Question 1

​All of the following are true of the Encyclopedia except

Accepted Answer

A)  ​it was condemned as a threat to royal authority 
B)  ​it included the works of over 150 writers 
C)  ​it was attacked by Pope Clement XIII 
D)  ​it finally completed in 1772 
E)  all of these choices are correct 
A)  ​it was condemned as a threat to royal authority 
B)  ​it included the works of over 150 writers 
C)  ​it was attacked by Pope Clement XIII 
D)  ​it finally completed in 1772 
E)  all of these choices are correct E

Question 2

How did the philosophes view the place and role of women in society?

Accepted Answer

The philosophes generally viewed the place and role of women in society as limited and subordinate to men. They believed that women's primary role was to be wives and mothers, and that they should be obedient and submissive to their husbands. They also believed that women were not as intellectually capable as men and therefore should not participate in politics or public life. Overall, the philosophes held traditional and conservative views on the place and role of women in society.

Question 3

Enlightenment philosophes generally approved of Thomas Hobbes's

Accepted Answer

A)  advocacy of absolutist monarchy. 
B)  contract theory of government. 
C)  refusal to bring God into his political theories. 
D)  Deism. 
E)  outlook on education. 
A)  advocacy of absolutist monarchy. 
B)  contract theory of government. 
C)  refusal to bring God into his political theories. 
D)  Deism. 
E)  outlook on education. C

Question 4

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Discourse on Method

Accepted Answer

The Discourse on Method is a philosophic

Question 5

____ searched for an absolute truth that could serve as the first principle of knowledge.

Accepted Answer

A)  Galen 
B)  Paracelsus 
C)  Descartes 
D)  Boyle 
E)  Bruno 
A)  Galen 
B)  Paracelsus 
C)  Descartes 
D)  Boyle 
E)  Bruno

Question 6

Which French mathematician and philosopher is regarded as the founder of modern philosophy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Bacon 
B)  Descartes 
C)  Bruno 
D)  Newton 
E)  Brahe 
A)  Bacon 
B)  Descartes 
C)  Bruno 
D)  Newton 
E)  Brahe

Question 7

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-On a blank map of Europe,locate the following areas where there was considerable Enlightenment disputation: Paris,Berlin,Moscow,Budapest,London,and the Hague.

Accepted Answer

I'm sorry for any confusion, but as a te

Question 8

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Candide

Accepted Answer

Candide is a satirical novel written by

Question 9

Modern astronomy began with ____,a Polish astronomer,mathematician,and church canon.

Accepted Answer

A)  Bruno 
B)  Kepler 
C)  Brahe 
D)  Galileo 
E)  Copernicus 
A)  Bruno 
B)  Kepler 
C)  Brahe 
D)  Galileo 
E)  Copernicus

Question 10

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Mary Wollstonecraft

Accepted Answer

Mary Wollstonecraft was an 18th-century

Question 11

Which political thinker would generally support a benevolent dictator?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rousseau 
B)  Hobbes 
C)  Locke 
D)  Montesquieu 
E)  Thomas Paine 
A)  Rousseau 
B)  Hobbes 
C)  Locke 
D)  Montesquieu 
E)  Thomas Paine

Question 12

Copernicus' model of the universe was published in

Accepted Answer

A)  the Almagest. 
B)  Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy 
C)  Heliocentrism and the Heavens 
D)  On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres. 
E)  the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems. 
A)  the Almagest. 
B)  Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy 
C)  Heliocentrism and the Heavens 
D)  On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres. 
E)  the Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems.

Question 13

Which thinker wrote Candide​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Rousseau 
B)  ​Locke 
C)  ​Diderot 
D)  ​Voltaire 
E)  ​Hobbes 
A)  ​Rousseau 
B)  ​Locke 
C)  ​Diderot 
D)  ​Voltaire 
E)  ​Hobbes

Question 14

​Hobbes and Locke would have both agreed that

Accepted Answer

A)  ​humans were rational by nature 
B)  ​humans are essential good 
C)  ​absolute monarchy protects people from our own selfish impulses 
D)  ​governments exist in order to ensure security 
E)  ​humans are antisocial 
A)  ​humans were rational by nature 
B)  ​humans are essential good 
C)  ​absolute monarchy protects people from our own selfish impulses 
D)  ​governments exist in order to ensure security 
E)  ​humans are antisocial

Question 15

In what ways was the Enlightenment a threat to the old regimes in Europe?

Accepted Answer

The Enlightenment was a threat to the ol

Question 16

The new model put forth by Copernicus and Galileo that believed that the planets orbited the sun was known as

Accepted Answer

A)  heliocentric model. 
B)  geocentric model. 
C)  epicenter model. 
D)  mathematical model. 
E)  epicycle model. 
A)  heliocentric model. 
B)  geocentric model. 
C)  epicenter model. 
D)  mathematical model. 
E)  epicycle model.

Question 17

Which of the following statements about Mary Wollstonecraft is correct?

Accepted Answer

A)  Wollstonecraft's work was remarkable because she had little contact with well-known Enlightenment thinkers. 
B)  Although hardly mainstream Enlightenment thought, Wollstonecraft's writings grew from circulating arguments on liberty and rights. 
C)  Wollstonecraft successfully argued for women's suffrage. 
D)  Wollstonecraft's work was remarkable both because she had little contact with well-known Enlightenment thinkers and Wollstonecraft defended not only women, but principles of human rights in general. 
E)  Wollstonecraft accepted the position of women without question. 
A)  Wollstonecraft's work was remarkable because she had little contact with well-known Enlightenment thinkers. 
B)  Although hardly mainstream Enlightenment thought, Wollstonecraft's writings grew from circulating arguments on liberty and rights. 
C)  Wollstonecraft successfully argued for women's suffrage. 
D)  Wollstonecraft's work was remarkable both because she had little contact with well-known Enlightenment thinkers and Wollstonecraft defended not only women, but principles of human rights in general. 
E)  Wollstonecraft accepted the position of women without question.

Question 18

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Platonic ideas

Accepted Answer

Platonic ideas refer to the philosophica

Question 19

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Diderot

Accepted Answer

Diderot was a French philosopher, art cr

Question 20

Rousseau's Emile was written about

Accepted Answer

A)  political reforms. 
B)  slavery. 
C)  prison reforms. 
D)  economic reforms. 
E)  educational reforms. 
A)  political reforms. 
B)  slavery. 
C)  prison reforms. 
D)  economic reforms. 
E)  educational reforms.

Exam 10: Intellectual Transformation: the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment

​All of the following are true of the Encyclopedia except

How did the philosophes view the place and role of women in society?

Enlightenment philosophes generally approved of Thomas Hobbes's

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Discourse on Method

____ searched for an absolute truth that could serve as the first principle of knowledge.

Which French mathematician and philosopher is regarded as the founder of modern philosophy?

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -On a blank map of Europe,locate the following areas where there was considerable Enlightenment disputation: Paris,Berlin,Moscow,Budapest,London,and the Hague.

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Candide

Modern astronomy began with ____,a Polish astronomer,mathematician,and church canon.

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Mary Wollstonecraft

Which political thinker would generally support a benevolent dictator?

Copernicus' model of the universe was published in

Which thinker wrote Candide​

​Hobbes and Locke would have both agreed that

In what ways was the Enlightenment a threat to the old regimes in Europe?

The new model put forth by Copernicus and Galileo that believed that the planets orbited the sun was known as

Which of the following statements about Mary Wollstonecraft is correct?

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Platonic ideas

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Diderot

Rousseau's Emile was written about

The Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greeks: From Myth to Reason

Rome: From City-State to World Empire

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Rise of Europe: Fusion of Classical,christian,and Germanic Traditions

The Flowering and Dissolution of Medieval Civilization

Transition to the Modern Age: Renaissance and Reformation

Political and Economic Transformation: National States, overseas Expansion, commercial Revolution

The Era of the French Revolution: Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

The Industrial Revolution: the Transformation of Society

Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

Surge of Liberalism and Nationalism: Revolution, counterrevolution, and Unification

Thought and Culture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: Realism, positivism, darwinism, and Social Criticism

Europe in the Late Nineteenth Century: Modernization, nationalism, imperialism

Modern Consciousness: New Views of Nature, human Nature, and the Arts

World War I: the West in Despair

An Era of Totalitarianism

World War II: Western Civilization in the Balance

Europe After World War II: Recovery and Realignment, 1945-1989

The Troubled Present

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All of the following are true of the Encyclopedia except

Which thinker wrote Candide

Hobbes and Locke would have both agreed that