Author Question: One of the earliest literary expressions of the romantic sensibility, also associated with the ... (Read 19 times)

WWatsford · **on:** Sep 12, 2019

Question 1

Which of the following is true of Alexander Hamilton?

a. He trusted the ability of common people to participate in government.
b. He believed that people were motivated primarily by economic self-interest.
c. Rather than viewing the American republic as one nation, he saw it as a collection of sovereign states looselybound together by a contractual agreement.
d. His optimism about America's future was based on his belief that most people put the common good abovetheir own personal desires.

Question 2

One of the earliest literary expressions of the romantic sensibility, also associated with the Enlightenment was

a. Voltaire's Candide.
b. Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason.
c. Rousseau's Confessions.
d. Diderot's Regrets on Parting with My Old Dressing Gown.
e. Montesquieu's Persian Letters.