SofH - The Enlightenment Unit Test

Who was the author of Leviathan?

• Hans Morgenthau
• Thomas Hobbes
• John Locke
• Voltaire

Thomas Hobbes believed that people are …?

• naturally good
• taught to be evil
• born wicked
• born neutral

“Without government, our lives would be nasty, brutish, and short!” Who said this?

• John Locke
• Thomas Hobbes
• Montesquieu
• Voltaire

John Locke believed that life, liberty, and property were all…?

• sins
• government rights
• natural rights
• disposable rights

The image below depicts which philosopher who developed a theory on separation of powers?

• John Locke
• Hans Morgenthau
• Voltaire
• Montesquieu

Which of the following is NOT a topic Voltaire wrote about?

• gender equality
• freedom of speech
• religious toleration
• separation of church and state

The Social Contract dictates that…?

• freedom is a privilege given by the government
• government is an agreement between the ruler and the people
• people have the right to elect a government
• democracy is the ultimate form of government

Which Enlightenment writer advocated for Women’s Rights?

• Jean Jacques Rousseau
• Montesquieu
• Mary Wollstonecraft
• Susan B. Anthony

The Enlightenment was the age of applying…?

• reason to the human and natural worlds
• democratic ideals to government
• the concept of social equality to a tax-free state
• religious superiority to society

Enlightenment thinkers questioned…?

• the need for social classes
• traditional authority
• the role of sports in society
• whether a tax system was moral