AKS 41B QUIZ (Age of Enlightenment)

Why were the ideas of the Enlightened so important?

• Because they had a profound influence on the ideals that shaped American government

• Because their ideas immediately led to the French Revolution

• Because they gave the monarchs of Europe more power and control of their nations

• Because they gave institutions like the church more authority over the people

What Enlightenment ideal influenced authors and philosophers such as Voltaire?

• Religion and politics should be seperate

• The middle class should play a role in politics

• Liberty and equality are natural human rights

• Truth is found through faith rather than science

Which statement reflects John Locke’s view of natural rights?

• Certain rights are universal to all humans

• Rights must be won from the natural world

• The natural world is controlled by an absolute power

• A government should control and limit everyone's rights

Which of the following statements BEST describes what Enlightenment thinkers, like Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed about women’s rights?

• The exclusion of women from the social contract was unjust

• Women should be educated and participate equally with men

• The natural rights of women were limited to the area of home and family life

• Women should decide what is in their own interests without relying on their husbands

Use the quote to answer the following question.

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

Which Enlightenment philosopher fought for people’s freedom of speech?

• Voltaire

• John Locke

• Marquis de Sade

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

What did John Locke consider to be the natural rights of man?

• Life, Liberty, and Property

• Life, Safety, and Prosperity

• Happiness, Liberty, and Prosperity

• Happiness, Safety, and Prosperity

Which Enlightenment philosopher wrote social satire and advocated for civil rights and religious liberty in France?

• Voltaire

• John Locke

• Marquis de Sade

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

· the universe can be understood through reason

· Human experience is the basis for understanding the truth

· Religion has no place in the understanding of the physical universe

· Natural laws – natural is good and reasonable

All of the items above are ideas of the:

• Enlightenment

• Scientific Revolution

• Thermodynamics

• Catholicism

· Convinced that all humans are wicked and evil

· Wrote Leviathan (1651)

· he wrote that people are driven by a restless desire for power

· Governments were created to protect people for their own protection

· Believed in Absolute monarchies

All of the items above are ideas of:

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Voltaire

· an Enlightenment philosopher

· Wrote The Spirit of Laws

· credited with the idea of "separation of powers."

· believed that the best government was one in which power was shared and that one group had the ability to check the powers of the other groups.

All of the items above are ideas of:

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Voltaire