Question 1

Which nineteenth-century composer, who wrote the piece nicknamed "The Surprise," is often called the "father of the symphony"?

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A)   Paul Anton Esterházy
B)   Ludwig von Köchel
C)   Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
D)   Franz Joseph Haydn

Question 2

Progress, human perfectibility, and political equality were among the ideals of Enlightenment thinkers. Which landmark works asserted or defended these ideals? Which offered a critical view of these ideals?

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Question 3

"Whatever is, is right" reflects the philosophic optimism of

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A)   Swift.
B)   Voltaire.
C)   Hogarth.
D)   Pope.

Question 4

In his Novum Organum, Bacon objected to

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A)   the corruption of science by superstition and theology.
B)   an overreliance on inductive reasoning.
C)   the use of science to question Christian dogma.
D)   knowledge based on observation rather than on reason.

Question 5

Which of the following men was NOT a significant figure in the movement known as the Scientific Revolution?

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A)   Copernicus
B)   Hogarth
C)   Galileo
D)   Newton

Question 6

The belief in a mechanistic universe fashioned by a Creator God who does not directly intervene in its affairs is called

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A)   atheism.
B)   agnosticism.
C)   animism.
D)   deism.

Question 7

Compare the Rococo and Neoclassical styles, explaining the ways in which each reflects the aims, ambitions, and tastes of the European Enlightenment.

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Question 8

Henry Fielding and Samuel Richardson were both noted eighteenth-century writers of which new literary form?

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A)   The essay
B)   The novel
C)   The epic poem
D)   The short story

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