Age of Enlightenment Quiz

John Locke believed that people join societies primarily to:

• Gain wealth

• Escape war

• Preserve life, liberty, and property

• Follow religious teachings

According to Locke, when a government becomes abusive, the people should:

• Accept their fate

• Revolt and establish a new government

• Leave the country

• Ignore the government

Thomas Hobbes described life in a state of nature as:

• Peaceful and harmonious

• A time of artistic and cultural growth

• Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short

• Governed by a social contract

In Hobbes’ philosophy, what is needed to maintain order in society?

• A direct democracy

• A strong central authority

• Free market capitalism

• Separation of powers

Montesquieu believed that liberty could not exist if:

• Women were allowed to participate in politics

• The government did not have a single ruler

• The judiciary was independent from the legislative and executive powers

• Religion dictated laws

According to Montesquieu, government power should be divided into:

• Two branches

• Three branches

• Four branches

• A monarchy

Rousseau believed that the ideal government should be based on:

• The will of a king

• The general will of the people

• Religious Authority

• The wealthiest citizens

Rousseau argued that by entering a social contract, people:

• Lose all of their natural rights

• Give up their freedoms to one ruler

• Gain protection while still remaining free

• Must obey a strict monarchy

Wollstonecraft criticized male Enlightenment thinkers for:

• Ignoring the role of monarchy

• Their lack of belief in democracy

• Depicting women as weak and useless

• Supporting the idea of equality

Wollstonecraft believed women should have power

• Over men

• Over themselves

• Over the government

• Only in the household