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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) Pastoral poem.
(b) Limerick.
(c) Sonnet.
(d) Haiku.

2. The conversion of 'sGravesande confused the ideological debate because he was one of the leading supporters of ________ philosophy on the Continent.
(a) Voltairian.
(b) Platoian.
(c) Aristotlian.
(d) Newtonian.

3. ________ in Italy and ________ in Holland did experiments in which they measured the impact of a falling ball by dropping in onto clay.
(a) Giovanni Poleni / 'sGravesande.
(b) Newton / Aristotle.
(c) 'sGravesande / Descartes.
(d) Voltaire / d'Alembert.

4. Chapter 2 reveals that Leibniz wrote the "second difference" in calculus as ________.
(a) A3E.
(b) D2X.
(c) R6Z.
(d) B3C.

5. Which German metaphysician, when asked in 1785 if he believed he lived in an enlightened age, answered, "No, we are living in an age of enlightenment."
(a) Chatelet.
(b) Maupertuis.
(c) Immanuel Kant.
(d) Diderot.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. According to Chapter 1, who made Newton into a supreme rationalist whose laws of motion were a priori deductions of pure thought?

3. The "Philosophical Letters" was a product of Voltaire's visit to ________ according to Chapter 2.

4. What was the name of the philosopher who could enthusiastically claim that "the works of Nature everywhere sufficiently evidence a Diety"?

5. According to the narrator in Chapter 1, what was the key to a correct method whose model was mathematics?

(see the answer key)

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