CSTU REVIEW SHEET QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED APLUS RESOURCE
●● (T/F) The textbook suggests that the 17th century is one of the easier
centuries for us to understand and analyze.
Answer: False
●● What does the phrase "idols of the marketplace" refer to?
Answer: the ambiguities of language
●● (T/F) The world "empiricism" refers to knowledge gained from
authority and tradition.
Answer: False
●● (T/F) The Scientific Revolution helped to bring about a new way of
looking at the world in purely material terms.
Answer: True
●● (T/F) During the modern age, the "new science" has developed from
the method of scientific inquiry into an entire philosophy of life.
Answer: True
●● The name Galileo is best associated with what period?
, Answer: 1550-1770
●● (T/F) You try three oranges out of a bag of ten and all three are sour.
You conclude that the rest of the oranges are also sour. You have just
reasoned inductively.
Answer: True
●● What does the phrase "idols of the cave" refer to?
Answer: Individual biases
●● Which of the following is NOT associated with the "century of the
genius"?
Answer: Da Vinci
●● (T/F) The Enlightenment philosophers had a high regard for the truth
of religion.
Answer: False
●● Which Enlightenment figure had the greatest influence on how
modern western culture developed?
Answer: Rousseau
●● Rousseau is best known for his theories on which subjects?
SOLUTIONS GRADED APLUS RESOURCE
●● (T/F) The textbook suggests that the 17th century is one of the easier
centuries for us to understand and analyze.
Answer: False
●● What does the phrase "idols of the marketplace" refer to?
Answer: the ambiguities of language
●● (T/F) The world "empiricism" refers to knowledge gained from
authority and tradition.
Answer: False
●● (T/F) The Scientific Revolution helped to bring about a new way of
looking at the world in purely material terms.
Answer: True
●● (T/F) During the modern age, the "new science" has developed from
the method of scientific inquiry into an entire philosophy of life.
Answer: True
●● The name Galileo is best associated with what period?
, Answer: 1550-1770
●● (T/F) You try three oranges out of a bag of ten and all three are sour.
You conclude that the rest of the oranges are also sour. You have just
reasoned inductively.
Answer: True
●● What does the phrase "idols of the cave" refer to?
Answer: Individual biases
●● Which of the following is NOT associated with the "century of the
genius"?
Answer: Da Vinci
●● (T/F) The Enlightenment philosophers had a high regard for the truth
of religion.
Answer: False
●● Which Enlightenment figure had the greatest influence on how
modern western culture developed?
Answer: Rousseau
●● Rousseau is best known for his theories on which subjects?
