European intellectual life in the eighteenth century was marked ...

[tsand2]

Question 1

Published travel accounts of different cultures
 
  A) presented an image of natural man who was happier than many Europeans.
  B) saw the origin of the idea of the noble savage.
  C) led to the development of cultural relativism.
  D) resulted in religious skepticism, as Europeans realized the existence of a variety of perceptions of the divine.
  E) All of these are correct.

Question 2

The works of Fontenelle
 
  A) popularize a growing skepticism toward the claims of religion.
  B) portray churches as allies of scientific progress.
  C) discourage amateur conversations about scientific matters.
  D) question the capacity of women to comprehend scientific discourse.
  E) advocated the replacement of Catholicism with Protestantism because the latter was more liberal.

Question 3

European intellectual life in the eighteenth century was marked by
 
  A) growing anti-Semitism and sharper persecution of minorities in universities.
  B) the emergence of secularization and a search to find the natural laws governing human life.
  C) sophism and the mockery of past traditions.
  D) a return of monastic schools and medieval modes of training religious thinkers.
  E) an intense pessimism about the possibility of human progress.

[kescobar@64]

Answer 1

E

Answer 2

A

Answer 3

B

[tsand2]

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[dantucker]

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