Enlightenment etc. Quiz

Which Enlightenment thinker is known for focusing on the natural rights of life, liberty, and property?

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Charles I

• Oliver Cromwell

The Baron de Montesquieu argued that government should

• be ruled by absolute monarchy

• be separated into different branches

• disregard individual rights in favor of order and security

Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed in a social contract theory of government.

• true

• false

Louis XIV exercised his absolute authority over the nobility of France through his palace of

• Hampton Court

• the Hermitage

• Versailles

• El Escorial

The actions of Charles I of England led to civil war between the king and

• Parliament

• the National Assembly

• the Continental Congress

• the Duma

Parliament agreed to support William and Mary in the Glorious Revolution as long as they signed

• the Bill of Rights

• the Magna Carta

• the Petition of Right

A constitutional monarchy is a situation when a king's power has no limitations and is absolute

• true

• false