101.1Denis Diderot, “Supplement to Bougainville’s Voyage”
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Chapter 19: New Worldviews and Ways of Life 1540–1790
Quiz for Analyzing the Evidence: Denis Diderot, “Supplement to Bougainville’s Voyage”
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Correct. The answer is d. The narrator correctly foretold the hardships Europeans would bring to his people.
Incorrect. The answer is d. The narrator correctly foretold the hardships Europeans would bring to his people.
Correct. The answer is a. Diderot saw the Tahitians as “noble savages,” as people who were unspoiled by civilization and who lived by the “pure instincts of nature.”
Incorrect. The answer is a. Diderot saw the Tahitians as “noble savages,” as people who were unspoiled by civilization and who lived by the “pure instincts of nature.”
Correct. The answer is a. The narrator argued that the Tahitians had everything they needed and, therefore, had no reason to adopt European habits and practices.
Incorrect. The answer is a. The narrator argued that the Tahitians had everything they needed and, therefore, had no reason to adopt European habits and practices.
Incorrect. The answer is d. The narrator thought it was foolish to work more than was necessary to meet one’s needs, “because in our eyes nothing is better than rest.”
Correct. The answer is d. The narrator thought it was foolish to work more than was necessary to meet one’s needs, “because in our eyes nothing is better than rest.”