Humanities
Mr. Kelly & Mr. Waterman
Study Guide
Unit 8 – The Enlightenment
This test covers chapters 24 through 26 in your textbook. Here’s the link to the
text book’s website.
http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072910070/student_view0/index.html
Multiple Choice
The multiple choice section will have 40 questions. Below is a list of terms and
people that you should know for the test. All of the PowerPoints are up on
SharePoint if you’d like to review any of the course material.
Short Answer
In addition to the multiple choice, you will also be given three quotes from poems
we have read. You will be asked to identify the poem, the poet, and describe the
significance to both the poem and/or the era. The written portion will have three
short answer questions. The questions will cover the following:
 Using Kant’s maxims to analyze an ethical question
 Discussing the French and American Revolutions
 Connections between David, Neoclassical Art, and the French Revolution
 Quote identification on the literature we covered:
o Essay on Man
o A Modest Proposal
o Candide
Review List
 Hobbes
 Locke
 Adam Smith
 Condorcet
 Diderot
 Montesquieu
 Rousseau
 Voltaire
 Kant
 Salons
 Rocco Style
 Genre
Paintings
 Neoclassical
Style
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David
Classical Music
Haydn
Mozart
Slavery
Equiano
American
Revolution
Jefferson
French
Revolution
Joseph
Addison
Journalistic
Essay
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Satire
Novel
Essay on Man
A Modest
Proposal
Candide