Question 1

In relation to religion, philosophes

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A) often argued that Church doctrines were illogical and irrelevant. 
B) launched the first attack on Christianity conducted by the educated. 
C) condemned religious fanaticism that has led to so much bloodshed. 
D) criticized the Church's otherworldliness for acting as a barrier to social improvement and justice. 
E) all of the above 
A) often argued that Church doctrines were illogical and irrelevant. 
B) launched the first attack on Christianity conducted by the educated. 
C) condemned religious fanaticism that has led to so much bloodshed. 
D) criticized the Church's otherworldliness for acting as a barrier to social improvement and justice. 
E) all of the above

Question 2

The unnamed author of The Treatise of the Three Imposters demonstrated which of the following positions?

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A) atheism 
B) deism 
C) agnosticism 
D) Catholicism 
E) Calvinism 
A) atheism 
B) deism 
C) agnosticism 
D) Catholicism 
E) Calvinism

Question 3

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 diplomatic revolution ​

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The diplomatic revolution refers to a ma

Question 4

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 epistemology

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Epistemology

Who?
Epistemology is a bra

Question 5

After Bayle's Dictionary, t he first successful encyclopedia was published by

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A) Denis Diderot. 
B) Ephraim Chambers. 
C) Chevalier Ramsay. 
D) Jean d'Alembert. 
E) Voltaire. 
A) Denis Diderot. 
B) Ephraim Chambers. 
C) Chevalier Ramsay. 
D) Jean d'Alembert. 
E) Voltaire.

Question 6

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Did women have an Enlightenment? How did the ideas of the philosophes and the practices of civil society impact women?

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The Enlightenment was a period of intell

Question 7

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 socialist

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Socialist

Who?
A socialist is a person

Question 8

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Discuss why capitalists could find a champion in Adam Smith. Would Adam Smith have wanted to be such a champion? Can some issues that interested Adam Smith have a relationship to contemporary ones?

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Adam Smith, often referred to as the fat

Question 9

Who wrote both Candide and Micromegas ?

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A) d'Holbach 
B) Helvetius 
C) de Montesquieu 
D) Voltaire 
E) Bayle 
A) d'Holbach 
B) Helvetius 
C) de Montesquieu 
D) Voltaire 
E) Bayle

Question 10

The Enlightenment was an intellectual movement that

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A) was inspired by the Scientific Revolution. 
B) reacted against monarchical and clerical absolutism. 
C) benefitted from a new freedom of printing in some countries. 
D) has been characterized as the Age of Reason. 
E) all of the above 
A) was inspired by the Scientific Revolution. 
B) reacted against monarchical and clerical absolutism. 
C) benefitted from a new freedom of printing in some countries. 
D) has been characterized as the Age of Reason. 
E) all of the above

Question 11

Locke's theory of education

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A) questioned the Christian belief in a sinful human nature. 
B) indicated that nurture is more important than nature. 
C) held that a person must test knowledge with his own sense experience. 
D) assumed all knowledge ultimately comes from the senses. 
E) all of the above 
A) questioned the Christian belief in a sinful human nature. 
B) indicated that nurture is more important than nature. 
C) held that a person must test knowledge with his own sense experience. 
D) assumed all knowledge ultimately comes from the senses. 
E) all of the above

Question 12

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Which characteristics of the philosophes illustrate a new way of looking at the world? List three major philosophes , and discuss  their major contributions.

Accepted Answer

The philosophes of the Enlightenment era

Question 13

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 state of nature

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The state of nature refers to a hypothet

Question 14

The text states that no Enlightenment philosopher was more dangerous to the Old Regime than which champion of democracy?

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A) Rousseau 
B) Locke 
C) Voltaire 
D) Hume 
E) Kant 
A) Rousseau 
B) Locke 
C) Voltaire 
D) Hume 
E) Kant

Question 15

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). 
   Locate and label the  home country of the following: Bayle, Locke, Hume, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Voltaire, Diderot, Beccaria, and Kant.

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The answer of Instructions: Please use this outline map of...

Question 16

Philosophes of the High Enlightenment were increasingly

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A) academic in their discourses. 
B) isolated in society. 
C) revolutionary in their views. 
D) religious in their outlook. 
E) elitist. 
A) academic in their discourses. 
B) isolated in society. 
C) revolutionary in their views. 
D) religious in their outlook. 
E) elitist.

Question 17

The text  states that most leaders of the Enlightenment sought to

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A) return society to the freedoms of ancient Athenian democracy. 
B) restructure society according the Christian humanist principles. 
C) impose an ordered freedom on social and political institutions. 
D) enlighten society through the universal education of both sexes. 
E) overthrow unenlightened political systems through revolutions, violent if need be. 
A) return society to the freedoms of ancient Athenian democracy. 
B) restructure society according the Christian humanist principles. 
C) impose an ordered freedom on social and political institutions. 
D) enlighten society through the universal education of both sexes. 
E) overthrow unenlightened political systems through revolutions, violent if need be.

Question 18

Enlightenment philosophes

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A) advocated the abolition of slavery. 
B) had mixed attitudes towards slavery. 
C) believed that slavery was a necessary evil. 
D) thought slavery was not a pressing problem. 
E) coupled slavery with the institution of private property. 
A) advocated the abolition of slavery. 
B) had mixed attitudes towards slavery. 
C) believed that slavery was a necessary evil. 
D) thought slavery was not a pressing problem. 
E) coupled slavery with the institution of private property.

Question 19

Which of the following statements was true concerning freedom of expression during the seventeenth century?

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A) Even in the Netherlands, those who opposed the Calvinist clergy could be detained without a time limit for release. 
B) The publishing industry was still strictly controlled toward the end of the eighteenth century. 
C) The liberality professed at Oxford University offered students the chance to express heretical ideas. 
D) Those who professed Enlightenment principles hoped for more social freedom but were unwilling to attack political institutions in print. 
E) Freedom of expression was practiced only in English-speaking countries. 
A) Even in the Netherlands, those who opposed the Calvinist clergy could be detained without a time limit for release. 
B) The publishing industry was still strictly controlled toward the end of the eighteenth century. 
C) The liberality professed at Oxford University offered students the chance to express heretical ideas. 
D) Those who professed Enlightenment principles hoped for more social freedom but were unwilling to attack political institutions in print. 
E) Freedom of expression was practiced only in English-speaking countries.

Question 20

England drove the French from North America as part of which conflict?

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A) t he War of Spanish Succession 
B) t he Seven Years' War 
C) t he War of Polish Succession 
D) t he Great Northern War 
E) t he War of Austrian Succession 
A) t he War of Spanish Succession 
B) t he Seven Years' War 
C) t he War of Polish Succession 
D) t he Great Northern War 
E) t he War of Austrian Succession

In relation to religion, philosophes

The unnamed author of The Treatise of the Three Imposters demonstrated which of the following positions?

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? diplomatic revolution

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? epistemology

After Bayle's Dictionary, t he first successful encyclopedia was published by

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Did women have an Enlightenment? How did the ideas of the philosophes and the practices of civil society impact women?

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? socialist

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Discuss why capitalists could find a champion in Adam Smith. Would Adam Smith have wanted to be such a champion? Can some issues that interested Adam Smith have a relationship to contemporary ones?

Who wrote both Candide and Micromegas ?

The Enlightenment was an intellectual movement that

Locke's theory of education

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Which characteristics of the philosophes illustrate a new way of looking at the world? List three major philosophes , and discuss their major contributions.

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? state of nature

The text states that no Enlightenment philosopher was more dangerous to the Old Regime than which champion of democracy?

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). Locate and label the home country of the following: Bayle, Locke, Hume, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Voltaire, Diderot, Beccaria, and Kant.

Philosophes of the High Enlightenment were increasingly

The text states that most leaders of the Enlightenment sought to

Enlightenment philosophes

Which of the following statements was true concerning freedom of expression during the seventeenth century?

England drove the French from North America as part of which conflict?

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greek City-State: Democratic Politics

Greek Thought: From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age: Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic: City-State to World Empire

The Roman Empire: a World-State

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Heirs of Rome: Byzantium, Islam, and Latin Christendom

The High Middle Ages: Vitality and Renewal

The Flowering of Medieval Culture: the Christian Synthesis

The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Dissolution

The Renaissance: Transition to the Modern Age

The Reformation: the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion: Economic and Social Transformations

The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution: the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

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Exam 18: The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform

In relation to religion, philosophes

The unnamed author of The Treatise of the Three Imposters demonstrated which of the following positions?

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? diplomatic revolution ​

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? epistemology

After Bayle's Dictionary, t he first successful encyclopedia was published by

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Did women have an Enlightenment? How did the ideas of the philosophes and the practices of civil society impact women?

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? socialist

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Discuss why capitalists could find a champion in Adam Smith. Would Adam Smith have wanted to be such a champion? Can some issues that interested Adam Smith have a relationship to contemporary ones?

Who wrote both Candide and Micromegas ?

The Enlightenment was an intellectual movement that

Locke's theory of education

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Which characteristics of the philosophes illustrate a new way of looking at the world? List three major philosophes , and discuss their major contributions.

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? state of nature

The text states that no Enlightenment philosopher was more dangerous to the Old Regime than which champion of democracy?

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). Locate and label the home country of the following: Bayle, Locke, Hume, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Voltaire, Diderot, Beccaria, and Kant.

Philosophes of the High Enlightenment were increasingly

The text states that most leaders of the Enlightenment sought to

Enlightenment philosophes

Which of the following statements was true concerning freedom of expression during the seventeenth century?

England drove the French from North America as part of which conflict?

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greek City-State: Democratic Politics

Greek Thought: From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age: Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic: City-State to World Empire

The Roman Empire: a World-State

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Heirs of Rome: Byzantium, Islam, and Latin Christendom

The High Middle Ages: Vitality and Renewal

The Flowering of Medieval Culture: the Christian Synthesis

The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Dissolution

The Renaissance: Transition to the Modern Age

The Reformation: the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion: Economic and Social Transformations

The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution: the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

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Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? diplomatic revolution