Voltaire's pessimism __________.
A. reflects a concern about human progress characteristic of the philosophes
B. stands in contrast to most views during the Enlightenment
C. is overstated due to the popularity of Candide
D. was motivated by circumstances in his own life
Answer: A
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The Ptolemaic model of the universe troubled Copernicus mainly because
a. it disagreed with observations of the planets. b. it contradicted the Biblical cosmology. c. its mathematics was so complex. d. it contradicted Aristotle's cosmology. e. it lacked internal consistency.
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a) Pittsburgh b) Washington, D.C. c) Seattle d) El Paso