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1
Which of the following was not significant figure in the Scientific Revolution?
A)Nicolas Copernicus
B)Johannes Kepler
C)Galileo Galilei
D)Isaac Newton
E)William Hogarth
2
Which of the following was NOT a key feature of the Scientific Revolution?
A)ascertaining truth through observation
B)ascertaining truth through mathematical means
C)ascertaining truth through scriptural authority
D)predictions of natural phenomena
E)the development of new scientific instruments
3
Both Protestant and Catholics criticized the new view of the universe because it
A)contradicted Scripture.
B)denied the existence of God.
C)could not be supported by evidence.
D)was based on the ideas of pagan philosophers.
E)All these answers are correct.
4
Descartes' famous statement, "I think, therefore I am,"
A)showed his use of inductive reasoning.
B)established a premise he could not doubt.
C)laid the foundation for Newton's Principia.
D)was derived from Scripture.
E)reflected his belief in the physical nature of the mind.
5
John Locke argued that
A)absolute monarchy was necessary for security.
B)revolution is never justified.
C)legitimate government required the consent of the governed.
D)authority derived from God.
E)humans are born with an awareness of right and wrong.
6
The philosophes of the Enlightenment embraced the principle of
A)tolerance.
B)individual rights.
C)social progress.
D)human perfectibility.
E)All these answers are correct.
7
Who drafted a treatise called A Declaration of the Rights of Woman and Citizen in 1791?
A)John Locke.
B)Mary Wollstonecraft.
C)Jeanne Antoinette Poison.
D)Jean Jacques Rousseau.
E)Olympe de Gouges.
8
Which author satirized the unbounded optimism of the philosophes in his Candide?
A)Denis Diderot
B)Daniel Defoe
C)Samuel Richardson
D)Olaudah Equiano
E)Voltaire
9
Which of the following best represents the rococo style?
A)William Hogarth
B)Jean-Honorè Fragonard
C)Jean-Baptiste Greuze
D)Jacques-Louis Davis
E)Joseph Wright
10
Genre painting depicts
A)classical history.
B)military conquests.
C)religious experience.
D)aristocratic entertainments.
E)everyday life.
11
Which of the following best represents the neoclassical style?
A)William Hogarth
B)Jean-Honorè Fragonard
C)Jean-Baptiste Greuze
D)Jacques-Louis Davis
E)Joseph Wright
12
All of the following are true of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart EXCEPT that he
A)began composing at the age of six.
B)invented the sonata form and the symphony.
C)composed symphonies, concertos, and operas.
D)borrowed from popular dances and melodies.
E)died a pauper.
13
The rococo style originated in
A)France.
B)Italy.
C)Germany.
D)England.
E)Amsterdam.
14
Adam Smith was a pioneering economist from
A)colonial America.
B)England.
C)Ireland.
D)Scotland.
E)the Netherlands.
15
Joseph Addison and Richard Steele were pioneers in which literary form?
A)novels
B)newspapers
C)free-verse poetry
D)drama
E)scientific treatise





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