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WorksheetsPhilosophers of the Enlightenment Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Who is considered the father of the Enlightenment?
Immanuel Kant
Thomas Hobbes
Rene Descartes
John Locke
Which philosopher believed in the separation of powers?
Socrates
Montesquieu
Plato
Aristotle
Who wrote the book 'Candide'?
Rousseau
Hugo
Diderot
Voltaire
Which philosopher believed in the social contract theory?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Socrates
Karl Marx
John Locke
Who wrote the book 'Two Treatises of Government'?
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Adam Smith
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Which philosopher believed in religious tolerance and freedom of speech?
John Locke
Aristotle
Friedrich Nietzsche
Karl Marx
Who is known for the idea of the 'general will'?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Adam Smith
Karl Marx
Friedrich Nietzsche
Which philosopher believed in the natural rights of life, liberty, and property?
Friedrich Nietzsche
John Locke
Karl Marx
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Who is known for the idea of the 'separation of powers'?
Montesquieu
John Locke
Adam Smith
Karl Marx
Which philosopher believed in the importance of education and the influence of environment on individuals?
Socrates
Aristotle
John Locke
Plato
What did philosophes hope to accomplish?
They
hoped to find natural laws for art history.
They
hoped to find natural laws for the mathematics.
They
hoped to find other philosophers
.
They
hoped to find natural laws for the social sciences like government, economics and social
relations.
A movement in the 18th century that used to reason and logic to create a revolution in ideas of government
The Enlightenment
The scientific Revolution
The Renaissance
The Middle Ages
logical thinking; ability to clearly understand
Deduction
induction
logic
reason
British feminist of the eighteenth century who argued for women's equality with men, even in voting,
Jane Hobbes
Jane Rousseau
Mary Hobbes
Mary Wollstonecraft
belief in progress, more secular (non religious outlook, importance of the individual, French Revolution, American Revolution
Effects of the Scientific Revolution
Effects of the Elightenment
Causes of the Enlightenment
Causes of the Scientific Revolution
