Question 1

The French painter whose work represented the continuing appeal of Neoclassicism was

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A)  Antoine Watteau. 
B)  Balthasar Neumann. 
C)  Jacques-Louis David. 
D)  Rembrandt. 
E)  Caspar David Friedrich. 
A)  Antoine Watteau. 
B)  Balthasar Neumann. 
C)  Jacques-Louis David. 
D)  Rembrandt. 
E)  Caspar David Friedrich.

Question 2

Talk about:
-deism

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Deism is a philosophical belief that pos

Question 3

Voltaire was best known for his criticism of

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A)  the German monarchical system. 
B)  the separation of church and state. 
C)  religious intolerance. 
D)  Plato and the Greeks. 
E)  Chinese civilization. 
A)  the German monarchical system. 
B)  the separation of church and state. 
C)  religious intolerance. 
D)  Plato and the Greeks. 
E)  Chinese civilization.

Question 4

Rousseau, whose novel Émile emphasized the heart and sentiment, served as a precursor of the Romantic movement of the early nineteenth century.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The belief in natural laws underlying all areas of human life led to

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A)  scientific theism. 
B)  an abandonment of the scientific method. 
C)  intellectual stagnation. 
D)  the formation of several agnostic religious movements. 
E)  the emergence of the "science of man." 
A)  scientific theism. 
B)  an abandonment of the scientific method. 
C)  intellectual stagnation. 
D)  the formation of several agnostic religious movements. 
E)  the emergence of the "science of man."

Question 6

Talk about:
-James Cook's Travels

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James Cook was a British explorer and na

Question 7

Although many European rulers desired to emulate the size and grandiosity of Versailles, they usually adopted the Baroque-Rococo architectural style rather than the French classical style of Louis XIV's palace.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Talk about:
-Rococo

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Rococo was an artistic and decorative st

Question 9

Talk about:
-George Frederick Handel

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George Frederick Handel was a German-bor

Question 10

Pogroms were

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A)  parties held to celebrate the amity between Jews and Christians. 
B)  instances of massacring and looting of Jewish communities. 
C)  special Jewish holidays practiced only by Sephardim. 
D)  special Jewish holidays practiced only by Ashkenazim. 
E)  treaties offering Jews economic liberties. 
A)  parties held to celebrate the amity between Jews and Christians. 
B)  instances of massacring and looting of Jewish communities. 
C)  special Jewish holidays practiced only by Sephardim. 
D)  special Jewish holidays practiced only by Ashkenazim. 
E)  treaties offering Jews economic liberties.

Question 11

Talk about:
-Émile

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Émile is a French given name that is der

Question 12

Talk about:
-John Wesley and Methodism

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John Wesley was an Anglican cleric and t

Question 13

The works of Fontenelle

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A)  popularize a growing skepticism toward the claims of religion. 
B)  portray churches as allies of scientific progress. 
C)  discourage amateur conversations about scientific matters. 
D)  question the capacity of women to comprehend scientific discourse. 
E)  advocated the replacement of Catholicism with Protestantism because the latter was more liberal. 
A)  popularize a growing skepticism toward the claims of religion. 
B)  portray churches as allies of scientific progress. 
C)  discourage amateur conversations about scientific matters. 
D)  question the capacity of women to comprehend scientific discourse. 
E)  advocated the replacement of Catholicism with Protestantism because the latter was more liberal.

Question 14

What was the relationship between high culture and popular culture during the eighteenth century?

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During the eighteenth century, there was

Question 15

Talk about:
-Pierre Bayle

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Pierre Bayle was a French philosopher an

Question 16

Who said that individuals will forced to be free if they did not obey the general will?

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A)  Baron Paul d'Holbach 
B)  Jean-Jacques Rousseau 
C)  Denis Diderot 
D)  Francois Quesnay 
E)  Voltaire 
A)  Baron Paul d'Holbach 
B)  Jean-Jacques Rousseau 
C)  Denis Diderot 
D)  Francois Quesnay 
E)  Voltaire

Question 17

Talk about:
-chapbooks

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Chapbooks are small, usually self-publis

Question 18

Talk about:
-Antoine Watteau

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Antoine Watteau (1684–1721) was a French

Question 19

What were the major ideas of Jean-Jacques Rousseau? In what ways were Rousseau's ideas unique, differing from those of his predecessors?

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a prominent ph

Question 20

The Jews of eighteenth-century Europe

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A)  were assimilated into French society through the unanimous calls of the philosophes for integration. 
B)  were most persecuted in France and Poland. 
C)  were most free in participating in banking and commercial activities in tolerant cities. 
D)  won the right to publicly practice of their religion in Austria with Joseph II's Toleration Patent of 1781. 
E)  were restricted to ghettos in all European states. 
A)  were assimilated into French society through the unanimous calls of the philosophes for integration. 
B)  were most persecuted in France and Poland. 
C)  were most free in participating in banking and commercial activities in tolerant cities. 
D)  won the right to publicly practice of their religion in Austria with Joseph II's Toleration Patent of 1781. 
E)  were restricted to ghettos in all European states.

Exam 17: The Eighteenth Century: an Age of Enlightenment

The French painter whose work represented the continuing appeal of Neoclassicism was

Talk about: -deism

Voltaire was best known for his criticism of

Rousseau, whose novel Émile emphasized the heart and sentiment, served as a precursor of the Romantic movement of the early nineteenth century.

The belief in natural laws underlying all areas of human life led to

Talk about: -James Cook's Travels

Although many European rulers desired to emulate the size and grandiosity of Versailles, they usually adopted the Baroque-Rococo architectural style rather than the French classical style of Louis XIV's palace.

Talk about: -Rococo

Talk about: -George Frederick Handel

Pogroms were

Talk about: -Émile

Talk about: -John Wesley and Methodism

The works of Fontenelle

What was the relationship between high culture and popular culture during the eighteenth century?

Talk about: -Pierre Bayle

Who said that individuals will forced to be free if they did not obey the general will?

Talk about: -chapbooks

Talk about: -Antoine Watteau

What were the major ideas of Jean-Jacques Rousseau? In what ways were Rousseau's ideas unique, differing from those of his predecessors?

The Jews of eighteenth-century Europe

The Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Hellenistic World

The Roman Republic

The Roman Empire

Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World

European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750-1000

The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power

The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century

Recovery and Rebirth: the Age of the Renaissance

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century

Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500-1800

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: the Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science

The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change

A Revolution in Politics: the Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society

Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815-1850

An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850-1871

Mass Society in an Age of Progress, 1871-1894

An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894-1914

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919-1939

The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War Ii

Cold War and a New Western World, 1945-1965

Protest and Stagnation: the Western World, 1965-1985

After the Fall: the Western World in a Global Age Since 1985

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