CLEP (Humanities) CHAPTER 24-36 MULTIPLE
CHOICE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
A+ GRADED.
Chapter 24
1. ________ envisioned the social contract as a bond between individuals who
surrendered some portion of their freedom to a sovereign authority.
a. John Locke
b. Thomas Hobbes
c. Montesquieu
d. Diderot
b. Thomas Hobbes
2. ________ saw government as an agent of the people, bound to exercise the
will of the majority.
a. John Locke
b. Thomas Hobbes
c. Montesquieu
d. Diderot
a. John Locke
3. The era marking the divide between the medieval faith-based view of the
world and the modern, secular view is called
a. the Enlightenment.
b. the Golden Age.
c. the Reformation.
d. the Renaissance.
a. the Enlightenment.
4. Which of the following is considered a writer whose works formed the
wellspring of philosophical thought in the era and was highly influential upon
Jefferson as well as Montesquieu?
a. John Locke
,b. Thomas Hobbes
c. Adam Smith
d. Diderot
a. John Locke
5. Which of the following writers focused on the "laws" of production and
trade, and was central to the development of modern-day concepts of free-
enterprise economies?
a. John Locke
b. Thomas Hobbes
c. Adam Smith
d. Diderot
c. Adam Smith
6. The producing editor of the Encyclopédie was which of the following?
a. John Locke
b. Thomas Hobbes
c. Adam Smith
d. Diderot
d. Diderot
7. The English historian famous for writing 1776's The Decline and Fall of the
Roman Empire was which of the following?
a. Samuel Johnson
b. Edward Gibbon
c. Georges Louis Leclerc
d. Antoine Lavoisier
...
8. For the philosphes, the key to social reform lay in a true understanding of
human nature, which they argued could best be acquired by examining
a. the larger cities.
b. the Bible.
c. human history.
d. the Catholic Church.
c. human history.
,9. Which of the following best describes the general philosophical mood of
those writers of the seventeenth century interested in social progress?
a. optimistic
b. militaristic
c. alarmed
d. unfocused
a. optimistic
10. ________, a new literary genre, provided penetrating commentary on
current events and social behavior, as popularized in the newspapers and
periodicals of the day.
a. The encyclopedia
b. The novel
c. The journalistic essay
d. The travelogue
c. The journalistic essay
11. ________, which provided an expanding reading public with true-to-life
characters drawn from everyday life, was the most important new form of
literary entertainment.
a. The encyclopedia
b. The novel
c. The journalistic essay
d. The travelogue
b. The novel
12. Which of the following is England's legendary Neoclassical poet of the
Enlightenment?
a. Milton
b. Poe
c. Pope
d. Defoe
c. Pope
13. Which of the following is the name of the early type of fictional portrayals
of contemporary life in written form?
a. novellas
, b. treaties
c. histories
d. memoirs
c. histories
14. Samuel Richardson's bestselling work of 1740 was Pamela, Or, Virtue
Rewarded, which is noteworthy as
a. the first English novel to feature a female leading character.
b. the first English novel.
c. the first journalistic essay.
d. the first English poem.
b. the first English novel.
15. According to Hobbes, the collective safety of society lay in its willingness to
submit to a higher authority, which Hobbes called
a. God's designates.
b. the Church.
c. the Leviathan.
d. the new clergy.
c. the Leviathan.
Chapter 25....1. The Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century gave way
to the ________, which would continue for the next two hundred years.
a. Age of Reason
b. Enlightenment
c. Industrial Revolution
d. Protestant Reformation
c. Industrial Revolution
2. The first production sector of the English economy to undergo transformation
towards machinery was
a. transportation.
b. coal-mining.
c. textiles.
d. agriculture.
c. textiles.
CHOICE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
A+ GRADED.
Chapter 24
1. ________ envisioned the social contract as a bond between individuals who
surrendered some portion of their freedom to a sovereign authority.
a. John Locke
b. Thomas Hobbes
c. Montesquieu
d. Diderot
b. Thomas Hobbes
2. ________ saw government as an agent of the people, bound to exercise the
will of the majority.
a. John Locke
b. Thomas Hobbes
c. Montesquieu
d. Diderot
a. John Locke
3. The era marking the divide between the medieval faith-based view of the
world and the modern, secular view is called
a. the Enlightenment.
b. the Golden Age.
c. the Reformation.
d. the Renaissance.
a. the Enlightenment.
4. Which of the following is considered a writer whose works formed the
wellspring of philosophical thought in the era and was highly influential upon
Jefferson as well as Montesquieu?
a. John Locke
,b. Thomas Hobbes
c. Adam Smith
d. Diderot
a. John Locke
5. Which of the following writers focused on the "laws" of production and
trade, and was central to the development of modern-day concepts of free-
enterprise economies?
a. John Locke
b. Thomas Hobbes
c. Adam Smith
d. Diderot
c. Adam Smith
6. The producing editor of the Encyclopédie was which of the following?
a. John Locke
b. Thomas Hobbes
c. Adam Smith
d. Diderot
d. Diderot
7. The English historian famous for writing 1776's The Decline and Fall of the
Roman Empire was which of the following?
a. Samuel Johnson
b. Edward Gibbon
c. Georges Louis Leclerc
d. Antoine Lavoisier
...
8. For the philosphes, the key to social reform lay in a true understanding of
human nature, which they argued could best be acquired by examining
a. the larger cities.
b. the Bible.
c. human history.
d. the Catholic Church.
c. human history.
,9. Which of the following best describes the general philosophical mood of
those writers of the seventeenth century interested in social progress?
a. optimistic
b. militaristic
c. alarmed
d. unfocused
a. optimistic
10. ________, a new literary genre, provided penetrating commentary on
current events and social behavior, as popularized in the newspapers and
periodicals of the day.
a. The encyclopedia
b. The novel
c. The journalistic essay
d. The travelogue
c. The journalistic essay
11. ________, which provided an expanding reading public with true-to-life
characters drawn from everyday life, was the most important new form of
literary entertainment.
a. The encyclopedia
b. The novel
c. The journalistic essay
d. The travelogue
b. The novel
12. Which of the following is England's legendary Neoclassical poet of the
Enlightenment?
a. Milton
b. Poe
c. Pope
d. Defoe
c. Pope
13. Which of the following is the name of the early type of fictional portrayals
of contemporary life in written form?
a. novellas
, b. treaties
c. histories
d. memoirs
c. histories
14. Samuel Richardson's bestselling work of 1740 was Pamela, Or, Virtue
Rewarded, which is noteworthy as
a. the first English novel to feature a female leading character.
b. the first English novel.
c. the first journalistic essay.
d. the first English poem.
b. the first English novel.
15. According to Hobbes, the collective safety of society lay in its willingness to
submit to a higher authority, which Hobbes called
a. God's designates.
b. the Church.
c. the Leviathan.
d. the new clergy.
c. the Leviathan.
Chapter 25....1. The Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth century gave way
to the ________, which would continue for the next two hundred years.
a. Age of Reason
b. Enlightenment
c. Industrial Revolution
d. Protestant Reformation
c. Industrial Revolution
2. The first production sector of the English economy to undergo transformation
towards machinery was
a. transportation.
b. coal-mining.
c. textiles.
d. agriculture.
c. textiles.
