Question 1

Did the Enlightenment represent a new era for women? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

The Enlightenment did not represent a ne

Question 2

Talk about:
-the salon and the coffeehouse

Accepted Answer

The salon and the coffeehouse are both s

Question 3

Talk about:
-Cesare Beccaria

Accepted Answer

Cesare Beccaria was an Italian criminolo

Question 4

An early female philosophe who published a translation of Newton's Principia and who was the mistress of Voltaire was

Accepted Answer

A)  Mary Wollstonecraft. 
B)  Marie Antoinette. 
C)  Mary Astell. 
D)  Catherine the Great. 
E)  the Marquise du Chatelet. 
A)  Mary Wollstonecraft. 
B)  Marie Antoinette. 
C)  Mary Astell. 
D)  Catherine the Great. 
E)  the Marquise du Chatelet.

Question 5

Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations was a forceful rejection of the doctrine of laissez-faire .

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What role did women play in the development of the Enlightenment?

Accepted Answer

Women played a significant role in the d

Question 7

Talk about:
-pogroms

Accepted Answer

Pogroms:

Who?
Pogroms were violent riot

Question 8

Enlightened thinkers can be understood as secularists because they strongly recommended

Accepted Answer

A)  the application of the scientific method to the analysis and understanding of all aspects of human life. 
B)  the rational dismantling of all churches and their competing but empty ideologies. 
C)  a complete stop to all efforts at the reform of justice. 
D)  rigorous state control of all forms of education. 
E)  the establishment of democratic republics throughout Europe. 
A)  the application of the scientific method to the analysis and understanding of all aspects of human life. 
B)  the rational dismantling of all churches and their competing but empty ideologies. 
C)  a complete stop to all efforts at the reform of justice. 
D)  rigorous state control of all forms of education. 
E)  the establishment of democratic republics throughout Europe.

Question 9

Adam Smith believed that government

Accepted Answer

A)  should not interfere in people's economic decisions. 
B)  set prices across the board to maintain stability. 
C)  should encourage people to share and help each other. 
D)  has a responsibility to the people to manage the economy. 
E)  is not necessary and should be eliminated entirely. 
A)  should not interfere in people's economic decisions. 
B)  set prices across the board to maintain stability. 
C)  should encourage people to share and help each other. 
D)  has a responsibility to the people to manage the economy. 
E)  is not necessary and should be eliminated entirely.

Question 10

The recognized capital of the Enlightenment was

Accepted Answer

A)  Geneva. 
B)  Berlin. 
C)  London. 
D)  Vienna. 
E)  Paris. 
A)  Geneva. 
B)  Berlin. 
C)  London. 
D)  Vienna. 
E)  Paris.

Question 11

European intellectual life in the eighteenth century was marked by

Accepted Answer

A)  growing anti-Semitism and sharper persecution of minorities in universities. 
B)  the emergence of secularization and a search to find the natural laws governing human life. 
C)  sophism and the mockery of past traditions. 
D)  a return of monastic schools and medieval modes of training religious thinkers. 
E)  an intense pessimism about the possibility of human progress. 
A)  growing anti-Semitism and sharper persecution of minorities in universities. 
B)  the emergence of secularization and a search to find the natural laws governing human life. 
C)  sophism and the mockery of past traditions. 
D)  a return of monastic schools and medieval modes of training religious thinkers. 
E)  an intense pessimism about the possibility of human progress.

Question 12

The religious movement that came to be known as Methodism

Accepted Answer

A)  was founded by Count Nikolaus von Zinzendorf. 
B)  was particularly popular in the Holy Roman Empire. 
C)  was critical of emotional mysticism and religious enthusiasm. 
D)  became a separate and independent sect from the Anglican Church. 
E)  all of the above. 
A)  was founded by Count Nikolaus von Zinzendorf. 
B)  was particularly popular in the Holy Roman Empire. 
C)  was critical of emotional mysticism and religious enthusiasm. 
D)  became a separate and independent sect from the Anglican Church. 
E)  all of the above.

Question 13

The French philosophes mostly included people from

Accepted Answer

A)  the nobility and the middle class. 
B)  the lower class and the lower middle class. 
C)  aristocracy and nobility. 
D)  urban artisans and craftsmen. 
E)  the universities. 
A)  the nobility and the middle class. 
B)  the lower class and the lower middle class. 
C)  aristocracy and nobility. 
D)  urban artisans and craftsmen. 
E)  the universities.

Question 14

Talk about:
-Joseph II's Toleration Patent

Accepted Answer

Joseph II's Toleration Patent was a sign

Question 15

According to Rousseau, the source of inequality and the chief cause of crimes was

Accepted Answer

A)  divine-right monarchy. 
B)  marriage. 
C)  religion. 
D)  scientific experimentation. 
E)  private property. 
A)  divine-right monarchy. 
B)  marriage. 
C)  religion. 
D)  scientific experimentation. 
E)  private property.

Question 16

The French Physiocrats, in their belief in natural economic laws, were harsh critics of economic mercantilism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The English writer who argued in A Serious Proposal to the Ladies that women should become better educated was

Accepted Answer

A)  Anne Stuart. 
B)  Mary Astell. 
C)  Mary Wollstonecraft. 
D)  Jane Austin. 
E)  Maria Cavendish. 
A)  Anne Stuart. 
B)  Mary Astell. 
C)  Mary Wollstonecraft. 
D)  Jane Austin. 
E)  Maria Cavendish.

Question 18

A less brutal approach to justice and punishment in the eighteenth century is associated with

Accepted Answer

A)  Voltaire. 
B)  Diderot. 
C)  Montesquieu. 
D)  Hume. 
E)  Beccaria. 
A)  Voltaire. 
B)  Diderot. 
C)  Montesquieu. 
D)  Hume. 
E)  Beccaria.

Question 19

Talk about:
-Physiocrats

Accepted Answer

The Physiocrats were a group of French e

Question 20

A cheap and popular alcoholic drink in eighteenth century England was

Accepted Answer

A)  beer. 
B)  whiskey. 
C)  wine. 
D)  mead. 
E)  gin. 
A)  beer. 
B)  whiskey. 
C)  wine. 
D)  mead. 
E)  gin.

Exam 17: The Eighteenth Century: an Age of Enlightenment

Did the Enlightenment represent a new era for women? Why or why not?

Talk about: -the salon and the coffeehouse

Talk about: -Cesare Beccaria

An early female philosophe who published a translation of Newton's Principia and who was the mistress of Voltaire was

Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations was a forceful rejection of the doctrine of laissez-faire .

What role did women play in the development of the Enlightenment?

Talk about: -pogroms

Enlightened thinkers can be understood as secularists because they strongly recommended

Adam Smith believed that government

The recognized capital of the Enlightenment was

European intellectual life in the eighteenth century was marked by

The religious movement that came to be known as Methodism

The French philosophes mostly included people from

Talk about: -Joseph II's Toleration Patent

According to Rousseau, the source of inequality and the chief cause of crimes was

The French Physiocrats, in their belief in natural economic laws, were harsh critics of economic mercantilism.

The English writer who argued in A Serious Proposal to the Ladies that women should become better educated was

A less brutal approach to justice and punishment in the eighteenth century is associated with

Talk about: -Physiocrats

A cheap and popular alcoholic drink in eighteenth century England was

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