Question 1

According to Thomas Hobbes,what two factors motivate people?

Accepted Answer

A) Desire for protection and maintenance of personal sovereignty 
B) Fear of death at someone else's hands and desire for power 
C) Commonality of beliefs and hopes of salvation 
D) Desire for financial success and social mobility 
A) Desire for protection and maintenance of personal sovereignty 
B) Fear of death at someone else's hands and desire for power 
C) Commonality of beliefs and hopes of salvation 
D) Desire for financial success and social mobility

Question 2

Which of the following was not a source of Wren's inspiration for St.Paul's Cathedral?

Accepted Answer

A) Bramante's Tempietto 
B) Michelangelo's dome for St.Peter's 
C) The façade of the Louvre 
D) Giotto's Bell Tower 
A) Bramante's Tempietto 
B) Michelangelo's dome for St.Peter's 
C) The façade of the Louvre 
D) Giotto's Bell Tower

Question 3

Why was the Great Fire advantageous to London?

Accepted Answer

A) It forced the city to establish paid firefighters 
B) It made the city construct better public housing 
C) It destroyed the slums near the harbor 
D) It allowed the city's center to be modernized 
A) It forced the city to establish paid firefighters 
B) It made the city construct better public housing 
C) It destroyed the slums near the harbor 
D) It allowed the city's center to be modernized

Question 4

What caused the 1666 Great Fire of London?

Accepted Answer

A) A ship's engine catching fire 
B) A baker's oven explosion 
C) A cow kicking over a lantern 
D) Lightening striking a thatch roof 
A) A ship's engine catching fire 
B) A baker's oven explosion 
C) A cow kicking over a lantern 
D) Lightening striking a thatch roof

Question 5

Describe three ways the 1666 Great Fire of London changed London for the better.

Accepted Answer

1. Improved infrastructure: After the Gr

Question 6

According to Isaac Newton,why does the universe function harmoniously and orderly?

Accepted Answer

A) God implemented the perfect design 
B) Atmospheric hydrogen keeps everything afloat 
C) The sun and planets exert gravitational pulls 
D) Objects in motion stay that way unless acted upon 
A) God implemented the perfect design 
B) Atmospheric hydrogen keeps everything afloat 
C) The sun and planets exert gravitational pulls 
D) Objects in motion stay that way unless acted upon

Question 7

As reported in the chapter's "Continuity and Change" section,why did the British consider Thomas Jefferson a hypocrite?

Accepted Answer

A) For advocating revolution yet refusing to fight 
B) For preaching equality yet considering the British inferior 
C) For condemning slavery yet owning slaves 
D) For supporting America yet loving European architecture 
A) For advocating revolution yet refusing to fight 
B) For preaching equality yet considering the British inferior 
C) For condemning slavery yet owning slaves 
D) For supporting America yet loving European architecture

Question 8

Why primarily did James Cook set sail for Tahiti in 1768?

Accepted Answer

A) To establish trade with the Tahitians 
B) To settle a British colony there 
C) To chart the transit of Venus 
D) To find a Pacific route to India 
A) To establish trade with the Tahitians 
B) To settle a British colony there 
C) To chart the transit of Venus 
D) To find a Pacific route to India

Question 9

Referencing one work of art and one of literature,show how satire aimed to improve the English.

Accepted Answer

One work of art that aimed to improve th

Question 10

What was King George II's response on first hearing the Messiah's "Hallelujah Chorus"?

Accepted Answer

A) Burst into tears 
B) Fell into a faint 
C) Rose from his seat 
D) Broke into applause 
A) Burst into tears 
B) Fell into a faint 
C) Rose from his seat 
D) Broke into applause

Question 11

Why did Alexander Pope use heroic couplets for his discourse on ethics,An Essay on Man?

Accepted Answer

A) To reflect classical balance and harmony 
B) To conform to the practice of the time 
C) To imitate Shakespeare's soliloquys 
D) To make his criticisms more poetic 
A) To reflect classical balance and harmony 
B) To conform to the practice of the time 
C) To imitate Shakespeare's soliloquys 
D) To make his criticisms more poetic

Question 12

Why did Samuel Johnson undertake his monumental Dictionary of the English Language?

Accepted Answer

A) To stop the English language from changing 
B) To help people pronounce words properly 
C) To help readers understand his newspaper 
D) To standardize the English language 
A) To stop the English language from changing 
B) To help people pronounce words properly 
C) To help readers understand his newspaper 
D) To standardize the English language

Question 13

Explain the scope and significance of Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language.

Accepted Answer

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the Engli

Question 14

Why did London's East End become home to the very poor in the eighteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A) The government converted houses into tenements 
B) Parliament raised taxes on the East End's residents 
C) The rich and middle class moved outside the city 
D) The people spent all their money in East End's gin houses 
A) The government converted houses into tenements 
B) Parliament raised taxes on the East End's residents 
C) The rich and middle class moved outside the city 
D) The people spent all their money in East End's gin houses

Question 15

Define satire,providing two examples mentioned in the chapter,and explain its appeal to writers and readers of eighteenth-century England.

Accepted Answer

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Question 16

To what mythical creature did poet John Dryden equate London in "Annus Mirabilis"?

Accepted Answer

A) Chimera 
B) Sphinx 
C) Phoenix 
D) Dragon 
A) Chimera 
B) Sphinx 
C) Phoenix 
D) Dragon

Question 17

What did William Hogarth aim to show with his caricatures of English society?

Accepted Answer

A) Government corruption 
B) Religious hypocrisy 
C) Racial disparity 
D) Moral bankruptcy 
A) Government corruption 
B) Religious hypocrisy 
C) Racial disparity 
D) Moral bankruptcy

Question 18

Why did Jonathan Swift in "A Modest Proposal" advocate butchering Irish children?

Accepted Answer

A) To reduce the poverty of the Irish 
B) To satirize the English treatment of the Irish 
C) To decrease the number of Irish Protestants 
D) To persuade the Irish poor to migrate to America 
A) To reduce the poverty of the Irish 
B) To satirize the English treatment of the Irish 
C) To decrease the number of Irish Protestants 
D) To persuade the Irish poor to migrate to America

Question 19

Compare Hobbes' and Locke's ideas about the role of government.

Accepted Answer

Hobbes and Locke had differing ideas abo

Question 20

Why did the Lunar Society meet monthly on the night of a full moon?

Accepted Answer

A) So they could study the full moon's gravitational pull 
B) So they would have light to travel home by 
C) Benjamin Franklin made this decision 
D) So they would have clearer view of planets and stars 
A) So they could study the full moon's gravitational pull 
B) So they would have light to travel home by 
C) Benjamin Franklin made this decision 
D) So they would have clearer view of planets and stars

According to Thomas Hobbes,what two factors motivate people?

Which of the following was not a source of Wren's inspiration for St.Paul's Cathedral?

Why was the Great Fire advantageous to London?

What caused the 1666 Great Fire of London?

Describe three ways the 1666 Great Fire of London changed London for the better.

According to Isaac Newton,why does the universe function harmoniously and orderly?

As reported in the chapter's "Continuity and Change" section,why did the British consider Thomas Jefferson a hypocrite?

Why primarily did James Cook set sail for Tahiti in 1768?

Referencing one work of art and one of literature,show how satire aimed to improve the English.

What was King George II's response on first hearing the Messiah's "Hallelujah Chorus"?

Why did Alexander Pope use heroic couplets for his discourse on ethics,An Essay on Man?

Why did Samuel Johnson undertake his monumental Dictionary of the English Language?

Explain the scope and significance of Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language.

Why did London's East End become home to the very poor in the eighteenth century?

Define satire,providing two examples mentioned in the chapter,and explain its appeal to writers and readers of eighteenth-century England.

To what mythical creature did poet John Dryden equate London in "Annus Mirabilis"?

What did William Hogarth aim to show with his caricatures of English society?

Why did Jonathan Swift in "A Modest Proposal" advocate butchering Irish children?

Compare Hobbes' and Locke's ideas about the role of government.

Why did the Lunar Society meet monthly on the night of a full moon?

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Exam 23: The Rise of the Enlightenment in England: The Claims of Reason

According to Thomas Hobbes,what two factors motivate people?

Which of the following was not a source of Wren's inspiration for St.Paul's Cathedral?

Why was the Great Fire advantageous to London?

What caused the 1666 Great Fire of London?

Describe three ways the 1666 Great Fire of London changed London for the better.

According to Isaac Newton,why does the universe function harmoniously and orderly?

As reported in the chapter's "Continuity and Change" section,why did the British consider Thomas Jefferson a hypocrite?

Why primarily did James Cook set sail for Tahiti in 1768?

Referencing one work of art and one of literature,show how satire aimed to improve the English.

What was King George II's response on first hearing the Messiah's "Hallelujah Chorus"?

Why did Alexander Pope use heroic couplets for his discourse on ethics,An Essay on Man?

Why did Samuel Johnson undertake his monumental Dictionary of the English Language?

Explain the scope and significance of Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language.

Why did London's East End become home to the very poor in the eighteenth century?

Define satire,providing two examples mentioned in the chapter,and explain its appeal to writers and readers of eighteenth-century England.

To what mythical creature did poet John Dryden equate London in "Annus Mirabilis"?

What did William Hogarth aim to show with his caricatures of English society?

Why did Jonathan Swift in "A Modest Proposal" advocate butchering Irish children?

Compare Hobbes' and Locke's ideas about the role of government.

Why did the Lunar Society meet monthly on the night of a full moon?

The Baroque in Italy: The Church and Its Appeal

The Secular Baroque in the North: The Art of Observation

The Baroque Court: Absolute Power and Royal Patronage

The Rococo and the Enlightenment on the Continent: Privilege and Reason

The Rights of Man: Revolution and the Neoclassical Style

The Romantic World View: the Self in Nature and the Nature of Self

Industry and the Working Class: a New Realism

Global Confrontation and Civil War: Challenges to Cultural Identity

In Pursuit of Modernity: Paris in the 1850s and 1860s

The Promise of Renewal: Hope and Possibility in Late Nineteenth-Century Europe

The Course of Empire: Expansion and Conflict in America

The Fin De Siècle: Toward the Modern

The Era of Invention: Paris and the Modern World

The Great War and Its Impact: a Lost Generation and a New Imagination

New York skyscraper Culture and the Jazz Age: Making It New

The Age of Anxiety: Fascism and Depression holocaust and Bomb

After the War: Existential Doubt, artistic Triumph, and the Culture of Consumption

Multiplicity and Diversity: Cultures of Liberation and Identity in the 1960s and 1970s

Without Boundaries: Multiple Meanings in a Postmodern World

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