5 Written Questions

1. ...it was small in scale but cosmopolitan and literate
2. An emphasis on mathematics and celestial mechanics
3. ...legitimate government authority is conditional and contractual
4. nobility
5. ...monarchy

5 Matching Questions

1. The motto of the Enlightenment could very well have been:
2. The inductive method of scientific inquiry...
3. The philosophes did not advocate the violent overthrow of a nation's government because...
4. What statement best represents the "story" of the Scientific Revolution?
5. According to Rousseau, freedom meant...

1. a It was not an organized effort
2. b "Dare to know!"
3. c ...combined evidence from nature in order to draw conclusions
4. d ...equal citizens obeyed laws they had made themselves
5. e ...violence and tumult were contrary to human reason

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. ...that the real wealth of society comes from the land and agricultural production
   1. The Classical style of music that swept Europe after 1750...
   2. The debt that the scientific revolutionaries owed to the Renaissance
   3. In general, the religious policies of Louis XIV aimed to...
   4. The French Physicrats represented an economic school of thought that believed...
2. Mathematics
   1. The economic system that was best adjusted to the needs of absolutism
   2. The motto of the Enlightenment could very well have been:
   3. The field of study that played a central role in the formation of the New Science
   4. The debt that the scientific revolutionaries owed to the Renaissance
3. ...it portrayed characters that seem relevant to the middle-class experience
   1. An important implication of the Newtonian system was that...
   2. The novel became an important part of 18th-century literature because...
   3. What scholars call the public sphere was...
   4. The motto of the Enlightenment could very well have been:
4. ...impose religious unity upon all French people
   1. The inductive method of scientific inquiry...
   2. In general, the religious policies of Louis XIV aimed to...
   3. In general, Enlightenment thinkers argued that the common people...
   4. Following the Glorious or Bloodless revolution...
5. Mercantilism
   1. The economic system that was best adjusted to the needs of absolutism
   2. The motto of the Enlightenment could very well have been:
   3. The Classical style of music that swept Europe after 1750...
   4. Formulator of the deductive method of inquiry

5 True/False Questions

1. What scholars call the public sphere was... → ...fashioned from coffee houses, Masonic lodges, and a flourishing book trade

   True        False

2. The natural philosopher who had perhaps the greatest influence on the 18th century philosophers → Mercantilism

   True        False

3. Rousseau's somewhat conflicting views in female nature illustrate... → ...the idea that men and women should receive an identical education

   True        False

4. The Classical style of music that swept Europe after 1750... → ...was intended to sound as a Greek temple looked

   True        False

5. In her Vindication of the rights of Women, Mary Wollenscraft argued that... → ...men and women share a common humanity

   True        False