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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. The science of man took several very different directions during the Enlightenment, the most controversial being that of ________.
2. In Chapter 4, the narrator reveals that Anne Robert Jacques Turgot was a famous French ________.
3. According to the narrator in Chapter 6, societies modeled after the Royal Society were founded at the following locations, except for which one?
4. When experimentalists studied electricity, the ________ and the ________ were candidates for study because they both appeared to protect themselves electrically.
5. Baron d'Holback's "System of Nature" became known as the ________, according to the narrator in Chapter 6.
Short Essay Questions
1. What two other academic chores brought the problem of combustion to Lavoisier's attention?
2. What was the "Encyclopedie"?
3. What was Turgot's theory of expansibility?
4. Discuss the rise of experimental physiology in the 1740s.
5. What were a couple ways to promote the science of man according to Chapter 6?
6. Who were the physiocrats? Explain.
7. Discuss the three social classes in France as described in Chapter 6.
8. What did Descartes conclude about mechanical philosophy and the study of life?
9. Briefly discuss Georg Stahl and his impact on living matter.
10. What were the three main ingredients of the Chemical Revolution?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Thoroughly explain why Newton was so important to the Enlightenment.
Essay Topic 2
Explain the motion along a curve theory and its relevance to the Enlightenment.
Essay Topic 3
Identify, analyze, and discuss the two sensational new discoveries in generation that coincided with the change in physiological theories as detailed in Chapter 5 of "Science and the Enlightenment."
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