Chapter 17 Quiz

Through such works as his Plurality of Worlds, Bernard de Fontenelle
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Through such works as his Plurality of Worlds, Bernard de Fontenelle
brought the findings of science to a lay audience.
Pierre Bayle's work can best be characterized as
skeptical of traditional religious attitudes.
The writers of travel literature in the eighteenth century portrayed
people living in nature in foreign places as happier than Europeans
Montesquieu's most important contribution to political science was his
praise for what he considered England's system of checks and balances.
In his writings concerning the case of Jean Calas, Voltaire condemned
French religious and legal intolerance
In his Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith argued that
the state should not interfere in economic matters.
________ argued that God was unnecessary for a moral life.
Baron Paul d'Holbach
Rousseau argued in his novel Emile that education
must combine heart and mind, sentiment and reason.
In Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft argued that
women should enjoy equal social, economic and political rights with men.
Which artistic style of the eighteenth century attempted to capture to the simplicity and dignity of ancient Greece and Rome?
Neoclassicism
Mozart took his place in the pantheon of composers because of hisapparently effortless blend of grace, emotion, and precision.Edward Gibbon concluded that the decline and fall of Romewas in part caused by Rome's adoption of the Christian faith.During the eighteenth century, lower-class criminals condemned to death were oftendrawn-and-quartered.The Jesuits were finally dissolved by papal decree becausetheir high profile successes created many jealous enemies.John Wesley incurred the animosity of Anglican Church officials becausehis services were often filled with excessive emotional enthusiasm.The philosophes felt that emotion was the most important guide to human action.FalseVoltaire believed God created natural laws that run the universe, but that God had no active involvement after his initial handiwork.TrueMary Wollstonecraft argued that if women were capable of reason they should have the same rights as men.TrueBy the end of the eighteenth century, there was an increase in capital punishment.FalseMethodism focused on the religious needs of the upper classes.False