Question 1

According to Jean-Jacques Rousseau,people were born with natural goodness but lost it upon

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A)  philosophical study. 
B)  corruption by society and civilization 
C)  formal education. 
D)  exposure to organized religion. 
A)  philosophical study. 
B)  corruption by society and civilization 
C)  formal education. 
D)  exposure to organized religion.

Question 2

Explain Jean-Jacques Rousseau's theory of education as described in Émile.Then compare his theory to your educational experiences.

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau's theory of educat

Question 3

List and describe the four sections of Johann Stamitz's orchestra.

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Johann Stamitz's orchestra typically con

Question 4

Identify and explain at least two reasons that Louis XV and his court objected to the printing and distribution of the Encyclopédie.

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Louis XV and his court objected to the p

Question 5

What is the famous opening line of Rousseau's Social Contract?

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A)  "I am not made like any of those I have seen." 
B)  "To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man." 
C)  "Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains." 
D)  "The principle of all sovereignty resides in the nation." 
A)  "I am not made like any of those I have seen." 
B)  "To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man." 
C)  "Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains." 
D)  "The principle of all sovereignty resides in the nation."

Question 6

Identify and explain two examples of Europe and China influencing one another.

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One example of Europe and China influenc

Question 7

Identify and describe two ways Rococo painting differs from Baroque.

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Rococo painting differs from Baroque in

Question 8

Show how François Boucher's paintings of Madame de Pompadour-Madame de Pompadour and The Toilet of Venus-were propagandistic in terms of her roles with Louis XV.

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François Boucher's paintings of Madame d

Question 9

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart called the form of his last four great operas

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A)  opera sera. 
B)  style gallant. 
C)  opera buffa. 
D)  dramma giocoso. 
A)  opera sera. 
B)  style gallant. 
C)  opera buffa. 
D)  dramma giocoso.

Question 10

Voltaire's Candide learns to survive a world filled with stupidity and keep pessimism at bay by

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A)  tending to the small things and ignoring the world. 
B)  focusing on love to overcome life's dark side. 
C)  socializing extensively. 
D)  professing religious faith. 
A)  tending to the small things and ignoring the world. 
B)  focusing on love to overcome life's dark side. 
C)  socializing extensively. 
D)  professing religious faith.

Question 11

The philosophes were attracted to China for its

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A)  republican government. 
B)  Buddhist beliefs. 
C)  high level of advancement. 0p990 
D)  simplified lifestyle. 
A)  republican government. 
B)  Buddhist beliefs. 
C)  high level of advancement. 0p990 
D)  simplified lifestyle.

Question 12

In Jean-Antoine Watteau's The Signboard of Gersaint,a portrait of Louis XIV is shown being placed in a storage box,because Louis

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A)  was not popular with the common people. 
B)  had criticized Watteau's work. 
C)  did not support the Enlightenment. 
D)  had recently had died. 
A)  was not popular with the common people. 
B)  had criticized Watteau's work. 
C)  did not support the Enlightenment. 
D)  had recently had died.

Question 13

Eighteenth-century French philosophes were concerned with

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A)  manners and tradition. 
B)  metaphysical matters. 
C)  secular and social concerns. 
D)  theater and painting. 
A)  manners and tradition. 
B)  metaphysical matters. 
C)  secular and social concerns. 
D)  theater and painting.

Question 14

What Joseph Haydn development was the first of the new Classical genres?

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A)  symphony 
B)  German opera 
C)  sonata 
D)  string quartet 
A)  symphony 
B)  German opera 
C)  sonata 
D)  string quartet

Question 15

The Hapsburg Emperor Joseph II reacted negatively to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Don Giovanni,because it

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A)  was sung in Italian. 
B)  had too many notes. 
C)  was too tragic. 
D)  lacked a moral ending. 
A)  was sung in Italian. 
B)  had too many notes. 
C)  was too tragic. 
D)  lacked a moral ending.

According to Jean-Jacques Rousseau,people were born with natural goodness but lost it upon

Explain Jean-Jacques Rousseau's theory of education as described in Émile.Then compare his theory to your educational experiences.

List and describe the four sections of Johann Stamitz's orchestra.

Identify and explain at least two reasons that Louis XV and his court objected to the printing and distribution of the Encyclopédie.

What is the famous opening line of Rousseau's Social Contract?

Identify and explain two examples of Europe and China influencing one another.

Identify and describe two ways Rococo painting differs from Baroque.

Show how François Boucher's paintings of Madame de Pompadour-Madame de Pompadour and The Toilet of Venus-were propagandistic in terms of her roles with Louis XV.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart called the form of his last four great operas

Voltaire's Candide learns to survive a world filled with stupidity and keep pessimism at bay by

The philosophes were attracted to China for its

In Jean-Antoine Watteau's The Signboard of Gersaint,a portrait of Louis XIV is shown being placed in a storage box,because Louis

Eighteenth-century French philosophes were concerned with

What Joseph Haydn development was the first of the new Classical genres?

The Hapsburg Emperor Joseph II reacted negatively to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Don Giovanni,because it

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 Rise of the Enlightenment in England: the Claims of 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

Defining a Nation: American National Identity and the Challenge of Civil War

Global Confrontation and Modern Life: the Quest for Cultural Identity

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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Exam 25: The Rococo and the Enlightenment on the Continent: Privilege and Reason

According to Jean-Jacques Rousseau,people were born with natural goodness but lost it upon

Explain Jean-Jacques Rousseau's theory of education as described in Émile.Then compare his theory to your educational experiences.

List and describe the four sections of Johann Stamitz's orchestra.

Identify and explain at least two reasons that Louis XV and his court objected to the printing and distribution of the Encyclopédie.

What is the famous opening line of Rousseau's Social Contract?

Identify and explain two examples of Europe and China influencing one another.

Identify and describe two ways Rococo painting differs from Baroque.

Show how François Boucher's paintings of Madame de Pompadour-Madame de Pompadour and The Toilet of Venus-were propagandistic in terms of her roles with Louis XV.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart called the form of his last four great operas

Voltaire's Candide learns to survive a world filled with stupidity and keep pessimism at bay by

The philosophes were attracted to China for its

In Jean-Antoine Watteau's The Signboard of Gersaint,a portrait of Louis XIV is shown being placed in a storage box,because Louis

Eighteenth-century French philosophes were concerned with

What Joseph Haydn development was the first of the new Classical genres?

The Hapsburg Emperor Joseph II reacted negatively to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Don Giovanni,because it

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 Rise of the Enlightenment in England: the Claims of 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

Defining a Nation: American National Identity and the Challenge of Civil War

Global Confrontation and Modern Life: the Quest for Cultural Identity

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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