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Enlightenment and Enlightened Absolutism

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History

12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which statement would Thomas Hobbes agree?

An absolute monarch can best guarantee law and order.

An absolute monarch rules with the consent of his people.

Individuals have the most freedom under an absolute monarch.

People are basically good, and an absolute monarch protects them.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is an ideal promoted by 18th-century French intellectuals?

The government of a nation should be led by a tyrant.

The actions of an individual should be based on reason.

The beliefs of a person should be based on superstition.

The conclusions of a person should be based on assumption.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why did Catholic Church officials dislike Diderot's "Encylopedia"?

They believed that the articles unfairly criticized the Church and its influence.

The encyclopedia promoted promoted Protestant ideals and the Church feared losing support.

They wanted more articles written about the Catholic Church instead of government.

The encyclopedia rivaled their collection of church history being made available to the public.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did Enlightenment philosophers view the status of women in European society?

They wanted women to remain in their traditional roles as housekeepers.

They believed the equality that they promoted should be extended to women.

They believed that women should attend universities to learn how to be respectable.

They wanted women to obtain a practical education to prepare them for employment.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Adam Smith in The Wealth of Nations describes

Utopian Communist communities

Democratic Republicanism

Laissez Faire Economics

Mercantilism as an ideal economic system

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The following is associated with the view of the Philosophes

man is created good

there should be no capital punishment

freedom of speech but not the press

all of the above

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Mary Wollstonecraft is associated with

the Industrial Revolution

the Enlightenment

the French Revolution

none of these

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