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Enlightenment Philosophers Quiz

Authored by Hannah Lumpkins

History

9th - 12th Grade

Enlightenment Philosophers Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Voltaire

Thomas Hobbes

Montesquieu

John Locke

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Thomas Hobbes

Montesquieu

John Locke

Voltaire

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Voltaire

John Locke

Montesquieu

Thomas Hobbes

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Montesquieu

John Locke

Voltaire

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