Question 1: What do you see as the most important concept or idea of the Enlightenment? Note that this is requesting a narrow response - one choice only so you really have to prioritize. Please do take the opportunity to reflect on how the significance changes and what that could say about your presuppositions (or not!). Please be sure to provide your rationale for:
1) its significance for its own time (historicized analysis) and
2) its significance for our times (ahistorical analysis*).
Your response should be at least 150 words in length.
Question 2: Identify three major cultural changes in France during the revolutionary period, and briefly identify the significance of each.
Your response should be at least 500 words in length.
Question 3: Taking the point of view of either an aristocrat, member of the bourgeoisie, or peasant prior to the French Revolution, discuss and compare each of the three social classes including roles, expectations, and a comparison of the living situations.
Your response should be at least 500 words in length.