Enlightenment Ideas and Influences

Enlightenment Ideas and Influences

Assessment

Interactive Video

Philosophy

11th - 12th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

Created by

Brent Easton

FREE Resource

5 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What event led Voltaire to conclude that humanity did not live in "the best of all possible worlds," as expressed in his novel "Candide"?

The French Revolution

The Seven Years' War

The Lisbon Earthquake

The American Revolution

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In Jean-Jacques Rousseau's novel "Emile," what kind of skills did Emile learn, contrasting with traditional religious and classical education?

Theology and Latin

Carpentry and gardening

Rhetoric and philosophy

Court etiquette and dance

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following was NOT a middle-class value promoted by Jean-Jacques Rousseau?

Hard work

Practicality

Domesticity for women

Aristocratic leisure

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the primary purpose of the Enlightenment salons hosted by wealthy women in Europe?

To organize political protests

To discuss new ideas, books, and meet philosophers

To plan military strategies

To showcase new fashion trends

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Besides discussions on natural rights and the status of women, what other type of content did the "Encyclopédie" include?

Religious sermons

Technical drawings of machinery

Royal decrees

Poetry and fictional stories