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Enlightenment Test17
Ms. Robinson's Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Enlightened thinkers favored ? | The application of science to analyze and understand all aspects of humanity. |
| Examples of growing interest in study were evident except ? | Academic centers for the study of quantum physics. |
| In the religious sphere, there was a shift to ? | Use science to explain God's creations in the universe by observing nature - not Biblical explanations. |
| Who provided a link between the scientists and philosophes ? | Bernard de Fontenelle. |
| Immanuel Kant is associated with all except ? | For the quotation, "Man of born free, yet everywhere he is in chains." |
| Bayle's Historical and Critical Dictionary was work demonstrating ? | New rational principles of textual criticism should be applied to all writing genre, including the Bible. |
| French philosophes were intellectuals who ? | Intended to change the world by advancing reason and rationality. |
| Philosophes saw no benefit to society when the masses were not ? | Adopting Deism as the new, true religion. |
| John Locke's argued that a person's character was shaped by their ? | Environment. |
| Which is NOT associated with John Locke ? | The Social Contract declared that government needed to abide to the,"... general will of the people." |
| Isaac Newton & John Locke provided inspiration for the Enlightenment by ? | Providing reasons and methods that would allow a brace new world to emerge. |
| The Spirit of the Laws explained the need for all the following except ? | Two distinct houses within the legislative branch. |
| Missionary reports brought skepticism about the "truths" of Christianity due to ? | Accounts comparing old and new world cultures. |
| In Voltaire's, Philosophic Letters to the English, he ? | Expressed admiration for the English regarding freedom of the press, religious toleration, and their political structure. |
| Which was NOT a belief of Deists ? | God answered prayers directed to him in song. |
| Which statement applies to Encyclopedia after the price was greatly reduced ? | It had significant influence in the philosophe's battle against religious fanaticism and intolerance. |
| Which philosophe supported the idea of "social sciences" with his book, Treatise on Human Nature ? | David Hume. |
| The best statement about laissez-faire was by Adam Smith, it explained about all being true except ? | One role of government needed to be a watchguard over business' within its nation. |
| Which philosophe expressed the idea that human perfectability was limitless ? | Marquis de Conforcet. |
| The main points argued in d'Holbach's System of Nature were that ? | Men were machines and God was a product of the human mind and therefore unnecessary for leading a moral life. |
| Which of the following works, expressed Rousseau's political ideas on the principle of "general will" ? | The Social Contract. |
| For Rousseau, what was the source of inequality and the chief cause of crimes ? | Private property. |
| Rousseau's novel, Emile, dealt with these key Enlightenment themes ? | Proper child rearing and human education. |
| Which statement did NOT apply to the significance of salons ? | Were open to public for merchants and businessmen of the 3rd Estate to attend. |
| Which group used salons to promote and raise money for the publication of women's writings ? | Middle class women in London, England. |
| The author of The Vindication of Women's Rights was ? | Mary Wollstonecraft. |
| The Rococo style of art fused with Baroque in ? | The architecture of Balthasar Neumann throughout Germany and Bohemia. |
| Choose the correct relationship between the artist and his work . | Antoine Watteau - Pilgrimage to Cythera. |
| European music was well characterized by ? | Haydn and Mozart, who caused a shift in the musical center from Italy to Austria. |
| Johann Sebastian Bach ? | - Was a contemporary of George Fredrick Handel - Produced religious music - Was best known for his cantatas and motets |
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was considered the most innovative musician who accomplished all except ? | Writing The Creation and The Seasons dedicated to commoners. |
| Most secondary scholars in Europe were ? | Elitist and designed to serve the needs of upper class society. |
| The 18th century produced an expansion of the reading public in the form of ? | - Magazines - Daily newspapers - Publishing houses - Libraries |
| Literacy rates among the upper 3rd Estate in France reveal they ? | Improved for males substantially while those for women remained very low. |
| What was the most significant change in writing histories ? | The removal of God as the main factor of change with a new focus on events themselves. |
| Writers used this new form of literacy expression to attack hypocrisies ? | Fictional Novels. |
| In Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, the author gave the chief cause for the end of the Romans as ? | Apathy in civic responsibility due to the growth of Christianity. |
| What became the international language in European high culture ? | Latin. |
| It was NOT common practice for judicial courts to use ? | Psychological methods such as hypnosis and meditation on trial witnesses. |
| Changes in the legal system were due to the author of On Crimes and Punishments, who wrote that essay ? | Cesare Beccaria. |
| University graduate physicians held the highest rank with surgeons , which occupation had they previously held ? | Barber. |
| The Carnival of the Mediterranean world was ? | A period of gross excesses in the consumption of alcohol, food, and sexual activity. |
| The Jews of Europe ? | Were the most free to participate in banking and commercial activities in tolerant cities. |
| How did the Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jews differ ? | The first were from Eastern Europe and the second had been ousted from Spain in the late 1400s. |
| John Wesley ? | Created and controlled his evangelical Methodist church using revivalist techniques. |
| Religious movement that was a response to the stagnation of Protestantism ? | Pietism. |
| Which was NOT true regarding the religious world for the masses ? | Both urban and rural churches had substantial losses in membership. |
| Which realm can we understand the quote "... progress in arts and sciences did not promote progress in morality, since it took humans out of their natural state." ? | Popular culture due to social gatherings at taverns, cabarets, and festivals. |
| Famous quotes that came out of the era except ? | "The important thing is, not to stop questioning." |
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