The Quest for Knowledge

Which of the following is the best translation for the Latin term tabula rasa?

"blank slate"

The thinkers that influenced medieval Scholasticism were _____. Select all that apply.

Aristotle Saint Augustine

Why did Faustus pray for redemption at the end of play?

Because he actually knew that his life was about to end.

"Saper aude," is therefore the motto of the enlightenment. Which below is the best meaning of, Saper aude?

Have the courage to use your own understanding.

When examining the word parts, what conclusion can you draw about the word "unknown"?

If you take away the suffix -n and the prefix un-, the root word is "know".

What view of war is presented in Micromegas?

It is senseless and brutal.

A child learns of the color red by first seeing it several times and understanding how it is different from other colors she sees. Then, she hears her parents use the word "red" in association with that color, and thus, she learns how to name the concept. Which philosopher is best associated with the explanation above?

Locke

Our Founding Fathers were most influenced by which Enlightenment writers? Select all that apply.

Locke and Voltaire Spinoza and Rousseau

Doctor Faustus is composed in which literary form?

Morality play

Which type of fiction tests the readers' ability to find clues in the text while challenging their stereotyping behavior?

Mystery fiction

Which scientist did Voltaire translate and popularize in France?

Newton

Which of the following were likely factors that prompted Swift to write "A Modest Proposal?" Select all that apply.

Severe poverty in Ireland brought about by heavy English taxation England's refusal to allow Ireland self-government

Which of the following story elements in earlier versions of the Faustus legend did Marlowe retain in The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus? Select all that apply.

The agreement between Faust and the Devil is signed in Faustus' own blood. The Devil serves Faustus for 24 years.

At the end of The Rape of the Lock, to what does the poet compare Belinda's lock of hair?

a constellation in the sky

...it is certainly a subject, even for its nobleness, worth our labour to inquire into...to inquire into the original, certainty, and extent of HUMAN KNOWLEDGE, together with the grounds and degrees of BELIEF, OPINION, and ASSENT; ("An Essay Concerning Human Understanding") An implicit meaning of the excerpt is that Locke thinks the study of how humans attain knowledge is ____________.

a difficult, but worthy endeavor

Which set of characters would be best in fantasy fiction story?

a talking lion and boy who can never be defeated

. . . if I had existed alone and independent of all other[s], so that I had of myself all this little whereby I participated in the Perfect Being, I should . . . be infinite, eternal, immutable, omniscient, almighty—in fine, to possess all the perfections which I could observe in God. (Discourse on Method) Based on its prefix and use in this context, the word omniscient most likely means _________

all-knowing

Which pair of words best fit in the blanks of the following sentence? "Horatian satire seeks to ____________ the reader, whereas Juvenalian satire seeks to ______________ the reader.

amuse . . . outrage

According to John Locke, sensation is how we acquire __________________________.

basic knowledge

Based on what you read in this lesson, what type of humorous device does Pope use in The Rape of the Lock?

burlesque

Which literary device does Swift employ in his tale of Gulliver's journey to the land of the Lilliputians?

caricature

The term Koinai Ennoiai refers to common _______ with which we are born.

concepts

Because it provided opportunities for establishing proofs of its principles, Descartes preferred to work in _____.

geometry

Eudemonia is best described as _____.

happiness is good for society

If you were writing a descriptive paragraph about your favorite food and used compound adjectives, what piece of punctuation could be effective for describing the food?

hyphen

It remained, then, to conclude that it was put into me by a nature truly more perfect than was I and possessing in itself all the perfections of what I could form an idea—in a word, by God . . . for if I had existed alone and independent of all other, so that I had of myself all this little whereby I participated in the Perfect Being, I should have been able to have in myself all those other qualities which I knew myself to lack. (Discourse on Method) By introspection Descarates perceives that the perfections attributed to God do not belong to Descartes himself. These perfections include _____________________. Select all that apply.

infinite being immutability omniscience

Because Faustus once declared that he will rule Germany, his meeting with the emperor of Germany shows a clever use of _____.

irony

I grant this food will be somewhat dear, and therefore very proper for Landlords, who, as they have already devoured most of the Parents, seem to have the best Title to the Children. ("A Modest Proposal") Swift is stating that the landlords have caused their tenants __________________

more hardship

Can you infer the definition of the word "tireless," given that the suffix of the word is "-less"?

never feeling tired

In his final soliloquy, Faustus blames his horoscope as well as his _________ for his fate.

parents

A work in which a satirist creates new, humorous lyrics for a well-known song would be an example of _____.

parody

Some Persons of a desponding Spirit are in great concern about that vast Number of poor People, who are aged, diseased, or maimed, and I have been desired to imploy my thoughts what Course may be taken, to ease the Nation of so grievous an Incumbrance. But I am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known, that they are every Day dying, and rotting, by cold, and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected. ("A Modest Proposal") According to Swift's proposal, the most problematic people for society are _____. Select all that apply.

poor children the aged the ill

Faust is corrupted by _____.

power

I could feign that there was no world, I could not feign that I did not exist. (Discourse on Method) Based on this context, the word feign most likely means ___________________.

pretend

Which Enlightenment philosophies inspired many eighteenth English authors to write satires?

reason and rational behavior

But which restriction is harmful to enlightenment? Which restriction is innocent, and which advances enlightenment? ("What is Enlightenment?") The rhetorical device best represented by the excerpt is _____.

rhetorical question

In Canto III, Clarissa hands the Baron ____________ to use as his weapon.

scissors

Which of the following describes the purpose of satire? Select all that apply.

shame those acting foolishly or immorally caution audiences or readers about foolish or immoral behavior

In Canto I, Belinda dreams that Ariels warns her of _____.

some dread event

On which principle do Descartes and Galileo agree?

sun-centered universe

Descartes and Locke agreed on __________________

the existence of God

The option that best identifies premises of Locke's argument is _____.

there are no innate speculative principles

According to Swift, at which age do children become too tough to eat and are less tasty?

twelve- to fourteen-year-olds