Question 1

IDENTIFICATIONS
-reason

Accepted Answer

It seems like there might be a misunders

Question 2

Johann Sebastian Bach

Accepted Answer

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)  wrote 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)  wrote Messiah.

Question 3

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 4

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Francois Quesnay

Accepted Answer

François Quesnay (1694–1774) was a Frenc

Question 5

Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher, defined the Enlightenment as

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A)  "man's leaving his self-caused immaturity." 
B)  "the end of tyranny." 
C)  "a new era of equality for all." 
D)  "a false intimation of future woes." 
E)  "the proxy for real progress" 
A)  "man's leaving his self-caused immaturity." 
B)  "the end of tyranny." 
C)  "a new era of equality for all." 
D)  "a false intimation of future woes." 
E)  "the proxy for real progress"

Question 6

Discuss the significance and the influence of John Locke and Isaac Newton on the Enlightenment.

Accepted Answer

John Locke and Isaac Newton were two inf

Question 7

Which eighteenth-century composer was considered most innovative and wrote the opera, The Marriage of Figaro?

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A)  Bach 
B)  Handel 
C)  Haydn 
D)  Beethoven 
E)  Mozart 
A)  Bach 
B)  Handel 
C)  Haydn 
D)  Beethoven 
E)  Mozart

Question 8

Denis Diderot was an ardent Christian.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Choose the correct relationship between the Rococo artist and his work.

Accepted Answer

A)  Antoine Watteau Return from Cythera 
B)  Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Plurality of Worlds 
C)  Balthasar Neumann pilgrimage church of the Sitzkrieg Vierzehnheiligen 
D)  Domenikus Zimmermann the salon 
E)  Bernini Versailles 
A)  Antoine Watteau Return from Cythera 
B)  Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Plurality of Worlds 
C)  Balthasar Neumann pilgrimage church of the Sitzkrieg Vierzehnheiligen 
D)  Domenikus Zimmermann the salon 
E)  Bernini Versailles

Question 10

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Marie-Therese de Geoffrin

Accepted Answer

Marie-Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin (1699–1777)

Question 11

For Rousseau, what was the source of inequality and the chief cause of crimes?

Accepted Answer

A)  divine right monarchy 
B)  marriage 
C)  religion 
D)  ignoring the "general will" 
E)  private property 
A)  divine right monarchy 
B)  marriage 
C)  religion 
D)  ignoring the "general will" 
E)  private property

Question 12

Isaac Newton and John Locke

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A)  created two antagonistic religious systems of thought. 
B)  provided inspiration for the Enlightenment by arguing that through rational reasoning and the acquisition of knowledge one could discover natural laws governing all aspects of human society. 
C)  claimed that mathematics and science would bring about the cure for the evils of society but only very slowly. 
D)  said the philosophes were the prophets of the future and that their rejection of the scientific revolution was justified. 
E)  had little influence on the later Enlightenment as they were perceived to be figures of the "old" seventeenth century. 
A)  created two antagonistic religious systems of thought. 
B)  provided inspiration for the Enlightenment by arguing that through rational reasoning and the acquisition of knowledge one could discover natural laws governing all aspects of human society. 
C)  claimed that mathematics and science would bring about the cure for the evils of society but only very slowly. 
D)  said the philosophes were the prophets of the future and that their rejection of the scientific revolution was justified. 
E)  had little influence on the later Enlightenment as they were perceived to be figures of the "old" seventeenth century.

Question 13

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Mary Astell's A Serious Proposal to the Ladies

Accepted Answer

Mary Astell's "A Serious Proposal to the

Question 14

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Realschule and Volkschulen

Accepted Answer

Realschule and Volkschulen are both type

Question 15

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Henry Fielding's History of Tom Jones, A Foundling

Accepted Answer

Henry Fielding's History of Tom Jones, A

Question 16

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 17

Diderot's most famous contribution to the Enlightenment's battle against religious fanaticism, intolerance, and prudery was his

Accepted Answer

A)  great play "Is Rome Burning?" 
B)  28-volume Encyclopedia compiling articles by many influential philosophes. 
C)  autobiography published in French. 
D)  biography of Newton, "the greatest European." 
E)  unconditional support for enlightened despotism. 
A)  great play "Is Rome Burning?" 
B)  28-volume Encyclopedia compiling articles by many influential philosophes. 
C)  autobiography published in French. 
D)  biography of Newton, "the greatest European." 
E)  unconditional support for enlightened despotism.

Question 18

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Samuel Richardson's Pamela

Accepted Answer

Samuel Richardson's Pamela is an epistol

Question 19

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jews

Accepted Answer

Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jews are two ma

Question 20

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Addison and Steele's Spectator

Accepted Answer

Addison and Steele's Spectator was a dai

Exam 17: the Eighteenth Century: an Age of Enlightenment

IDENTIFICATIONS -reason

Johann Sebastian Bach

The punishment of crime in the eighteenth century was often

IDENTIFICATIONS -Francois Quesnay

Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher, defined the Enlightenment as

Discuss the significance and the influence of John Locke and Isaac Newton on the Enlightenment.

Which eighteenth-century composer was considered most innovative and wrote the opera, The Marriage of Figaro?

Denis Diderot was an ardent Christian.

Choose the correct relationship between the Rococo artist and his work.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Marie-Therese de Geoffrin

For Rousseau, what was the source of inequality and the chief cause of crimes?

Isaac Newton and John Locke

IDENTIFICATIONS -Mary Astell's A Serious Proposal to the Ladies

IDENTIFICATIONS -Realschule and Volkschulen

IDENTIFICATIONS -Henry Fielding's History of Tom Jones, A Foundling

The French philosophes

Diderot's most famous contribution to the Enlightenment's battle against religious fanaticism, intolerance, and prudery was his

IDENTIFICATIONS -Samuel Richardson's Pamela

IDENTIFICATIONS -Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jews

IDENTIFICATIONS -Addison and Steele's Spectator

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

after the Fall: the Western World in a Global Age (Since 1985)

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