Multiple Choice Quiz

After you have finished studying the chapter, test yourself by answering the sample quiz questions. The correct answers will be revealed after you have finished the quiz. If you have answered any question incorrectly, return to the chapter to review the pertinent material.

1		Swift's Modest Proposal resembles Li Ruzhen's Flowers in the Mirror in its satirization of
			A)	false religious beliefs.
			B)	physical exploitation.
			C)	the brutal treatment of slaves.
			D)	philosophic optimism.
2		In Voltaire's Candide, the character Pangloss is modeled on
			A)	Leibniz.
			B)	Louis XIV.
			C)	Condorcet.
			D)	Hobbes.
3		The visual satires of William Hogarth were
			A)	inspired by British stage comedies.
			B)	paintings reproduced as engravings.
			C)	pointed attacks on British poverty and alcoholism.
			D)	all of the above.
4		Rousseau held that
			A)	societies begin by defining property rights.
			B)	societies work towards improving human beings.
			C)	societies move toward increased social equality.
			D)	all of the above.
5		The revolutions of the late eighteenth century
			A)	were basically unsuccessful.
			B)	took place in almost every part of Europe.
			C)	put Enlightenment idealism into action.
			D)	inspired great works of satire.