Enlightenment L1.2

________ often mocked government and religion in his writings.

• Voltaire

• Locke

• Wollstonecraft

• Aquinas

• Montesquieu

Voltaire felt that instead of relying on God to improve human happiness, humans could improve their own existence.

• True

• False

Voltaire felt that the purpose of life is to pursue happiness through progress in science and the arts.

• True

• False

Voltaire felt that people should not be allowed to say things that contradicted Enlightenment thinking.

• True

• False

What does this quote by Voltaire emphasize?

"I may disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."

• The Enlightenment goal of freedom of thought.

• The Enlightenment idea that purpose of life is to pursue happiness

• The Enlightenment goal to obtain truth.

• The Enlightenment believe that government should exist in a social contract with the people it governs.

________was a philosopher during the Enlightenment who wrote the first Encyclopedia.

• Diderot

• Wollstonecraft

• Voltaire

• Locke

• Montesquieu

_____ was a book that included articles by more than 100 experts on science, technology, and history.

• Encylopedia

• Salon

• Popular Sovereignty

• On the Rights of Man

_________ is the removal of information considered harmful.

• censorship

• salon

• popular sovereignty

• enlightenment

__________ is a social gathering held to discuss ideas.

• salon

• censorship

• enlightenment

• majority rule

_________ was a female Enlightenment thinker who felt women should have the same rights as men.

• Wollstonecraft

• Voltaire

• Diderot

• Montesquieu

• Rousseau