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1
Robert Boyle conducted important research into the nature of gases.
True
False
2
The very first European scientific society was founded in London.
False
True
3
Which second-century Greek physician provided the major model for medicine in the late medieval period?
Boyle
Vesalius
Andrianakis
Galen
4
How did the French Academy differ from the English Royal Society?
The French Academy had government support and control.
They had better gathering and parties.
The French Academy published scientific journals.
The French Academy focused on theoretical work in mechanics and astronomy.
5
What existed at the center of the heliocentric conception of the universe?
The Sun
God
The Heavenly Bodies
The Earth
6
Rococo artists celebrated majesty, power, and movement.
True
False
7
Most French salons were run by
members of the clergy.
government officials.
women.
older men.
8
Newton believed that God did was not present in the physical universe.
False
True
9
Mozart wrote his first opera at age
six.
eighteen.
twelve.
twenty-two.
10
William Harvey performed unethical dissections such as vivisections.
False
True
11
Mary Wollstonecraft is viewed by many as the founder of European feminism.
True
False
12
Galileo played a key role in spreading awareness of the heliocentric model of the solar system.
True
False
13
What was Antoine Lavoisier's scientific accomplishment?
He was the father of the Scientific Revolution.
He gave scientific proof to the theories of Newton.
He discovered the law of gasses.
He is regarded as the father of modern chemistry.
14
According to Montesquieu, there were three basic types of governments: republican, monarchical, and
despotic
imperial
socialist
democratic
15
The great scientists of the 17th century, such as Galileo, Kepler, and Newton, tried to undermine religion?
False
True
16
Descartes asserted that he would accept only those things that the Bible said were true.
False
True
17
Despite his place in the history of modern science, Isaac Newton remained interested in aspects of the occult world.
False
True
18
Which statement
best
describes the French philosophes?
They were intellectuals who changed the world with reason and rationality.
They were average men who met in taverns to discuss daily life.
They flourished in an atmosphere of government support.
They supported state censorship of ideas contrary to their own.
19
Denis Diderot was an ardent Christian.
False
True
20
Supporters of
polygenesis
believed that
there were a number of separate human species.
racial differences were largely an illusion.
the earth had been created by more than one god.
there was only one human species.
21
According to Bacon, science should begin with
generalizations
faith
basic laws
observations
22
Rococo art emphasized
grace and gentle actions.
geometry and straight lines.
majesty and power.
minute detail and realism.
23
At what time was Carnival celebrated?
Pentecost
The weeks leading up to Lent
Easter
The weeks leading up to Christmas
24
What is the main idea of deism?
God created the universe, but has no direct involvement in it.
It suggests that if God exists, he has no interest in the world.
It posits that religion is fairy tales to frighten the superstitious.
It argues that praying matters.
25
Most French philosophes came from the lower orders of society.
False
True
26
The Scientific Revolution rapidly overthrew traditional authority.
True
False
27
____ religion and growing secularization were important factors in the emergence of the Enlightenment.
Skepticism toward
The embrace of traditional
The absolute rejection of
A renewed faith in
28
Bach and Handel perfected the ____ musical style.
secular
Baroque
Rococo
romantic
29
The author of
Observations upon Experimental Philosophy
and
Grounds of Natural Philosophy
was...
Maria Winkelmann.
Maria Merian.
Margaret Cavendish.
Marie-Anne Lavoisier.
30
John Locke influenced the 18th century Enlightenment through his theory of knowledge and his concept of the
tabula rasa.
True
False
31
What was Diderot's most famous contribution to the Enlightenment's battle against religious fanaticism and intolerance?
An autobiography published in French
A biography of Newton, "the greatest European"
A 28-volume Encyclopedia compiling articles by many influential philosophes
An unconditional support for enlightened despotism
32
Margaret Cavendish was the first woman to join the Royal Society of Science
True
False
33
The Sephardic Jews were expelled from ____ in the fifteenth century.
Poland
Russia
Spain
England
34
Except in _, judicial torture remained an important tool of European criminal-justice systems in the eighteenth century.
France
Russia
England
Spain
35
High culture in eighteenth-century Europe was characterized by the
decline of the magazine with the rise of the novel.
enormous impact of the publishing industry.
decline of French as an international language.
increased dependency of authors on wealthy patrons.
36
Maria Winkelmann was best known for her work on human anatomy.
True
False
