Lesson 40- The Enlightenment Quiz

How did salons in France help shape the Enlightenment?

• Thinkers debated new ideas.

• Scientists presented their experiments.

• Rebels plotted to overthrow the king.

• Women achieved equal political rights.

How was the Enlightenment similar to the Scientific Revolution?

• Both won the support of the churches.

• Both focused on government and society.

• Both highly valued reason and observation.

• Both emphasized the rights of the individual.

Which Enlightenment idea went back to the Renaissance and the Reformation?

• separation of powers

• worth of the individual

• equal rights for women

• absolute power of kings

Which image of God did many Enlightenment thinkers emphasize?

• author of the words in the Bible

• protector against foreign powers

• giver of rewards and punishments

• Creator of the laws of nature

According to his book "Leviathan", why did Thomas Hobbes believe that a country should be ruled by a king with absolute power?

• so laws would be made wisely

• so people would not fight all the time

• so the church would not have too much control

• so the same person would make and enforce the laws

John Locke favored a constitutional monarchy. In that form of government, the monarch

• served only a few years.

• put all the laws in writing.

• was elected by the people.

• was limited by basic laws.

According to Locke’s social contract, what gives the government its authority?

• spending for the public good

• election by a group of nobles

• appointment of kings by God

• agreement among free people

According to Locke, how does a person get a natural right?

• by signing a social contract

• by reading and conversation

• by existing as a human being

• by belonging to a democracy

If Montesquieu were to visit the United States today, he would be pleased to see his ideas put into action in the

• Bill of Rights.

• system of fifty states.

• Declaration of Independence.

• three branches of government.

Which of these statements would most likely have been made by Voltaire?

• "The king needs absolute power."

• "All religions have a core of truth."

• "We should do away with the death penalty."

• "The government protects people's natural rights."