Question 1

Voltaire's favorite target for criticism was

Accepted Answer

A) the monarch. 
B) the Church. 
C) merchants. 
D) peasants. 
E) nobles. 
A) the monarch. 
B) the Church. 
C) merchants. 
D) peasants. 
E) nobles.

Question 2

Both Montesquieu and Voltaire favored the governmental system of which country?

Accepted Answer

A) France 
B) Austria 
C) Spain 
D) England 
E) Sweden 
A) France 
B) Austria 
C) Spain 
D) England 
E) Sweden

Question 3

The rococo style depended on what new material that was imported from China?

Accepted Answer

A) ivory 
B) glass 
C) stucco 
D) porcelain 
E) marble 
A) ivory 
B) glass 
C) stucco 
D) porcelain 
E) marble

Question 4

What was the religious group that suffered the most intolerance and persecution across Europe during the eighteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A) Protestants in England 
B) Catholics in the Rhineland 
C) Jews in Eastern Europe 
D) Jesuits in Spain 
E) Puritans in Scotland 
A) Protestants in England 
B) Catholics in the Rhineland 
C) Jews in Eastern Europe 
D) Jesuits in Spain 
E) Puritans in Scotland

Question 5

What was one of the major threats to public opinion in the eyes of royal officials in France during the last period of the Enlightenment?

Accepted Answer

A) propaganda distributed by English wool traders 
B) the monarchy's inability to present a cohesive public image 
C) the opulence of Paris salons,which rivaled the riches of the royal court 
D) banned books that had been smuggled into France 
E) the illiteracy of the masses 
A) propaganda distributed by English wool traders 
B) the monarchy's inability to present a cohesive public image 
C) the opulence of Paris salons,which rivaled the riches of the royal court 
D) banned books that had been smuggled into France 
E) the illiteracy of the masses

Question 6

Locke argued that monarchs derived their power from

Accepted Answer

A) a social contract between rulers and the ruled. 
B) the divine right of kings. 
C) the absolute power of kings. 
D) the election of representatives to Parliament. 
E) the courts or parlements of France. 
A) a social contract between rulers and the ruled. 
B) the divine right of kings. 
C) the absolute power of kings. 
D) the election of representatives to Parliament. 
E) the courts or parlements of France.

Question 7

Rousseau's The Social Contract called for surrendering of natural rights to

Accepted Answer

A) the general will. 
B) the monarch. 
C) the Church. 
D) the parliament. 
E) the nobles. 
A) the general will. 
B) the monarch. 
C) the Church. 
D) the parliament. 
E) the nobles.

Voltaire's favorite target for criticism was

Both Montesquieu and Voltaire favored the governmental system of which country?

The rococo style depended on what new material that was imported from China?

What was the religious group that suffered the most intolerance and persecution across Europe during the eighteenth century?

What was one of the major threats to public opinion in the eyes of royal officials in France during the last period of the Enlightenment?

Locke argued that monarchs derived their power from

Rousseau's The Social Contract called for surrendering of natural rights to

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The Renaissance

The Two Reformations

The Wars of Religion

The Rise of the Atlantic Economy: Spain and England

England and the Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century

The Age of Absolutism,16501720

The New Philosophy of Science

Eighteenth-Century Economic and Social Change

Eighteenth-Century Dynastic Rivalries and Politics

The French Revolution

Napoleon and Europe

The Industrial Revolution

Liberal Challenges to Restoration Europe

The Revolutions of 1848

The Era of National Unification

Three Powers in the Age of Liberalism: Parliamentary Britain, Tsarist Russia, and Republican France

Rapid Industrialization and Its Challenges, 18701914

Political and Cultural Responses to a Rapidly Changing World

The Age of European Imperialism

The Great War

Revolutionary Russia and the Soviet Union

The Elusive Search for Stability in the 1920s

The Europe of Economic Depression and Dictatorship

World War Ii

Rebuilding Divided Europe

The Cold War and the End of European Empires

Transitions to Democracy and the Collapse of Communism

Global Challenges: the War Against Terror and the Uncertainties of a New Age

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Exam 9: Enlightened Thought and the Republic of Letters

Voltaire's favorite target for criticism was

Both Montesquieu and Voltaire favored the governmental system of which country?

The rococo style depended on what new material that was imported from China?

What was the religious group that suffered the most intolerance and persecution across Europe during the eighteenth century?

What was one of the major threats to public opinion in the eyes of royal officials in France during the last period of the Enlightenment?

Locke argued that monarchs derived their power from

Rousseau's The Social Contract called for surrendering of natural rights to

Medieval Legacies and Transforming Discoveries

The Renaissance

The Two Reformations

The Wars of Religion

The Rise of the Atlantic Economy: Spain and England

England and the Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century

The Age of Absolutism,16501720

The New Philosophy of Science

Eighteenth-Century Economic and Social Change

Eighteenth-Century Dynastic Rivalries and Politics

The French Revolution

Napoleon and Europe

The Industrial Revolution

Liberal Challenges to Restoration Europe

The Revolutions of 1848

The Era of National Unification

Three Powers in the Age of Liberalism: Parliamentary Britain, Tsarist Russia, and Republican France

Rapid Industrialization and Its Challenges, 18701914

Political and Cultural Responses to a Rapidly Changing World

The Age of European Imperialism

The Great War

Revolutionary Russia and the Soviet Union

The Elusive Search for Stability in the 1920s

The Europe of Economic Depression and Dictatorship

World War Ii

Rebuilding Divided Europe

The Cold War and the End of European Empires

Transitions to Democracy and the Collapse of Communism

Global Challenges: the War Against Terror and the Uncertainties of a New Age

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