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The Enlightenment

Critical ideas:freedom, democracy,and reason

Discoveries andinventions

Revolutions:American coloniesand France

London

A fashionable city

crowded & exciting

Coffeehouses

Romanticism

Energy, emotion and dreams without limits

1. A strong sense of the beautiful world.

2. Sympathy with underprivileged people.

3. An imagination full of life with the ability of

constructing fantastic worlds.

4. A belief in liberty for the people.

5. A sense of melancholy or loneliness.

About the eighteenth century...

Answer the following questions. Choose

the correct answer a, b, or c. If you don’t

know the answer, you can guess...

Galvani

What was Galvani’s first

name?

a) Alessandro.

b) Luigi.

c) Paolo.

His first name was Luigi.

Galvani

Where was he born?

a) In Bologna.

b) In Venice.

c) In Como.

He was born in Bologna.

Galvani

What did he first want to

be when he was young?

a) A priest.

b) A mechanic.

c) A physician.

At first he wanted to be a mechanic.

Galvani

What was his father’s

occupation?

a) A physicist.

b) A physician.

c) A farmer.

His father was a physician.

Volta

What was his first

name?

a) Alessandro.

b) Luigi.

c) Paolo.

His first name was Alessandro.

Volta

Where was he born?

a) In Bologna.

b) In Venice.

c) In Como.

He was born in Como, Italy.

Volta

His battery had two

electrodes. What were

they made of?

a) Cobalt and copper.

b) Steel and copper.

c) Zinc and copper.

The electrodes were made of zinc and

copper.

Sir Isaac Newton

What did his father do

for a living?

a) He was a farmer.

b) He was a physician.

c) He was a physicist.

His father was a prosperous farmer.

Sir Isaac Newton

How many laws of

motion are there?

a) Two.

b) Three.

c) Four.

There are three laws of motion.

Sir Isaac Newton

How old was he when

he died?

a) Seventy-four.

b) Eighty-four.

c) Ninety-four.

He was eighty-four years old when he died.

Lake District

Where’s Lake District?

a) In Northwest England.

b) In Midwest England.

c) In Southwest England.

Lake District is in Northwest England.

William Wordsworth

How many brothersand sisters didWordsworth have?a) One brother and one sister.b) Two brothers and one sister.c) Three brothers and one sister.

William had three brothers and one

sister.

Wordsworth

What was his sister’s

name?

a) Caroline.

b) Dorothy.

c) Annette.

William’s sister’s name was Dorothy.

Samuel Coleridge

How old was Coleridge

when his father died?

a) Eight.

b) Twelve.

c) Fifteen.

He was eight years old when his father

died.

Sir Walter Scott

Where was he born?

a) In London.

b) In Edinburgh.

c) In Bath.

Sir Walter Scott was born in Edinburgh.

Mary Shelley

What were her

parents’ names?

a) John and Mary.

b) William and Mary.

c) Percy and Mary.

Their names were William and Mary.

Mary Shelley

What was her

husband’s first name?

a) James.

b) Samuel.

c) Percy.

His first name was Percy.

Mary Shelley

How old was she

when her mother

died?

a) Ten days old.

b) Ten months old.

c) Ten years old.

She was ten days old when her mother

died.

Mary Shelley

Where was she when

she wrote her novel

Frankenstein?

a) At Percy’s villa.

b) At Lord Byron’s villa.

c) At Lord Tennyson’s

villa.

Mary Shelley was at Lord Byron’s villa.

Mary Shelley

How old was she

when she wrote

Frankenstein?

a) Nineteen.

b) Twenty.

c) Twenty-one.

She was nineteen years old when she

wrote Frankenstein.

Mozart

Q: When was Mozart

born?

a) In 1656.

b) In 1756.

c) In 1856.

He was born in 1756.

Mozart

Where was he born?

a) In Vienna.

b) In Salzburg.

c) In Munich.

He was born in Salzburg.

Mozart

How old was he when

he started composing

music?

a) Five.

b) Six.

c) Seven.

He started when he was five years old.

Mozart

What was his wife’s

name?

a) Maria.

b) Constanze.

c) Anna.

His wife’s name was Constanze.

Haydn

He had two brothers.

What were their

names?

a) Michael and John.

b) Michael and Johann

c) Michael and Joe.

Their names were Michael and Johann.

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