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Problem 1: Which statement provides the best definition of the Enlightenment of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe and America?
A) "Enlightenment!" is what Benjamin Franklin exclaimed to his son, the day he discovered how electricity works by observing a lightning strike. Thereafter, that became the expression used by scientists and inventors.
B) The Enlightenment is the burst of intellectual activity in Europe and the colonies that, among other things, caused an increase in the respect for education and value of information.
C) When settlers arrived on the shores of the American colonies, they were said to have reached an "Enlightened" place. Therefore, the mass migration of immigrants to the colonies is known as the Enlightenment.
D) The Enlightenment refers to "seeing the light," as many colonists did in the eighteenth century as a Protestant religious revival swept through the colonies.
Problem 2: What was the purpose of Poor Richard's Almanack?
A) Poor Richard's Almanack shared weather and other information relevant to farmers, and also entertained readers with stories and wise sayings.
B) Poor Richard's Almanack targeted toward the poor of society, attempted to help them accept the truth of their position.
C) Poor Richard's Almanack recorded the births and marriages that occurred in the city of Philadelphia during the colonial era.
D) Poor Richard's Almanack is the written record of all Enlightenment era inventions and ideas.