Question 1

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Immanuel Kant

Accepted Answer

Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher w

Question 2

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contract and the general will

Accepted Answer

Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contr

Question 3

Voltaire was best known for his criticism of

Accepted Answer

A)  the German monarchical system. 
B)  the separation of church and state. 
C)  religious intolerance. 
D)  Plato and the Greeks. 
E)  Chinese civilization. 
A)  the German monarchical system. 
B)  the separation of church and state. 
C)  religious intolerance. 
D)  Plato and the Greeks. 
E)  Chinese civilization.

Question 4

The leader of the Physiocrats and their advocacy of natural economic laws was

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A)  Denis Diderot. 
B)  Adam Smith. 
C)  Francois Quesnay. 
D)  Cesare Beccaria. 
E)  David Hume. 
A)  Denis Diderot. 
B)  Adam Smith. 
C)  Francois Quesnay. 
D)  Cesare Beccaria. 
E)  David Hume.

Question 5

Isaac Newton was influential on the eighteenth century Enlightenment because of his theory of knowledge and his concept of the tabula rasa.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Jacques-Louis David

Accepted Answer

Jacques-Louis David was a prominent Fren

Question 7

Compare deism to other strains of religiosity in the eighteenth century.

Accepted Answer

In the eighteenth century, deism emerged

Question 8

Compare and contrast the contributions of the French philosophes and Britain's Enlightenment figures. How do they differ, if they do, and why?

Accepted Answer

The French philosophes and Britain's Enl

Question 9

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Physiocrats

Accepted Answer

The Physiocrats were a group of French e

Question 10

What specific contributions did Montesquieu, Voltaire, and Diderot make to the age of the Enlightenment? Compare and contrast their political ideas with Thomas Hobbes and Machiavelli.

Accepted Answer

Montesquieu, Voltaire, and Diderot were

Question 11

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Accepted Answer

Vindication of the Rights of Woman is a

Question 12

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Antoine Watteau

Accepted Answer

Antoine Watteau (1684–1721) was a French

Question 13

IDENTIFICATIONS
-George Frederick Handel

Accepted Answer

George Frederick Handel was a German-bor

Question 14

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Fontenelle's Plurality of Worlds

Accepted Answer

Fontenelle's "Plurality of Worlds," also

Question 15

European intellectual life in the eighteenth century was marked by the emergence of

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A)  anti-Semitism and sharper persecution of minorities. 
B)  secularization and a search to find the natural laws governing human life. 
C)  sophism and the mockery of past traditions. 
D)  monastic schools and medieval modes of training religious thinkers. 
E)  the complete separation of church from state. 
A)  anti-Semitism and sharper persecution of minorities. 
B)  secularization and a search to find the natural laws governing human life. 
C)  sophism and the mockery of past traditions. 
D)  monastic schools and medieval modes of training religious thinkers. 
E)  the complete separation of church from state.

Question 16

The French Rococo painter who portrayed the aristocratic life as refined, sensual, and civilized was

Accepted Answer

A)  Antoine Watteau. 
B)  Balthasar Neumann. 
C)  Madam Geoffrin. 
D)  Rembrandt. 
E)  Caspar David Friedrich. 
A)  Antoine Watteau. 
B)  Balthasar Neumann. 
C)  Madam Geoffrin. 
D)  Rembrandt. 
E)  Caspar David Friedrich.

Question 17

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Carnival

Accepted Answer

Carnival is a festive season that occurs

Question 18

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Joseph II's Toleration Patent

Accepted Answer

Joseph II's Toleration Patent was a sign

Question 19

Define "high culture." In what ways was high culture expressed in the eighteenth century?

Accepted Answer

High culture refers to the cultural prod

Question 20

How do the art and literature of the eighteenth century reflect the political and social life of the period?

Accepted Answer

The art and literature of the eighteenth

Exam 17: the Eighteenth Century: an Age of Enlightenment

IDENTIFICATIONS -Immanuel Kant

IDENTIFICATIONS -Jean-Jacques Rousseau's The Social Contract and the general will

Voltaire was best known for his criticism of

The leader of the Physiocrats and their advocacy of natural economic laws was

Isaac Newton was influential on the eighteenth century Enlightenment because of his theory of knowledge and his concept of the tabula rasa.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Jacques-Louis David

Compare deism to other strains of religiosity in the eighteenth century.

Compare and contrast the contributions of the French philosophes and Britain's Enlightenment figures. How do they differ, if they do, and why?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Physiocrats

What specific contributions did Montesquieu, Voltaire, and Diderot make to the age of the Enlightenment? Compare and contrast their political ideas with Thomas Hobbes and Machiavelli.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Vindication of the Rights of Woman

IDENTIFICATIONS -Antoine Watteau

IDENTIFICATIONS -George Frederick Handel

IDENTIFICATIONS -Fontenelle's Plurality of Worlds

European intellectual life in the eighteenth century was marked by the emergence of

The French Rococo painter who portrayed the aristocratic life as refined, sensual, and civilized was

IDENTIFICATIONS -Carnival

IDENTIFICATIONS -Joseph II's Toleration Patent

Define "high culture." In what ways was high culture expressed in the eighteenth century?

How do the art and literature of the eighteenth century reflect the political and social life of the period?

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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