Enlightenment Philosophy Quiz

Enlightenment Philosophy Quiz

Assessment

Interactive Video

Philosophy

11th - 12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Jennifer Brown

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5 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which centuries are primarily associated with the Enlightenment movement?

15th and 16th centuries

16th and 17th centuries

17th and 18th centuries

18th and 19th centuries

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What did Enlightenment philosophers aim to replace with reason and truth?

Fear and superstition

Art and culture

Wealth and power

Science and technology

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who famously defined the Enlightenment as 'man's emergence from a self-incurred immaturity'?

Voltaire

Immanuel Kant

John Locke

Rene Descartes

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a key criticism of the Enlightenment according to Adorno and Horkheimer?

It promotes universal peace

It supports traditional authority

It leads to the domination of nature

It encourages artistic expression

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT considered a universal value of the Enlightenment?

Economic prosperity

Tolerance

Equality of rights

Rationality