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Question 1. What are Equiano's impressions of the white men on the ship and their treatment of the slaves? How does this treatment reflect the slave traders' primary concerns?
Question 2. What message do you think Equiano sought to convey to his readers? Based on this message, to whom do you think his book especially appealed?
Question 1. Why do you think Peter I targeted the appearance of Russians as part of his Westernization policy? What benefits do you think he hoped to gain?
Question 2. Why did Peter I want to encourage foreigners to move to Russia? What did he offer them as incentives?
Question 3. What do the decree on foreigners and the statute of the College of Manufactures suggest about Peter I's understanding of the role of commerce in building the power of the Russian state? In what ways was this understanding in line with broader changes in the European economy at the time?
Early Enlightenment:
1. How does Voltaire describe Locke's approach to human understanding and knowledge?
2. Why do you think Voltaire admired this approach? In what ways did it reflect his own thinking as an Enlightenment writer?
3. Notice Voltaire's frequent use of contrast between faith and reason, religion and philosophy, faith and nature. Why are such contrasts important to Voltaire's argument? And why did some people object to making them in the first place?