Enlightenment Quiz

What is another name for the Enlightenment?

• Age of Reason

• Scientific Revolution

• Human Reason

• Divine Right Rule

Who came up with the Natural Rights of Life, Liberty, and Property?

• Locke

• Voltaire

• Rousseau

• Hobbes

Which philosopher is known for the separation of powers and a system of checks and balances?

• Montesquieu

• Adam Smith

• Beccaria

• Wilberforce

Who was the Russian ruler considered an enlightened despot?

• Catherine the Great

• Wollstonecraft

• Voltaire

• Hobbes

What term describes absolute rulers who use their powers to make reforms to help their people?

• Enlightened Despot

• Absolute Monarch

• Divine Right Rule

• Parliamentary Democracy

What does the Enlightenment emphasize?

• The use of reason and logical thinking

• The power of absolute monarchs

• The importance of divine right

• The reliance on traditional values

Who believed in the general will of the people and that people are basically good?

• Rousseau

• Locke

• Hobbes

• Montesquieu

Which philosopher advocated for free speech and press?

• Voltaire

• Rousseau

• Locke

• Beccaria

Who was the economist that supported private ownership of business?

• Adam Smith

• Montesquieu

• Wilberforce

• Hobbes

Who supported the end of capital punishment and believed punishment should fit the crime?

• Beccaria

• Voltaire

• Locke

• Rousseau