Which of the following is NOT credited to Isaac Newton?

Use of the pendulum to measure time

An oratorio is best described as...

A combination of vocal and instrumental music telling a sacred story

The scientific method includes all the following steps except...

Verifying the observation only once

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1
Who preached the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?
Bernini
Whitefield
Wesley
Edwards
2
The modern concepts of chemistry developed form the medieval practice of alchemy.
True
False
3
Baroque music tended to be more secular than sacred.
True
False
4
Which scientist greatly improbed the microscope?
Leeuwenhoek
Copernicus
Harvey
Mercator
5
Who discovered many chemical substances including laughing gas and carbon dioxide?
Newton
Priestly
Lavoisier
Vesalius
6
Spinoza's belief, called pantheism, supported Descarte's theory of mind and matter.
True
False
7
El Greco is known for figures that are...
Grand
Colorful
Geometrical
Elongated
8
What term describes an inoculation against disease?
Antibiotics
Vitamin C
Natural immunity
Vaccination
9
Which philosophe emphasized emotion over reason?
Rousseau
Locke
Voltaire
Descartes
10
What was the religion of the Age of Reason?
Deism
Polytheism
Pantheism
Dualism
11
Francis Bacon developed inductive reasoning.
False
True
12
Which of the following is NOT credited to Isaac Newton?
Principia
Invention of the reflecting telescope
Use of the pendulum to measure time
Laws of gravitation
13
Who is known as the Father of Anatomy?
Harvey
Newton
Galileo
Vesalius
14
What theory says that the sun is the center of the universe?
Geocentric
Earthe-rotation theory
Heliocentric
Sun-rotation theory
15
Which of the following is NOT associated with John Locke?
Natural rights
Separationg of powers
Blank tablet
Empiricism
16
John Wesley's ministry and influence were primarily in America.
True
False
17
This French writer wrote many comedies
Voltaire
Moliére
Pope
Montesquieu
18
From what country did most philosophes come?
France
England
Italy
Germany
19
Which scientist determined that pendulums could be used for telling time?
Galileo
Newton
20
Who constructed the philosophy of dualism?
Descartes
Locke
Diderot
Voltaire
21
The Methodists established the college of New Jersey, which is known as Princeton University today.
True
False
22
Which of the following is NOT characteristic of baroque music?
Secular emphasis
Instrumental music
Polyphonic composition
Italian musical markings
23
The seventeenth- and eighteenth-century exaltation of reason is known as the...
Age of Reason
Scientific Revolution
Spiritual Awakening
Age of Faith
24
Which scientists thought the planets orbits were eliptical?
Kepler
Copernicus
25
The idea that man is a blank tablet and is basically good is advanced in what philosophy?
Empiricism
Duelism
Pantheism
Diesm
26
The grand and dynamic art form of 1600-1750 is called...
Baroque
Neoclassical
Rococo
Mannerism
27
Local pastors were the real key to the spiritual success of the revival. (Great Awakening)
True
False
28
Who developed a new theory on the circulation of blood?
Coppernicus
Newton
Galileo
Harvey
29
What art term means contrasting light and dark?
Negative space effect
Chiaroscuro
Shadowing
30
René Descartes developed inductive reasoning.
True
False
31
Who of the following was NOT a baroque composer?
Monteverdi
Haydn
Bach
Handel
32
Vesalius disproved the idea that the heart contained a bone.
True
False
33
Which Dutch painter was known for his effect of contrasting light with dark?
El Greco
Bernini
Rembrandt
Rubens
34
Who discovered that the heart alone pumps blood?
Jenner
Leeuwenhoek
Harvey
Paracelsus
35
Which of the following was NOT a Pietist?
Nikolaus von Zinzendorf
August Francke
John Wesley
Philipp Spener
36
Who was the foremost poetic satirist of the Age of Reason?
Gibbon
Pope
Swift
Defoe
37
An oratorio is best described as...
An instrumental composition without a theme
A combination of vocal and instrumental music telling a sacred story
A piece with several melody lines intertwined
A dramatic dance with a religious theme
38
The scientific method includes all the following steps except...
Verifying the observation only once
Finding a pattern in the observations
Gathering observations
Choosing an appropriate conclusion to explain the observations
39
Reasoning from a simple premise to a more complex truth is...
Inductive reasoning
Deductive reasoning
40
Which art style expressed the orderly, formal, and balanced approach of the Enlightenment?
Rococo
Baroque
Mannerism
Neoclassical
41
Voltaire differed from other philosophes in that he favored emotion and sentiment over reason.
True
False
42
Science is limited in that it cannot always tell why something occurs.
False
True
43
What was the chief means of spreading the ideas of the philosophes?
The Social Contract
The Encyclopédie
The church
Government publications
44
Who wrote Ronison Crusoe?
Pope
Swift
Defoe
Moliére
45
Which pair were baroque composers?
Handel and Mozart
Bach and Haydn
Bach and Handel
Haydn and Mozart
46
Galileo invented an improved telescope.
True
False
47
Who devised a way to map the earth on a flat surface?
Leeuwenhoek
Copernicus
Paracelsus
Mercator
48
Who wrote Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire?
Pope
Swift
Defoe
Gibbon
49
What is the eighteenth-century American revival called?
The Great Awakening
The Enlightenment
The Pietist Movement
The Industrial Revolution
50
What was NOT an idea of the philosophes promoted to mold society to their beliefs?
Secular society
Religious toleration
Freedom of speech
Church tradition
51
The Roman Catholic Church threatened to excommunicate Galileo when he confirmed the heliocentric theory.
False
True
52
Who was the transitional composer between the classical and romantic styles?
Beethoven
Handel
Bach
Haydn
53
What is the main idea advanced in Two Teatises of Government?
Seperation of powers
Consent of the governed
54
What great work did Diderot edit?
Encyclopédie
The Social Contract
Two Treatises of Government
The Spirit of Laws
55
What term is applied to music with one basic melody line and several supporting harmony parts?
Polyphony
Homophony
56
Which school of thought supported the existence of God as Creator but denied His involvement in human affairs?
Pantheism
Deism
Pietism
Rationalism
57
What is the sixteenth-century art style that is distorted and exaggerated?
Baroque
Mannerism
Rococo
Neoclassical
58
Who discovered the chemical substances of ammonia, oxygen, and carbon dioxide?
Boyle
Preistly
Lavoisier
Leewenhoek
59
Which of the following preachers never preached in America?
John Wesley
Jonathan Edwards
August Francke
George Whitefield
60
What German religious movement was a reaction against the spiritual apathy of the Lutheran church?
Pantheism
Pietism
Deism
the Great Awakening
61
Who was the baroque architect who designed the colonnades outside St. Peter's Basilica?
Rubens
Rembrandt
Bernini
62
Who established the use of chemicals to treat disease?
Lavoisier
Jenner
Harvey
Paracelsus
63
John Locke believed that people are basically good and that their experiences shape their lives.
True
False
64
What German religious movement arose in the seventeenth century?
Great Awakening
Methodism
Deism
Pietism
65
The inductive method of reasoning draws general conclusions from specific observations.
False
True
66
Which scientist thought the planets orbits were circular?
Kepler
Coppernicus
67
Which of the following is NOT true concerning the eithteenth-century philosophes?
They respected church tradition
They challenged values of society
They encouraged religious toleration
they hoped to conform society to their ideas
68
The literature of the Age of Reason developed its own rules, using models of the Russians and Turks.
True
False
69
The delicate art style which developed from the baroque style was called...
Rococo
Mannerism
Neoclassical
70
The framers of the U.S. Constitution borrowed which idea from Montesquieu?
Government by the consent of the governed
Religious toleration
Separation of powers
The general will
71
What religion makes God an impersonal "First Cause"?
Dualism
Christianity
Deism
Pietism
72
Which of the following is NOT associated with Mozart?
Operas and symphonies
Religious cantatas
Musical genius
Instrumental and chamber music
73
William Harvey developed smallpox vaccinations by using fluid from cowpox sores.
False
True
74
Boyle's law says that...
White light is composed of many colors
Matter cannot be created or destroyed
The heart pumps blood through arteries and veins
Increasing pressure on a gas reduces its volume
75
Who proposed the heliocentric theory?
Mercator
Newton
Copernicus
Galileo
76
Which scientist determind that white light is composed of many different colors?
Harvey
Newton
77
What is a musical composition that tells a sacred story without the dramatic action of opera?
Symphony
Oratorios
78
Philosophes of the Enlightenment relied on human reason as the solution for life's problems.
False
True
79
Which German astronomer said that the orbits of planets are elliptical?
Newton
Galileo
Kepler
Copernicus
80
Deists viewed the universe as a machine and God as its Grand Architect.
False
True
81
The belief that sees reason as the only sure source of knowledge and truth is known as...
Empiricism
Dualism
Rationalism
Pantheism
82
Alexander Pope, an English poet, praised the achievements of Newton in one of his writings.
False
True
83
What is reasoning from specific cases to a general conclusion?
Deductive
Inductive
84
Who wrote "To err is human, to forgive divine"?
Byron
Shakespeare
Shelley
Pope
85
What philosophy says that everything is part of one great substance called "god"?
Pantheism
Diesm
Empiricism
Duelism
86
Who wrote Gulliver's Travels?
Defoe
Pope
Moliére
Swift
87
Anton van Leeuwenhoek's improved microscope aided in his discovery of bacteria.
False
True
88
Complete the following quotation from an Enlightenment poet, "The proper study of mankind is ___________."
Scripture
God
Man
Nature
89
The Social Contract maintained that the "general will" meant...
the nature of man
Equal representation
General support for the monarch
Majority rule
90
"All knowledge comes through experience" expresses which philosphy?
Duelism
Pantheism
Empiricism
Diesm
91
What philosopher promoted deductive reasoning?
Rousseau
Bacon
Voltaire
Descartes
92
Isaac Watts and Charles Wesley were NOT both...
Preachers
Scientists
Hymn writers
Englishmen
93
Who was the leading figure of the Enlightenement?
Bacon
Descartes
Locke
Voltaire
94
What term is applied to music with several intertwined melody lines?
Homophony
Polyphony
95
Which of the following terms does NOT describe the baroque style?
Balanced
Sensual
Turbulent
Dramatic
96
Which Greek geographer emphasized the geocentric theory?
Ptolemy
Copernicus
Newton
Kepler
97
Which Enlightenment philosopher stated that the basis of government is the consent of the governed?
Baron de Montesquieu
Voltaire
John Locke
Denis Diderot
98
The eighteenth-century intellectual movement is known as the...
Age of Reason
Enlightenment
Scientific Revolution
Age of Faith

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