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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, The Moral Sciences.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Haller carried out his famous investigations into the sensibility and irritability of __________, according to Chapter 5.
(a) Plant tissue.
(b) Human tissue.
(c) Animal tissue.
(d) Water.

2. D'Alembert, in 1754, through the machinations of his powerful patroness, the ________, became part of the literary French Academy.
(a) Black.
(b) Condorcet.
(c) Rousseau.
(d) Deffand.

3. According to Chapter 2, for Newton, ________ consisted in "making experiments and observations and in drawing general Conclusion from them by Induction."
(a) Calculus.
(b) Analysis.
(c) Reason.
(d) Religion.

4. According to Chapter 4, what is another name for nitrous oxide?
(a) Shocking gas.
(b) Blinding gas.
(c) Tear gas.
(d) Laughing gas.

5. Who argued in Chapter 6 that although men did not enjoy equal abilities, they did have the same natural rights, and it was therefore incumbent on the government to allow individuals to pursue their own best interests to the extent that they could without infringing on the natural rights of others?
(a) Voltaire.
(b) La Riviere.
(c) Descarte.
(d) Quesnay.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, who claimed that his "principle of least action" proved the existence of God?

2. Who was the first person to identify a new air different from common atmospheric air,, in Chapter 4?

3. What was the name of the revolution that was a cultural event associated with Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, Rene Descartes, and Isaac Newton?

4. In Chapter 5, who adopted a theory of generation similar to that of Maupertuis and in his second volume of his "Natural History," he brought forward his theory of organic molecules, interior mold, and penetrating force?

5. In Chapter 4, Abbe Condillac claimed that ________ was the best language because it had the best symbols.

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