Question 1

The growth of reading and publishing in the 18th century was aided and characterized by the development of

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A)  private tutors. 
B)  magazines for the general public. 
C)  compulsory education for the general public. 
D)  state investments in free books. 
E)  libraries. 
A)  private tutors. 
B)  magazines for the general public. 
C)  compulsory education for the general public. 
D)  state investments in free books. 
E)  libraries.

Question 2

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-Neoclassicism

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Neoclassicism was an artistic and archit

Question 3

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-newspapers and libraries

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Newspapers and libraries both play impor

Question 4

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Franz Joseph Haydn

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Franz Joseph Haydn was a prominent Austr

Question 5

The French Rococo painter who portrayed the aristocratic life as refined, sensual, and civilized was

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A)  Antoine Watteau. 
B)  Balthasar Neumann. 
C)  Madam Geoffrin. 
D)  Rembrandt. 
E)  Caspar David Friedrich. 
A)  Antoine Watteau. 
B)  Balthasar Neumann. 
C)  Madam Geoffrin. 
D)  Rembrandt. 
E)  Caspar David Friedrich.

Question 6

Discuss the significance and the influence of John Locke and Isaac Newton on the Enlightenment.

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John Locke and Isaac Newton were two inf

Question 7

In The Spirit of the Laws, Montesquieu argued that the best political system in a modern society is one where

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A)  the legislature exercises absolute and unlimited power. 
B)  the king exercises absolute and unlimited power. 
C)  power is divided between the three branches of government. 
D)  the nobility is uninvolved. 
E)  all government resources are focused on military power. 
A)  the legislature exercises absolute and unlimited power. 
B)  the king exercises absolute and unlimited power. 
C)  power is divided between the three branches of government. 
D)  the nobility is uninvolved. 
E)  all government resources are focused on military power.

Question 8

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Cesare Beccaria

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Cesare Beccaria was an Italian criminolo

Question 9

The punishment of crime in the eighteenth century was often

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A)  carried out by mobs after the criminals were charged in court. 
B)  less severe than the crime would merit. 
C)  the responsibility of the army. 
D)  public and very gruesome. 
E)  carried out privately so as not to inflame the general populace. 
A)  carried out by mobs after the criminals were charged in court. 
B)  less severe than the crime would merit. 
C)  the responsibility of the army. 
D)  public and very gruesome. 
E)  carried out privately so as not to inflame the general populace.

Question 10

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Antoine Watteau

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Antoine Watteau (1684–1721) was a French

Question 11

Enlightened thinkers can be understood as secularists because they strongly recommended

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A)  the application of the scientific method to the analysis and understanding of all aspects of human life. 
B)  the rational dismantling of all churches and their competing but empty ideologies. 
C)  a complete stop to all efforts at the reform of justice. 
D)  rigorous state control of all forms of education. 
E)  the establishment of democratic republics throughout Europe. 
A)  the application of the scientific method to the analysis and understanding of all aspects of human life. 
B)  the rational dismantling of all churches and their competing but empty ideologies. 
C)  a complete stop to all efforts at the reform of justice. 
D)  rigorous state control of all forms of education. 
E)  the establishment of democratic republics throughout Europe.

Question 12

A cheap and popular alcoholic drink in eighteenth century England was

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A)  beer. 
B)  whiskey. 
C)  wine. 
D)  porter. 
E)  gin. 
A)  beer. 
B)  whiskey. 
C)  wine. 
D)  porter. 
E)  gin.

Question 13

The French Physiocrats, in their belief in natural economic laws, were harsh critics of economic mercantilism.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

What specific contributions did Montesquieu, Voltaire, and Diderot make to the age of the Enlightenment? Compare and contrast their political ideas with Thomas Hobbes and Machiavelli.

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Montesquieu, Voltaire, and Diderot were

Question 15

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Rococo

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Rococo was an artistic and decorative st

Question 16

European intellectual life in the eighteenth century was marked by the emergence of

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A)  anti-Semitism and sharper persecution of minorities. 
B)  secularization and a search to find the natural laws governing human life. 
C)  sophism and the mockery of past traditions. 
D)  monastic schools and medieval modes of training religious thinkers. 
E)  the complete separation of church from state. 
A)  anti-Semitism and sharper persecution of minorities. 
B)  secularization and a search to find the natural laws governing human life. 
C)  sophism and the mockery of past traditions. 
D)  monastic schools and medieval modes of training religious thinkers. 
E)  the complete separation of church from state.

Question 17

Compare and contrast the contributions of the French philosophes and Britain's Enlightenment figures.How do they differ, if they do, and why?

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The French philosophes and Britain's Enl

Question 18

Voltaire's Treatise on Toleration

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Voltaire's Treatise on Toleration, also

Question 19

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Joseph II's Toleration Patent

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Joseph II's Toleration Patent was a sign

Question 20

IDENTIFICATIONS
-chapbooks

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Chapbooks are small, usually self-publis

The growth of reading and publishing in the 18^th century was aided and characterized by the development of

IDENTIFICATIONS -Neoclassicism

IDENTIFICATIONS -newspapers and libraries

IDENTIFICATIONS -Franz Joseph Haydn

The French Rococo painter who portrayed the aristocratic life as refined, sensual, and civilized was

Discuss the significance and the influence of John Locke and Isaac Newton on the Enlightenment.

In The Spirit of the Laws, Montesquieu argued that the best political system in a modern society is one where

IDENTIFICATIONS -Cesare Beccaria

The punishment of crime in the eighteenth century was often

IDENTIFICATIONS -Antoine Watteau

Enlightened thinkers can be understood as secularists because they strongly recommended

A cheap and popular alcoholic drink in eighteenth century England was

The French Physiocrats, in their belief in natural economic laws, were harsh critics of economic mercantilism.

What specific contributions did Montesquieu, Voltaire, and Diderot make to the age of the Enlightenment? Compare and contrast their political ideas with Thomas Hobbes and Machiavelli.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Rococo

European intellectual life in the eighteenth century was marked by the emergence of

Compare and contrast the contributions of the French philosophes and Britain's Enlightenment figures.How do they differ, if they do, and why?

Voltaire's Treatise on Toleration

IDENTIFICATIONS -Joseph II's Toleration Patent

IDENTIFICATIONS -chapbooks

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century

Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500-1800

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: the Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science

The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change

A Revolution in Politics: the Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society

Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815-1850

An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850-1871

Mass Society in an Age of Progress, 1871-1894

An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894-1914

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919-1939

The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War Ii

Cold War and a New Western World, 1945-1965

Protest and Stagnation: the Western World, 1965-1985

After the Fall: the Western World in a Global Age Since 1985

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Exam 5: The Eighteenth Century: an Age of Enlightenment

The growth of reading and publishing in the 18th century was aided and characterized by the development of

IDENTIFICATIONS -Neoclassicism

IDENTIFICATIONS -newspapers and libraries

IDENTIFICATIONS -Franz Joseph Haydn

The French Rococo painter who portrayed the aristocratic life as refined, sensual, and civilized was

Discuss the significance and the influence of John Locke and Isaac Newton on the Enlightenment.

In The Spirit of the Laws, Montesquieu argued that the best political system in a modern society is one where

IDENTIFICATIONS -Cesare Beccaria

The punishment of crime in the eighteenth century was often

IDENTIFICATIONS -Antoine Watteau

Enlightened thinkers can be understood as secularists because they strongly recommended

A cheap and popular alcoholic drink in eighteenth century England was

The French Physiocrats, in their belief in natural economic laws, were harsh critics of economic mercantilism.

What specific contributions did Montesquieu, Voltaire, and Diderot make to the age of the Enlightenment? Compare and contrast their political ideas with Thomas Hobbes and Machiavelli.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Rococo

European intellectual life in the eighteenth century was marked by the emergence of

Compare and contrast the contributions of the French philosophes and Britain's Enlightenment figures.How do they differ, if they do, and why?

Voltaire's Treatise on Toleration

IDENTIFICATIONS -Joseph II's Toleration Patent

IDENTIFICATIONS -chapbooks

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century

Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500-1800

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: the Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science

The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change

A Revolution in Politics: the Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society

Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815-1850

An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850-1871

Mass Society in an Age of Progress, 1871-1894

An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894-1914

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919-1939

The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War Ii

Cold War and a New Western World, 1945-1965

Protest and Stagnation: the Western World, 1965-1985

After the Fall: the Western World in a Global Age Since 1985

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The growth of reading and publishing in the 18^th century was aided and characterized by the development of