Test Corrections
2. John Wesley is associated with the founding of what religious sect?
I chose to omit this question because I couldn’t remember with which “ism” John Wesley was associated.
The correct answer is c. Methodism because in the “Impact of the Enlightenment” PowerPoint, a parenthetical mentions John Wesley in the description of Methodism.
6. Romanticism changed the direction of the Enlightenment by emphasizing…
I answered a. skepticism which is incorrect because skepticism was more of a defining characteristic for movements like the Scientific Revolution.
The correct answer is c. emotion because Romanticism was a focus on the individual and nature which were ofter very emotional ordeals.
8. The Encyclopedia contributed to Enlightenment goals of social reform by…
I answered c. providing systematic plans for social reform that could be used by anyone who was able to read which is incorrect because the Encyclopedia itself was not about social reform, and even if someone could read, he or she wouldn’t necessarily be able to understand the Encyclopedia.
The correct answer is a. promoting the spread of knowledge that would be used to make informed decisions about social problems because the Encyclopedia’s direct influence was its spread of knowledge, which, in turn, was used to make informed decisions.
13. “In every government, there are three sorts of power…when the legislative and executive are united in the same person or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty because…the same monarch or senate…(may) enact tyrannical laws.” The author of this passage was:
I answered e. Rousseau which is incorrect because although Rousseau favored republicanism as stated in his The Social Contract, he never really made the distinction between the three branches of government.
The correct answer is a. Montesquieu because he made the distinction of dividing the “administrative” powers into executive, legislative, and judicial branches.
I chose to omit this question because I couldn’t remember with which “ism” John Wesley was associated.
The correct answer is c. Methodism because in the “Impact of the Enlightenment” PowerPoint, a parenthetical mentions John Wesley in the description of Methodism.
6. Romanticism changed the direction of the Enlightenment by emphasizing…
I answered a. skepticism which is incorrect because skepticism was more of a defining characteristic for movements like the Scientific Revolution.
The correct answer is c. emotion because Romanticism was a focus on the individual and nature which were ofter very emotional ordeals.
8. The Encyclopedia contributed to Enlightenment goals of social reform by…
I answered c. providing systematic plans for social reform that could be used by anyone who was able to read which is incorrect because the Encyclopedia itself was not about social reform, and even if someone could read, he or she wouldn’t necessarily be able to understand the Encyclopedia.
The correct answer is a. promoting the spread of knowledge that would be used to make informed decisions about social problems because the Encyclopedia’s direct influence was its spread of knowledge, which, in turn, was used to make informed decisions.
13. “In every government, there are three sorts of power…when the legislative and executive are united in the same person or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty because…the same monarch or senate…(may) enact tyrannical laws.” The author of this passage was:
I answered e. Rousseau which is incorrect because although Rousseau favored republicanism as stated in his The Social Contract, he never really made the distinction between the three branches of government.
The correct answer is a. Montesquieu because he made the distinction of dividing the “administrative” powers into executive, legislative, and judicial branches.