Making Connections

1. Why might rulers have felt ambivalent about the Enlightenment, supporting reform on the one hand while clamping down on political dissidents on the other hand?

   Question

   Why might rulers have felt ambivalent about the Enlightenment, supporting reform on the one hand while clamping down on political dissidents on the other hand?
   accept_blank_answers: true
   points: 10

   Why might rulers have felt ambivalent about the Enlightenment, supporting reform on the one hand while clamping down on political dissidents on the other hand?
2. Which major developments in this period ran counter to the influence of the Enlightenment?

   Question

   Which major developments in this period ran counter to the influence of the Enlightenment?
   accept_blank_answers: true
   points: 10

   Which major developments in this period ran counter to the influence of the Enlightenment?
3. In what ways had politics changed, and in what ways did they remain the same during the Enlightenment?

   Question

   In what ways had politics changed, and in what ways did they remain the same during the Enlightenment?
   accept_blank_answers: true
   points: 10

   In what ways had politics changed, and in what ways did they remain the same during the Enlightenment?
4. Explain how Catherine the Great of Russia could be taken as a symbol of both the promise and the limits of the Enlightenment.

   Question

   Explain how Catherine the Great of Russia could be taken as a symbol of both the promise and the limits of the Enlightenment.
   accept_blank_answers: true
   points: 10

   Explain how Catherine the Great of Russia could be taken as a symbol of both the promise and the limits of the Enlightenment.