of Enlightenment ideas EXCEPT

Instructions: Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s). -Compare and contrast the ideas of Thomas Hobbes,John Locke,and Jean Jacques Rousseau about the origin of the state.What was the relationship of the citizen to the state according to each of these men?

Which of the following countries did NOThave enlightened despotism in the eighteenth century?

Instructions: Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s). -Discuss the Enlightenment as part of the broader intellectual history of the West.

The text refers to salons as

The international situation in the mid-eighteenth century included

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -freethinker

Pierre Bayle's skepticism

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -philosophes

Enlightenment thinkers of which country took the lead in attacking slavery?

Cesare Beccaria advocated a justice system that

In Émile,Rousseau recommended

Thomas Hobbes appealed to Enlightenment thinkers by his

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -Locate and label three of the states said to be practitioners of enlightened despotism.

The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution: the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The French Revolution: the Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

The Industrial Revolution: the Great Transformation

Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

Revolution and Counterrevolution, 1815-1848

Thought and Culture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: Realism and Social Criticism

The Surge of Nationalism: From Liberal to Extreme Nationalism

The Industrial West: Responses to Modernization

Imperialism: Western Global Dominance

Modern Consciousness: New Views of Nature, human Nature, and the Arts

World War I: the West in Despair

An Era of Totalitarianism

Thought and Culture in an Era of World Wars and Totalitarianism

World War Ii: Western Civilization in the Balance

Europe After World War II: Recovery and Realignment, 1945-1989

The Troubled Present

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Exam 3: The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform

Which of the following statements concerning women and the Enlighten is correct?

Philosophes of the High Enlightenment were increasingly

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -skepticism

Who wrote both Candide and Micromegas?

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -civil society

Which of the following statements is NOTaccurate? In the eighteenth century

All of the following are identified in the text as venuesfor the production and sharing of Enlightenment ideas EXCEPT

Instructions: Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s). -Compare and contrast the ideas of Thomas Hobbes,John Locke,and Jean Jacques Rousseau about the origin of the state.What was the relationship of the citizen to the state according to each of these men?

Which of the following countries did NOThave enlightened despotism in the eighteenth century?

Instructions: Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s). -Discuss the Enlightenment as part of the broader intellectual history of the West.

The text refers to salons as

The international situation in the mid-eighteenth century included

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -freethinker

Pierre Bayle's skepticism

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -philosophes

Enlightenment thinkers of which country took the lead in attacking slavery?

Cesare Beccaria advocated a justice system that

In Émile,Rousseau recommended

Thomas Hobbes appealed to Enlightenment thinkers by his

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -Locate and label three of the states said to be practitioners of enlightened despotism.

The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution: the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The French Revolution: the Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

The Industrial Revolution: the Great Transformation

Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

Revolution and Counterrevolution, 1815-1848

Thought and Culture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: Realism and Social Criticism

The Surge of Nationalism: From Liberal to Extreme Nationalism

The Industrial West: Responses to Modernization

Imperialism: Western Global Dominance

Modern Consciousness: New Views of Nature, human Nature, and the Arts

World War I: the West in Despair

An Era of Totalitarianism

Thought and Culture in an Era of World Wars and Totalitarianism

World War Ii: Western Civilization in the Balance

Europe After World War II: Recovery and Realignment, 1945-1989

The Troubled Present

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