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Enlightenment Philosophy Review

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

John Locke supported the right of the people to do this if government failed to protect natural rights.

a)

revolution

b)

continue to obey

c)

petition

d)

emigration

2.

According to John Locke, these are given by God and cannot be taken by the government. The protection of these is the purpose of the government.

a)

divine rights

b)

systemic rights

c)

natural rights

d)

preternatural rights

3.

John Locke wrote this book around 1689 to explain his opposition to the divine right of kings and uphold his version of the social contract theory.

a)

The Prince

b)

Leviathan

c)

Two Treatises on Government

d)

The Social Contract

4.

The influence of John Locke is clear in this document, although he died in 1704 and this document was written in 1776.

a)

The Declaration of Independence

b)

The Communist Manifesto

c)

The U.S. Constitution

d)

The Social Contract

5.

Thomas Hobbes wrote in defense of _, that is, a monarch with the unlimited right to rule.

a)

democratic monarchy

b)

absolute monarchy

c)

constitutional monarchy

d)

parliamentary monarchy

6.

Thomas Hobbes wrote in _, his best-known book on political philosophy, that life in the state of nature is "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short."

a)

Discourses on Livy

b)

Leviathan

c)

Two Treatises on Government

d)

The Prince

7.

The theory of the divine right of kings held that _ gave monarchs the right to rule.

a)

the social contract

b)

God

c)

the Force

d)

public consensus

8.
What is the Leviathan?
a)
The social contract between the government and people
b)
Monarchy with little power
c)
The monster
d)
A way of living before governments
9.

According to Montesquieu, what is the main purpose of government?

a)

to maintain law and order, political liberty, and the property of the individual

b)

to build a wall

c)

to create laws that everyone agree on

d)

to open Chic Fil A on Sundays

10.

To him, what was the best form of government?

a)

where each powers (legislative, executive, and judicial) were separate and kept each other in check to prevent any branch from becoming too powerful

b)

democracy

c)

absolute monarchy

d)

every man for himself

11.
What is an agreement between people and the government?
a)
Consent
b)
Natural Rights
c)
Social Contract
d)
Voting
12.
According to Hobbes & Locke, what is the purpose of government?
a)
Make us happy.
b)
Take our money.
c)
Enforce order.
d)
Protect all people. 
13.
Who believed that man is born evil & selfish, and needs to be controlled.  Life without a strong government would be nasty, brutish, and short
a)
Hobbes
b)
Locke
14.
Social contract theory means that people agree to give up some of their rights for the government's protection.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
True or False: 

Jean Jacques Rousseau political beliefs were that the government should of been ruled by a king/queen.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
He created a ______ contract.
a)
social
b)
law
c)
school
d)
indifferent