History 1122
Essay Questions For First Exam
1. Describe the Enlightenment outlook (or Second Europe) using specific ideas and beliefs and representative people to illustrate that outlook. (Worth 20 points).
2. In essays discuss the basic ideas of Conservatism and Liberalism. Show
the backgrounds out of which they appear and the effects they had in shaping
Enlightenment ideas. (Worth 60 points).
3. Write on three parts (Worth 60 points).
· A. What were the basic elements of the Second Europe (or Enlightenment)?
· B. What did one figure contribute to laying the foundation for the Second Europe?
· C. How does the theme of "Impact of Revolutions upon the shaping of the Second Europe" help explain the 19th century? (You don't have to work out a lot of details).
· D. What importance did any one "ism" have in the shaping of the Second Europe during the 19th century?
4. Imagine that Edmund Burke and John Stuart Mill have been invited to a forum
to argue the proposition "The French Revolution marks the birth of human
freedom." What would each be likely to say as spokesman for a particular
philosophy of life? (Worth 60 points).
5. Imagine that you were a young person at the time of the French Revolution and that you are still alive at the middle of the 19th century. How might your views of the Second Europe or Enlightenment have changed by the latter date? Write about the following as you answer the question:
· A. the French Revolution
· B. the ideas of Conservatism
· C. the ideas of Liberalism
(Worth 60 points)
Short answer. Choose four. Worth 5 points each. (A
list of 6-8 items follows).