Question 1

IDENTIFICATIONS
-pietism and the Moravian Brethren

Accepted Answer

Pietism and the Moravian Brethren are bo

Question 2

Deism is the belief that

Accepted Answer

A)  religion is fairy tales to frighten the superstitious. 
B)  if God exists, he has no interest in the world. 
C)  God created the universe but does not actively run it 
D)  a transcendent spirit controls every event. 
E)  praying matters. 
A)  religion is fairy tales to frighten the superstitious. 
B)  if God exists, he has no interest in the world. 
C)  God created the universe but does not actively run it 
D)  a transcendent spirit controls every event. 
E)  praying matters.

Question 3

In his novel, Emile, with its emphasis upon the heart and sentiment, Rousseau anticipated the Romantic movement of the early nineteenth century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Condorcet and Baron d'Holbach

Accepted Answer

Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, b

Question 5

The works of Fontenelle announce the Enlightenment because they

Accepted Answer

A)  popularize a growing skepticism toward the claims of religion. 
B)  portray churches as allies of scientific progress. 
C)  discourage amateur conversations about scientific matters. 
D)  question the capacity of women to comprehend scientific discourse. 
E)  advocated the replacement of Catholicism with Protestantism because the latter was "freer." 
A)  popularize a growing skepticism toward the claims of religion. 
B)  portray churches as allies of scientific progress. 
C)  discourage amateur conversations about scientific matters. 
D)  question the capacity of women to comprehend scientific discourse. 
E)  advocated the replacement of Catholicism with Protestantism because the latter was "freer."

Question 6

IDENTIFICATIONS
-philosophes

Accepted Answer

The term "philosophes" refers to a group

Question 7

The eighteenth century musical composition that has been called one of those rare works that appeal immediately to everyone, and yet is indisputably a masterpiece of the highest order is

Accepted Answer

A)  Bach's St. Matthew's Passion. 
B)  Haydn's The Seasons. 
C)  Handel's Messiah. 
D)  Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. 
E)  Wagner's The Ring cycle. 
A)  Bach's St. Matthew's Passion. 
B)  Haydn's The Seasons. 
C)  Handel's Messiah. 
D)  Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. 
E)  Wagner's The Ring cycle.

Question 8

Enlightened thinkers can be understood as secularists because they strongly recommended

Accepted Answer

A)  the application of the scientific method to the analysis and understanding of all aspects of human life. 
B)  the rational dismantling of all churches and their competing but empty ideologies. 
C)  a complete stop to all efforts at the reform of justice. 
D)  rigorous state control of all forms of education. 
E)  the establishment of democratic republics throughout Europe. 
A)  the application of the scientific method to the analysis and understanding of all aspects of human life. 
B)  the rational dismantling of all churches and their competing but empty ideologies. 
C)  a complete stop to all efforts at the reform of justice. 
D)  rigorous state control of all forms of education. 
E)  the establishment of democratic republics throughout Europe.

Question 9

IDENTIFICATIONS
-David Hume

Accepted Answer

David Hume (7 May 1711 – 25 August 1776)

Question 10

IDENTIFICATIONS
-gin

Accepted Answer

Gin is a distilled alcoholic drink that

Question 11

IDENTIFICATIONS
-"science of man"

Accepted Answer

The term "science of man" is often used

Question 12

The Jews of eighteenth-century Europe

Accepted Answer

A)  were assimilated into French society through the unanimous calls of the philosophes for integration. 
B)  were most persecuted in France and Poland. 
C)  were most free in participating in banking and commercial activities in tolerant cities. 
D)  won the right to publicly practice of their religion in Austria with Joseph II's Toleration Patent of 1781. 
E)  were restricted to ghettos in all European states. 
A)  were assimilated into French society through the unanimous calls of the philosophes for integration. 
B)  were most persecuted in France and Poland. 
C)  were most free in participating in banking and commercial activities in tolerant cities. 
D)  won the right to publicly practice of their religion in Austria with Joseph II's Toleration Patent of 1781. 
E)  were restricted to ghettos in all European states.

Question 13

Adam Smith believed that government

Accepted Answer

A)  should not interfere in people's economic decisions. 
B)  set prices across the board to maintain stability. 
C)  should encourage people to share and help each other. 
D)  has a responsibility to the people to manage the economy. 
E)  is not necessary and should be eliminated entirely. 
A)  should not interfere in people's economic decisions. 
B)  set prices across the board to maintain stability. 
C)  should encourage people to share and help each other. 
D)  has a responsibility to the people to manage the economy. 
E)  is not necessary and should be eliminated entirely.

Question 14

The French philosophes mostly included people from

Accepted Answer

A)  the nobility and the middle class. 
B)  the lower class and the lower middle class. 
C)  aristocracy and nobility. 
D)  urban artisans and craftsmen. 
E)  the universities. 
A)  the nobility and the middle class. 
B)  the lower class and the lower middle class. 
C)  aristocracy and nobility. 
D)  urban artisans and craftsmen. 
E)  the universities.

Question 15

The growth of reading and publishing in the 18?? century was aided and characterized by the development of

Accepted Answer

A)  private tutors. 
B)  magazines for the general public. 
C)  compulsory education for the general public. 
D)  state investments in free books. 
E)  libraries. 
A)  private tutors. 
B)  magazines for the general public. 
C)  compulsory education for the general public. 
D)  state investments in free books. 
E)  libraries.

Question 16

The Baroque-Rococo artistic style of the eighteenth century was

Accepted Answer

A)  confined to France. 
B)  expressed in the architectural works of Baron d'Holbach. 
C)  evident in the masterpieces of Balthasar Neumann. 
D)  characterized by strict geometric patterns and an emphasis on power. 
E)  more sever and mathematical than the Baroque. 
A)  confined to France. 
B)  expressed in the architectural works of Baron d'Holbach. 
C)  evident in the masterpieces of Balthasar Neumann. 
D)  characterized by strict geometric patterns and an emphasis on power. 
E)  more sever and mathematical than the Baroque.

Question 17

Pogroms were

Accepted Answer

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)  a sugary delicacy served at the capital in Vienna. 
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)  a sugary delicacy served at the capital in Vienna.

Question 18

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Cesare Beccaria

Accepted Answer

Cesare Beccaria was an Italian criminolo

Question 19

IDENTIFICATIONS
-the salon and the coffeehouse

Accepted Answer

The salon and the coffeehouse are both s

Question 20

The great scientists of the seventeenth century, such as Galileo, Kepler, and Newton, pursued their exploration of science in a spirit of exalting God rather than in questioning and undermining religion.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 17: the Eighteenth Century: an Age of Enlightenment

IDENTIFICATIONS -pietism and the Moravian Brethren

Deism is the belief that

In his novel, Emile, with its emphasis upon the heart and sentiment, Rousseau anticipated the Romantic movement of the early nineteenth century.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Condorcet and Baron d'Holbach

The works of Fontenelle announce the Enlightenment because they

IDENTIFICATIONS -philosophes

The eighteenth century musical composition that has been called one of those rare works that appeal immediately to everyone, and yet is indisputably a masterpiece of the highest order is

Enlightened thinkers can be understood as secularists because they strongly recommended

IDENTIFICATIONS -David Hume

IDENTIFICATIONS -gin

IDENTIFICATIONS -"science of man"

The Jews of eighteenth-century Europe

Adam Smith believed that government

The French philosophes mostly included people from

The growth of reading and publishing in the 18?? century was aided and characterized by the development of

The Baroque-Rococo artistic style of the eighteenth century was

Pogroms were

IDENTIFICATIONS -Cesare Beccaria

IDENTIFICATIONS -the salon and the coffeehouse

The great scientists of the seventeenth century, such as Galileo, Kepler, and Newton, pursued their exploration of science in a spirit of exalting God rather than in questioning and undermining religion.

the Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

the Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires

the Civilization of the Greeks

the Hellenistic World

the Roman Republic

the Roman Empire

late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World

european Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750-1000

the Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages

the Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power

the Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century

recovery and Rebirth: the Age of the Renaissance

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

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