Exam 16: The Restoration, the Enlightenment, and Romanticism

Who caught the eye of Charles II when she acted in London?

The United States was "born" in the Enlightenment.What characteristics define the Enlightenment?

Nell Gwynn was one of the most popular actresses during the Restoration,and her specialty was playing male characters in male clothing.These kinds of roles are called...

This Romantic playwright was also a journalist,a painter,a statesman,a poet,a philosopher,a scientist,and the manager of the Duke of Weimar's playhouse.

Which Enlightenment playwright wrote Nathan the Wise?

The Enlightenment was also called...

This Enlightenment playwright wrote such plays as The Barber of Seville and its sequel The Marriage of Figaro.

Beaumarchais and Lessing were two important playwrights writing during the Enlightenment.Identify one major play by each playwright and discuss how these two plays reflect the values of the period in which they were written?

Many Enlightenment intellectuals did not identify themselves with a particular religious tradition; rather,when they discussed religion,they tended to call themselves...

Francis Bacon felt there were certain false appearances,which he called "idols of knowledge," and that these were a hindrance to reason.Which of these "idols" is our desire to believe in ideas that are supported merely by pretty rhetoric rather than by logical,empirical reasoning?