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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Mathematics and the Exact Sciences.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1688, Fontenelle wrote a treatise on the nature of the eclogue or ________.
(a) Haiku.
(b) Sonnet.
(c) Pastoral poem.
(d) Limerick.

2. In 1819, who gave a clue to the source of this pessimism when he wrote that "the power of our analysis is practically exhausted"?
(a) Isaac Barrow.
(b) Sylvestre-Francois Lacroix.
(c) Diderot.
(d) Joseph-Louis Lagrange.

3. Who carried rational mechanics to the highest point of generality and abstraction that it was to reach during the Enlightenment?
(a) Daniel.
(b) Lagrange.
(c) Hermann.
(d) Diderot.

4. By what name did natural philosophers want to be known as, according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Men of Letters.
(b) Men of Honor.
(c) Masters.
(d) Professors.

5. Who coined the expression "Scientific Revolution," according to the narrator in Chapter 1?
(a) Jean Lerond d'Alembert.
(b) Descartes.
(c) Newton.
(d) Malebranche.

Short Answer Questions

1. The eighteenth century was called by the French the ________ because of its emphasis on reason as a path to knowledge.

2. Who believed that the universe would run down if it were not for God's intervention to renew his creation?

3. In Chapter 2, what was the name of the path of a body that is dragged over a resisting horizontal surface by a cord of which one end moves along a straight line found?

4. According to the narrator in Chapter 1, who was one of the originators of the mechanical philosophy who believed there were no forces or powers in matter?

5. The narrator reveals that vis viva was a measure of ________ to conserve his creation while "action" was a measure of his efficiency.

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