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English Enlightenment

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the intellectual movement that stressed reason and thought and the power of the individual?

a)

Renaissance

b)

Enlightenment

c)

Reformation

d)

Social Contract

2.

Thomas Hobbes believed humans are born

a)

capable

b)

evil

c)

royal

d)

nice

3.

This event in history scared Hobbes and made him decide he would support the role of a strong, overbearing government.

a)

The Spanish Armada

b)

The Holocaust

c)

The death of Louis XIV

d)

The English Civil War

4.

Thomas Hobbes and his idea of government is most like a(n)

a)

absolute monarchy

b)

democracy

c)

constitutional monarchy

d)

republic

5.

When Thomas Hobbes said citizens should hand over their rights and freedoms in exchange for law and order, this was called what?

a)

Social Agreement

b)

Social Construct

c)

Law and Order

d)

Social Contract

6.

Thomas Hobbes said government should be powerful and forceful like a leviathan. A leviathan is a _______

a)

Tiger

b)

Shark

c)

Gorilla

d)

Sea Monster

7.

This man of enlightenment believed man was born good and capable of implementing change. (First and Last)

(a)  

8.

This man of enlightenment believed man was born naturally selfish and evil and incapable of governing itself. (First and Last)

(a)  

9.

Name the three natural born rights according to John Locke

a)

Life

b)

Pursuit of Happiness

c)

Liberty

d)

Property

10.

According to Locke, government should be there to _____ these natural rights.

a)

protect

b)

change

c)

decide

d)

challenge

11.

Locke believed if the government did not protect these rights, people had a right to....

a)

give up

b)

vote

c)

revolt

d)

live with it

12.

Another word(s) for popular consent is

a)

majority rule

b)

agreement

c)

disagreement

13.

I agree most with this English Enlightenment theologist

a)

Thomas Hobbes

b)

John Locke

14.

Can you guarantee Law and Order?

a)

Yes

b)

No

15.

I understand the ideas of John Locke and Thomas Hobbes

a)

:) Yes

b)

:/ Ehh

c)

:( No

d)

:'( I'm Lost