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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.
