Duplicate of LSA WH Scientific Revolution & Enlightenment

Question 1

Isaac Newton's eccentric behavior and nervous breakdown late in life may have been due to his:

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Exposure to mercury while conducting alchemy experiments.

Question 2

Opticks, published in 1704, included Newton's observations on the properties of __________.

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Light

Question 3

This play by French author Moliere is seen as one of the best examples of Enlightenment drama.

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The Misanthrope

Question 4

This French anatomist used human dissection to revolutionize ideas about the human body.

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Andreas Vesalius

Question 5

All of the following were critics of the Enlightenment EXCEPT:

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Alexander Pope

Question 6

Early chemistry was based on alchemy, which featured all of the following elements EXCEPT:

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Metal

Question 7

This English scientist first defined the role of the heart in the circulatory system.

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William Harvey

Question 8

Newton finally published his theories on gravity in Principia thanks to the urging of:

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Edmund Halley

Question 9

Galileo laid a foundation for Isaac Newton with his continued work in this field of study.

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Ballistics

Question 10

All of the following are works by the French neoclassical artist Jacques-Louis David EXCEPT:

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The Third of May 1808

Question 11

His Messiah Hallelujah is a favorite orchestral piece played at Christmastime.

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George Frederic Handel

Question 12

All of the following European rulers were enlightened despots EXCEPT:

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James II

Question 13

This Austrian child prodigy was composing his first orchestral pieces by age five.

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Mozart

Question 14

Copernicus also theorized that the planets were orbiting around the sun, or ___________.

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Heliocentric

Question 15

This work by Englishman John Locke said people had the right to overthrow bad governments.

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Two Treatises of Government

Question 16

This author of the U.S. Declaration of Independence was a great admirer of John Locke's ideas.

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Thomas Jefferson

Question 17

This Polish astronomer first theorized that the Earth is not still, but rotates on its axis.

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Nicolaus Copernicus

Question 18

Catholic Pope Urban VIII demanded that Galileo _____ his findings or face death as a heretic.

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Recant

Question 19

SUPER TRIVIA: While Isaac Newton was a member of parliament, he spoke only once, to tell:

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another member to close the window.

Question 20

Dutchman Hugo Grotius was the first to propose an international set of _______.

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Laws

Question 21

This Danish astonomer had a true "nose" for scientific discovery.

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Tycho Brahe

Question 22

The Scientific Revolution got its start in this particular field of study.

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Astronomy

Question 23

In 1668, Isaac Newton first came to the attention of the Royal Society for his _____ telescope.

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Reflecting

Question 24

This English poet famously wrote "To err is human, to forgive divine."

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Alexander Pope

Question 25

This German composer is best known for his compositions for the organ.

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Bach

Question 26

These shapers of public opinion during the Enlightenment often exchanged ideas in Paris salons.

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Philosophes

Question 27

She was a rare woman scientist, working with husband Antoine to study oxygen and combustion.

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Marie Lavoisier

Question 28

According to French philosopher Jean Jaques Rousseau, "Man is born free, and everywhere he is:

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In Chains"

Question 29

Descartes famously said "I think, ____________."

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Therefore I am

Question 30

HisThe Spirit of Laws proposed a three-branch government with separation of powers.

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Baron de Montesquieu

Question 31

Using Brahe's data, Johannes Kepler calculated that the planets' orbits must be ______.

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Elliptical

Question 32

Like many optical instruments of the Scientific Revolution, the telescope was developed in:

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The Netherlands

Question 33

According to legend, but likely untrue, Isaac Newton's gravity idea came from being hit by an:

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Apple

Question 34

This French scientist and mathematician first revealed his new analytical geometry in 1637.

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Rene Descartes

Question 35

This Italian scientist's observations with his telescope convinced him Copernicus was right.

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Galileo

Question 36

Newton finally published his Principia 22 years after completing it, in ______.

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1687

Question 37

The U.S. Declaration of Independence promised the right to all of the following EXCEPT:

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Property

Question 38

English philosopher Thomas Hobbes said without strong rule, life would be "nasty, ___________."

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Brutish and Short

Question 39

Who said "I may disagree with what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it?"

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Voltaire

Question 40

After intense study of scripture, Isaac Newton predicted the world would end no sooner than:

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2060

Question 41

Newton developed this powerful form of mathematics to help prove his theories about gravity.

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Calculus

Question 42

American pacifist William Penn founded this group in Pennsylvania.

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Quakers

Question 43

This orchestral piece by Russian composer Tchaikovsky celebrates the victory over Napoleon.

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1812 Overture

Question 44

German Composer Richard Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries was a favorite of this German leader.

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Adolf Hitler

Question 45

This English Puritan author's greatest work was Paradise Lost, published in 1678.

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John Milton

Question 46

Madame de Pompadour was the "hostess with the mostest" at these get togethers.

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Salons

Question 47

His studies of the properties of oxygen led to the discovery of the process of carbonation.

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Joseph Priestley

Question 48

Irish chemist Robert Boyle was the first scientist to define the chemical _______.

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Element

Question 49

Believers in this Enlightenment religious philosophy rejected organized religions.

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Deism

Question 50

His 28-volume encyclopedia showcased the new knowledge of the Enlightenment period.

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Denis Diderot

Question 51

Late in his life, Isaac Newton suffered from:

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A nervous breakdown

Question 52

Galileo utilized an experiment using a ______ to prove his theory of universal motion.

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Ship

Question 53

This new movement, which celebrated emotion and the individual, replaced the Enlightenment.

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Romanticism

Question 54

A rival of Isaac Newton, he used a crude early microscope to first identify and name the cell.

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Robert Hooke

Question 55

This English philosopher became known as the father of the Scientific Method.

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SIr Francis Bacon

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