Enlightenment Philosophers Quiz

Who was a French writer known for advocating freedom of speech and religious toleration?

• Voltaire

• Thomas Hobbes

• Montesquieu

• John Locke

According to which English writer, are people the source of power and have natural rights including life, liberty, and property?

• Voltaire

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Montesquieu

Who wrote about the importance of a separation of powers and checks & balances in government?

• Thomas Hobbes

• Montesquieu

• John Locke

• Voltaire

According to which English writer, are people naturally wicked and require a strong government to keep order?

• Voltaire

• John Locke

• Montesquieu

• Thomas Hobbes

Who believed that government is an agreement or contract between ruler & people, and people give up some rights in return for protection?

• John Locke

• Montesquieu

• Thomas Hobbes

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

Who was an English advocate for women's rights and wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman?

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

• Voltaire

• John Locke

Which philosopher's ideas influenced the revolutions in France, Haiti, and America?

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

• Montesquieu

• John Locke

• Voltaire

Who is known for the quote 'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it'?

• Montesquieu

• Voltaire

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

Who wrote the book Leviathan and believed that without government, our lives would be nasty, brutish, and short?

• John Locke

• Voltaire

• Montesquieu

• Thomas Hobbes

Which philosopher believed that to become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them?

• Jean Jacques Rousseau

• Montesquieu

• John Locke

• Voltaire