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MWH Midterm Exam

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Enlightenment writers often faced censorship because they

wrote in salons.
wrote fiction.
challenged old accepted ideas about society
supported traditional ideas.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Enlightenment thinkers were influenced by the idea of natural law that emerged from the

Reformation.
Glorious Revolution.
Scientific Revolution.
Renaissance.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

According to Montesquieu, the reason for separating the powers of government into 3 different branches was to

make it easier for the government to limit individual rights of its’ citizens.
make it easier for the government to pass laws.
limit the power of the government and protect individual liberty.
create the executive power of government

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT an enlightenment idea?

A monarch’s power to rule came directly from God.
people are born equal in rights
God granted each individual with natural rights.
governments power to rule comes from the people

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

One of the major ideas from the Enlightenment is called popular sovereignty. What does this mean?

No law should be passed without the approval of the Church.
All ideas about society can be explained using reason and logic.
Government's authority to rule comes from the people.
Monarch's should rule with the best interests of the people in mind.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In general, the philosophers of the enlightenment believed in which of the following?

women’s rights
all Church decrees
progress for society
authoritarian rule

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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How does the Declaration of Independence embody John Locke's enlightenment ideas?

It states that titles of nobility should be abolished.
It establishes a system of checks and balances to ensure no one branch of the government becomes too powerful.
It protects the rights of the accused and bans cruel and unusual punishment.
It states that all people are created equal and endowed with God given rights

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