Tuesday, 4 March 2014
Why did Napoleon launch a massive rebuilding program in Paris?
According to Jean-Jacques Rousseau, why did people lose the natural goodness with which they were born?
Answer
Man's inherent nature is to sin
Society and civilization corrupted them
Formal education crushed imagination
Organized religion taught false values
2 points
Question 2
With what were the eighteenth-century French philosophes concerned?
Answer
Manners and tradition
Metaphysical matters
Secular and social concerns
Theater and painting
2 points
Question 3
What does Yu the Great Taming the Waters, carved onto a massive piece of jade, represent?
Answer
China being saved by a miracle
China's version of the Noah story
The might of the Chinese army
Hard work and service to the ruler
2 points
Question 4
Why did the philosophes alienate themselves from the Church?
Answer
Disbelief in God
Intolerant of hierarchy and ritual
Disagreement with Church doctrine
Dislike for church ornamentation
2 points
Question 5
Why is the music that arose in reaction to the Rococo called "classical"?
Answer
Its symmetry, proportion, unity, and clarity
Its reliance upon a small number of instruments
Its predictability of form and movements
Its use of Greek and Roman mythological themes
2 points
Question 6
Why did Jean-Antoine Watteau's fêtes galantes become so popular?
Answer
Their mythological allusions
Their symmetry and perspective
Their erotic overtones
Their realistic portrayal of society
2 points
Question 7
What was the overarching purpose of the Encyclopédie?
Answer
To accumulate and preserve human knowledge
To record the findings of the French Academy
To give a voice to the French philosophes
To standardize the French language and spelling
2 points
Question 8
Why were the philosophes attracted to China?
Answer
Its republican government
Its Buddhist beliefs
Its high level of advancement
Its simplified lifestyle
2 points
Question 9
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