Question 1

In his novel Emile,Jean-Jacques Rousseau argued that:

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A)  children are by nature good and are equal in their capacity to learn.
B)  children should be taught to use reason very early in life.
C)  women ought to have the same education as men.
D)  the state should be responsible for creating an elaborate system of public education.
E)  children are selfish by nature and need to be restrained and taught by rote.F) All of the above
G) C) and E)

Question 2

Mary Wollstonecraft differed from her fellow philosophes in that:

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A)  she was an atheist.
B)  applied Enlightenment critique of monarchy and inequity to the family.
C)  supported the status quo with regard to wealth and privileges shared by the nobility.
D)  sought to isolate women from the world of politics.
E)  died in defense of her philosophical beliefs.F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 3

Reasons for demographic growth in European cities in the eighteenth century include all of the following except:

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A)  cheaper food.
B)  declining mortality rates due to infectious diseases.
C)  new agricultural systems that produced more food per acre.
D)  immigration from the New World to Europe.
E)  improvement in transportation of food to market.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 4

Rousseau argued that men and women should receive the same education to enable them to be and create good citizens.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Among the fastest growing group of readers in the eighteenth century was the female middle class.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which of the following statements best expresses the philosophes' attitude toward slavery?

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A)  Slavery corrupted its victims,and so slaves were not ready for freedom.
B)  Slavery was compatible only with a society based on paternalism and deference.
C)  All slavery is inhuman,and governments ought to take steps to eradicate it immediately.
D)  Slavery was uneconomical and contrary to laissez-faire principles.
E)  Slavery was justified by ancient practice and by the Bible and should,therefore,be allowed everywhere Europeans ruled.F) C) and E)
G) C) and D)

Question 7

Although not well understood when first published in the eighteenth century,Jean-Jacques Rousseau's book,_________,would become very influential during the French Revolution later in the same century.

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A)  The Social Contract
B)  Julie
C)  Emile
D)  La Nouvelle Helios
E)  Meditations on a First PhilosophyF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 8

All of the following describe attitudes or policies of Frederick the Great except:

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A)  started the most professional and efficient bureaucracy in Europe.
B)  opposed to capital punishment and judicial torture.
C)  encouraged religious tolerations of Jews.
D)  dependent on a foreign policy of diplomacy in the service of maintaining peace with his neighbors.
E)  dedicated to agricultural innovation and improvement.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 9

In the war against its American colonists,Britain found itself opposed also by:

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A)  France and Russia.
B)  France and Spain.
C)  the Netherlands and Spain.
D)  Russia,France,and Spain.
E)  France,Spain,and the Netherlands.F) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 10

How did Mary Wollstonecraft challenge the position of women in the Enlightenment?

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Question 11

The general culture that developed from the eighteenth-century Enlightenment was:

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A)  artistic.
B)  focused exclusively on science.
C)  anti-intellectual.
D)  nationalistic.
E)  literary.F) B) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 12

In her Vindication of the Rights of Woman,Mary Wollstonecraft argued that:

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A)  republicanism was an ill-conceived idea dedicated to the violent disruption of society.
B)  there was no such thing as a natural division of labor in any human society.
C)  women were deserving of the protection of men since they were the weaker sex.
D)  virtue ought to mean different things to men and women.
E)  all men and women share a common humanity.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 13

Closely following voyages of discovery,many Enlightenment thinkers such as Denis Diderot believed that the Tahitians best represented humanity:

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A)  as Europeans ought to attempt to emulate.
B)  in its natural state.
C)  in its degenerate state.
D)  as innocent yet corrupted by Europeans.
E)  as corrupt but possible to be saved through conversion to Christianity.F) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

Question 14

What was the effect of print culture on the eighteenth century?

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Question 15

The Spirit of Laws by Montesquieu had an important impact on:

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A)  the authors of the U.S.Constitution.
B)  the Declaration of Independence.
C)  the American Civil War.
D)  John Locke's Essay Concerning Human Understanding.
E)  Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations.F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

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In the war against its American colonists,Britain found itself opposed also by:

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All of the following describe attitudes or policies of Frederick the Great except:

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Which of the following statements best expresses the philosophes' attitude toward slavery?

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Rousseau argued that men and women should receive the same education to enable them to be and create good citizens.

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Mary Wollstonecraft differed from her fellow philosophes in that:

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Although not well understood when first published in the eighteenth century,Jean-Jacques Rousseau's book,_________,would become very influential during the French Revolution later in the same century.

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Among the fastest growing group of readers in the eighteenth century was the female middle class.

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In her Vindication of the Rights of Woman,Mary Wollstonecraft argued that:

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How did Mary Wollstonecraft challenge the position of women in the Enlightenment?

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