Question 1

The philosophes believed the most important function of philosophy was to pursue

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A)  metaphysical exploration.
B)  pure scientific knowledge.
C)  the meaning and implications of power.
D)  the rational study of human behavior.
E)  the scientific basis of the Christian worldview.

Question 2

Which composer most dramatically transformed the conventions of music in the eighteenth century?

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A)  Haydn
B)  Mozart
C)  Beethoven
D)  Goethe
E)  Richardson

Question 3

How are the subjects of the painting seen in this chapter titled The Father's Curse portrayed?

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Question 4

What kinds of conclusions can you draw about education from the illustration shown in this chapter?

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From the illustration shown in this chap...

Question 5

Mary Wollstonecraft argued that

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A)  women were kept in a weak state by society.
B)  the answer to women's condition was education.
C)  Rousseau's vision of women was incorrect.
D)  Rousseau's theories be extended to women.
E)  All these answers are correct.

Question 6

Review the feature entitled "Rousseau's Concept of the General Will" in this chapter.How is the relation between the individual and society described in this passage from Rousseau reminiscent of Adam Smith's ideas about that relationship in The Wealth of Nations?

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In the feature entitled "Rousseau's Conc...

Question 7

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Voltaire.

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Voltaire was a French Enlightenment writ...

Question 8

To what extent did the ideals of freedom and egalitarianism present in the Enlightenment apply to women?

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The ideals of freedom and egalitarianism...

Question 9

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Mary Wollstonecraft.

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Mary Wollstonecraft was an 18th-century ...

Question 10

To what degree did the activities of the philosophes filter down to society at large? How much did they influence high and low culture?

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The activities of the philosophes had a ...

Question 11

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Rousseau.

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau was an 18th-centur...

Question 12

What evidence do we have that artists, writers, poets, and musicians, as well as philosophers and theorists, embraced the idea of freedom in the eighteenth century?

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In the eighteenth century, there is ampl...

Question 13

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: natural history.

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Natural history is the study of organism...

Question 14

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: philosophes.

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The term "philosophes" refers to the int...

Question 15

What conclusions can you draw about the social milieu of Parisian salons in the eighteenth century from the painting depicting a solon scene found in this chapter?

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The painting depicting a salon scene in ...

Question 16

How did Jean-Jacques Rousseau represent both the values of the Enlightenment and a rejection of the values of the Enlightenment?

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau represented the va...

Question 17

Contrast the interests and attitudes of common people-artisans, peasants, and workers-with those of their "social betters" in the eighteenth century.

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In the eighteenth century, the interests...

Question 18

Which of the following was NOT an innovation of eighteenth-century urban life?

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A)  daily newspapers
B)  coffeehouses
C)  government censorship of publications
D)  shop window advertising
E)  the grand tour

Question 19

Identify/define and explain the significance of the following: Samuel Richardson.

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Samuel Richardson was an 18th-century En...

Question 20

Which phrase is associated with Montesquieu's ideas on good government?

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A)  balance of powers among executive, legislature, and judiciary
B)  natural rights to life, liberty, and property
C)  the sovereign resides in the "general will"
D)  the divine right of kings
E)  None of these answers is correct.

Exam 19: The Age of Enlightenment

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To what extent did the ideals of freedom and egalitarianism present in the Enlightenment apply to women?

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What kinds of conclusions can you draw about education from the illustration shown in this chapter?

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How did Jean-Jacques Rousseau represent both the values of the Enlightenment and a rejection of the values of the Enlightenment?

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What conclusions can you draw about the social milieu of Parisian salons in the eighteenth century from the painting depicting a solon scene found in this chapter?

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Review the feature entitled "Rousseau's Concept of the General Will" in this chapter.How is the relation between the individual and society described in this passage from Rousseau reminiscent of Adam Smith's ideas about that relationship in The Wealth of Nations?

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