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21-3 The Enlightenment Spreads

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Places intellectuals went to discuss Enlightenment ideals
a)
Bars
b)
Salons
c)
Pubs
d)
Libraries
2.

Monarchs who held absolute power but felt sympathetic with Enlightenment ideals and try to make reforms in their kingdoms.

a)

Absolute monarchs

b)

Tyrants

c)

Enlightened Despots

d)

Philosophes

3.

The grand formal style of art that was popular during the time of Louis XIV

a)

Baroque

b)

Rococo

c)

Free style

d)

Gothic

4.
Enlightenment philosopher who edited the Encyclopedia to help educate the public.
a)
Voltaire
b)
Denis Diderot
c)
Mary Wollstonecraft
d)
Adam Smith
5.
Which of the following was NOT a way the ideas of the Enlightenment were spread?
a)
Newspapers and magazines
b)
Diderot's Encyclopedia
c)
Salons
d)
Through the Church
6.
All of the following were enlightened despots EXCEPT...
a)
Catherine II (the Great)  
b)
Joseph II
c)
Frederick II (the Great)
d)
Louis XIV
7.
The Enlightenment began on what continent?
a)
Asia
b)
Europe
c)
North America
d)
South America
8.

The artistic style of the late 1700s was called ...

a)

Classical

b)

New classic

c)

Neoclassical

d)

Classicalism

9.

Which musician is not from the enligtenment times?

a)

Beethoven

b)

Mozart

c)

Dalí

d)

Haydn

10.

Samuel Richardson wrote a book that it is often considered the first true English novel.

a)

Tom Jones

b)

Henry Fielding

c)

Tom Sawyer adventures

d)

Pamela

11.

As ruler of Prussia, Frederick the Great did all of the following for his people EXCEPT...

a)

Religious freedom

b)

outlaw torture

c)

Abolish serfdom

d)

Improve education

12.

Who called himsef/herself the "first servant of the state"?

a)

Louis XIV

b)

Frederick II

c)

Joseph II

d)

Catherine II

13.

An Enlightened despot who ruled over Austria that successfully abolished serfdom and granted freedom of the press.

a)

Frederick the Great of Prussia

b)

Catherine the Great of Russia

c)

Joseph II of Austria

d)

Louis XIV of France

14.

Catherine put in place limited reforms, but she did little to improve the life of the Russian peasants

a)

True

b)

False

15.

A Despot, refers to

a)

legislatures

b)

parliament

c)

nobles

d)

monarchs

16.

Which "enlightened" despot ruled over Russia, brutally crushed a massive uprising of serfs, and gave the nobility absolute power over the serfs afterwards?

a)

Henry VIII

b)

Frederick the Great

c)

Joseph II

d)

Catherine the Great