Question 1

Using a single building, painting, or musical composition explain why Rococo style appealed to the upper classes.

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The Rococo style appealed to the upper c...

Question 2

The National Assembly of 1789 France was made up of "The Third Estate" and their aristocratic sympathizers.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

François Boucher was a favorite of the king's mistress, Madame de Pompadour.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

__________ art was most closely associated with the French Revolution.

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A)   Jean-Antoine Watteau's
B)   Jacques-Louis David's
C)   Jean-Honoré Fragonard's
D)   François Boucher's
E)   Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun

Question 5

Jacques-Louis David's theme in The Oath of the Horatii is __________.

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A)   Roman heroic stoicism and high principles
B)   the pledging of eternal love
C)   the swearing in of Napoleon
D)   none of the above
E)   both A and C

Question 6

What does the term "Enlightenment" refer to?

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The term "Enlightenment" refers to a sig...

Question 7

What is "rational humanism"? Select a work of art, a piece of music, and a text and delineate how each relates to this concept.

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Rational humanism is a philosophical bel...

Question 8

How does the Neoclassical garden compare to the gardens of the Baroque era?

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The Neoclassical garden and the gardens ...

Question 9

Rococo is to frivolity as Neoclassical art is to __________.

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A)   moral virtue
B)   violence
C)   emotion
D)   mythology
E)   genre A

Question 10

Angelica Kauffmann's Cornelia Pointing to Her Children as Her Treasures is a model of Rococo style and technique.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

__________ aptly captures the spirit of London's Grub Street.

Accepted Answer

A)   Voltaire's Candide
B)   Pope's Dunciad
C)   Paine's Age of Reason
D)   Austen's Pride and Prejudice
E)   Swift's Gulliver's Travels

Question 12

Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock set the standard for serious poetry.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The Enlightenment was a period in which a group of intellectuals called philosophes believed that through reason, humanity could achieve a perfect society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Explain the role of satire in the art and literature of the eighteenth century by analysis of at least
three works.

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Satire played a significant role in the ...

Question 15

Franz Joseph Haydn's "Farewell" Symphony no.45 was conceived as an explicit protest at the living conditions at the __________ palace.

Accepted Answer

A)   Vienna
B)   Basel
C)   Berlin
D)   Eisenstadt
E)   Versailles D

Question 16

What do Jane Austen's novels advocate?

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Jane Austen's novels are renowned for th...

Question 17

Trace the development of the novel during the eighteenth century.

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The development of the novel during the ...

Question 18

Adam Smith was an ardent opponent of the Industrial Revolution.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 19

A symphony consists of __________ movements.

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A)   one
B)   three
C)   seven
D)   eight
E)   four

Question 20

Outline the key events that characterize the beginning of the Industrial Revolution and examine how Adam Smith justified the practices of the factory owners.

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The beginning of the Industrial Revoluti...

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