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Diderot and Voltaire

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where was Voltaire born?

a)

Paris

b)

Lyon

c)

Langres

d)

Marsille

2.

When Denis Diderot went to school he wanted to be a ___________

a)

Doctor

b)

Writer

c)

Priest

d)

Lawyer

3.

When Voltaire went to school he wanted to be a _________.

a)

Doctor

b)

Writer

c)

Priest

d)

Lawyer

4.

Which university did Denis Diderot attend?

a)

Cambridge

b)

Louis Le Grand

c)

Oxford

d)

University of Paris

5.

Which university did Voltaire attend?

a)

Cambridge

b)

Louis Le Grand

c)

Oxford

d)

University of Paris

6.

Both Voltaire and Diderot became writers after collage.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Maybe

7.

Both Voltaire and Diderot were sent to the Bastille prison for _________.

a)

what they stole

b)

what they wrote

c)

what they broke

d)

selling the King's stuff on Craigslist

8.

Which foreign country did Denis Diderot travel to?

a)

Russia

b)

Netherlands

c)

England

d)

Switzerland

9.

Which foreign country DIDN'T Voltaire travel to?

a)

Russia

b)

Netherlands

c)

England

d)

Switzerland

10.

Who was Voltaire sent to spy on?

a)

Katherine the Great

b)

Ivan the Terrible

c)

Peter the Great

d)

Frederick the Great

11.

What happened to the writings of both Diderot and Voltaire in France?

a)

The King ordered them banned.

b)

The King ordered them to be mandatory reading.

c)

The King ordered them to be put into the Royal Library.

d)

The King ordered them to be made into a Broadway musical.

12.

Which of the following was Denis Diderot's contribution to the world?

a)

The Dictionary

b)

The Atlas

c)

The Almanac

d)

The Encyclopedia

13.

Which of the following was Voltaire's contribution to the world?

a)

Freedom of religion

b)

Freedom of speech

c)

Freedom of choice

d)

Freedom of liberty

14.

Where are both Diderot and Voltaire buried?

a)

Marseille

b)

Langres

c)

Paris

d)

Lyon

15.

Where was Denis Diderot born?

a)

Paris

b)

Lyon

c)

Langres

d)

Marsille

16.

How did Denis Diderot die?

a)

Fell down the stairs

b)

Choked on soup

c)

A lion attacked him at the zoo

d)

Someone stole his medicine

17.

What was Voltaire's book Candide about?

a)

A guy who faces all kinds of evil in the world but still stays positive.

b)

A guy who must save the world from being crushed by an asteroid.

c)

A guy who finds a golden ticket in a chocolate bar.

d)

A guy has a magic carpet and flies around the world.