Sample Questions
Quiz III
1) Newton’s great work was called
a. Gravitas
b. Gravity and Planetary Motion
c. Principia Mathematica
d. Physical Properties of the Universe
2) According to the theory of universal gravitation,
a. every physical object in the universe moves through mutual attraction
b. all heavenly bodies had to be enclosed in crystalline spheres in order to move
c. everything that exists in God and cannot be conceived apart from him
d. caloric intake is directly proportional to how fast you can down a dozen donuts
while falling from the stool of you breakfast nook
e. Both A and C
3) Members of scientific societies
a. worked exclusively in the realm of theory
b. sought a practical application of their scientific ideas
c. generally urged religious toleration
d. Tried to keep discoveries within their elite circles
e. both B and C
4) With regard to economic measures, the philosophes generally supported
a. Low tariffs
b. Cottage industries
c. Communism
d. An expansion of trade
5) The slogan “Crush the Infamous Thing” refers to
a. Lockes’ attitude toward the catholic church
b. Montesquieu’s view of the French monarchy
c. Catherine the Great’s attitude toward Poland
d. Voltaires attitude toward the Catholic church
6) The Encyclopedia project was led by
a. Diderot
b. Voltaire
c. Montesquieu
d. Both B and C
geocentric theory
Pythagoras
Andreas Vesalius
On the Fabric of the Human Body
Nicholaus Copernicus
heliocentric theory
On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
Tycho Brahe
Johannes Kepler
Laws of Planetary Motion
Galileo Galilei
empiricism
inertia
Dialogue on the Two Great World Systems
William Harvey
Isaac Newton
Principia Mathematica
Francis Bacon
René Descartes
Cogito, ergo sum! ( I think, therefore I am! )
A Discourse on Method
Robert Boyle
Royal Society of London
French Royal Academy of Sciences
Malificum
Cunning folk
witch hunts
Enlightenment
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skepticism
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checks & balances
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rationalism
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Denis Diderot
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Voltaire
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Encyclopédie
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Candide
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Jean Jacques Rousseau
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Age of Enlightenment
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The Social Contract
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Benjamin Franklin
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"enlightened" absolutism
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Thomas Jefferson
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Catherine the Great
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Thomas Paine
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Pugachev Rebellion
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deism
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Pantheism
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Crush the infamous thing!
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Unitarians
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philosophes
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Literacy
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Immanuel Kant
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Baron de Montesquieu
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The Spirit of the Laws