The Ideas of the Enlightenment

The goal of the Enlightenment thinkers was to use the scientific method to keep society the same.

• True

• False

Montesquieu studied a system of government in which separation of powers caused the parts of the government to control and limit each other.

• True

• False

Deism was a religious philosophy based on faith and the rule of God.

• True

• False

Laissez-faire is an economic doctrine that says the state should control the economy.

• True

• False

Rousseau argued that society should be governed by the military.

• True

• False

Diderot's Encyclopedia was used to

• attack religious superstition

• overturn capital punishment

• support the Catholic Church

• suppress Enlightenment ideas

According to Rousseau, the general will represents what is best for the

• government

• peasants and lower classes

• entire community

• aristocratic and middle classes

Education spread widely during the enlightenment because

• books were written by the elite

• schools were free for everyone

• churches promoted education

• reading material was aimed at the masses

Unlike the baroque style, rococo art depicted

• the pursuit of pleasure, happiness, and love

• grandeur and power

• religious figures

• social struggle