Enlightenment Thinkers Quiz

What did Montesquieu propose about government?

• A single strong ruler should lead.

• The separation of powers into branches.

• A direct democracy.

• A system without any government.

What was Voltaire's main idea?

• Social equality.

• Freedom of speech and religion.

• Economic equality.

• Absolute monarchy.

What was Diderot's contribution?

• Invented the printing press.

• Published the Encyclopédie.

• Created new forms of government.

• Wrote satirical novels.

What did John Locke argue for?

• The need for an absolute monarch.

• Natural rights to life, liberty, and property.

• The power of the church.

• A militarized society.

What did Thomas Hobbes believe about human nature?

• Humans are naturally altruistic.

• Humans are naturally selfish and require a strong ruler.

• Humans are naturally peaceful.

• Humans are equal in all aspects.

What is the Social Contract?

• An agreement between countries for trade.

• A rulebook for monarchs.

• An agreement where people give up some freedom for an organized society.

• A set of natural rights.

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What are natural rights?

• Rights granted by monarchs.

• Rights given to the nobility.

• Rights inherent to all humans, such as life, liberty, and property.

• Rights that come from being part of a democracy.

Who were the philosophes?

• Enlightenment thinkers who promoted reason and reform.

• Medieval scientists.

• Politicians of the French Revolution.

• Followers of the Catholic Church.

What were salons?

• Meeting places for monarchs.

• Social gatherings where intellectuals discussed ideas.

• Libraries in the Enlightenment era.

• Houses for the bourgeoisie.

Who was Madame Geoffrin?

• A key organizer of Enlightenment salons.

• A philosopher who wrote about liberty.

• A noble who opposed the Enlightenment.

• A queen during the French Revolution.