Exam 10: The Enlightenment

Define the concept of the social contract and explain its importance in eighteenth-century political philosophy.

What figure popularized the taste for the austere works of ancient Greece?

Define neoclassicism and illustrate its influence in eighteenth-century Europe by discussing three related examples of literature and the arts. Choose your examples from three different artistic or literary forms (that is, painting, architecture, music, the novel, or opera) and show how the examples are related in their application of neoclassical ideas.

In what phenomenon did the Parisian Madame Geoffrin play an important role?

Define satire and illustrate its importance in the eighteenth century with examples from the arts and literature.

Which of these would one expect to hear in the sonata allegro movement of a Classical symphony?

Which of these would have been the most appropriate setting for a small rococo entertainment or a salon of Parisian wits and philosophers?

The Marriage of Figaro by W. A. Mozart is an example of what musical form?

Marie Anne de Cupis de Camargo was a central figure in the development of what art?

Which two artists are most closely associated with the rococo style in art?

Which of these is most directly involved or employed in an opera performance?

Which movement or style aimed to free Germany from artificial imitations of French culture?

Identify the most important forms, styles, and themes in the arts and literature that appealed to a middle-class public.

What would an eighteenth-century deist most likely have done?

Which of these literary works is an example of the epistolary novel?

With what term or concept did Adam Smith describe the principle that individuals pursuing their individual self-interest would naturally create prosperity and happiness for all?

Which statement best describes the works of J.-H. Fragonard, creator of The Progress of Love?

Which work best embodies the principles of eighteenth-century neoclassicism?

What was the most notable achievement of Marie-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun?

Which movement or style aimed to compile all human knowledge as a practical guide to the improvement of the human condition?