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Philosophers of the Enlightenment Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is considered the father of the Enlightenment?

a)

Immanuel Kant

b)

Thomas Hobbes

c)

Rene Descartes

d)

John Locke

2.

Which philosopher believed in the separation of powers?

a)

Socrates

b)

Montesquieu

c)

Plato

d)

Aristotle

3.

Who wrote the book 'Candide'?

a)

Rousseau

b)

Hugo

c)

Diderot

d)

Voltaire

4.

Which philosopher believed in the social contract theory?

a)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

b)

Socrates

c)

Karl Marx

d)

John Locke

5.

Who wrote the book 'Two Treatises of Government'?

a)

Thomas Hobbes

b)

John Locke

c)

Adam Smith

d)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

6.

Which philosopher believed in religious tolerance and freedom of speech?

a)

John Locke

b)

Aristotle

c)

Friedrich Nietzsche

d)

Karl Marx

7.

Who is known for the idea of the 'general will'?

a)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

b)

Adam Smith

c)

Karl Marx

d)

Friedrich Nietzsche

8.

Which philosopher believed in the natural rights of life, liberty, and property?

a)

Friedrich Nietzsche

b)

John Locke

c)

Karl Marx

d)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

9.

Who is known for the idea of the 'separation of powers'?

a)

Montesquieu

b)

John Locke

c)

Adam Smith

d)

Karl Marx

10.

Which philosopher believed in the importance of education and the influence of environment on individuals?

a)

Socrates

b)

Aristotle

c)

John Locke

d)

Plato

11.

What did philosophes hope to accomplish?

a)

They 

hoped to find natural laws for art history.

b)

They 

hoped to find natural laws for the mathematics.


c)

They 

hoped to find other philosophers


.

d)

They 

hoped to find natural laws for the social sciences like government, economics and social 

relations.


12.

A movement in the 18th century that used to reason and logic to create a revolution in ideas of government

a)

The Enlightenment

b)

The scientific Revolution

c)

The Renaissance

d)

The Middle Ages

13.

logical thinking; ability to clearly understand

a)

Deduction

b)

induction

c)

logic

d)

reason

14.

British feminist of the eighteenth century who argued for women's equality with men, even in voting,

a)

Jane Hobbes

b)

Jane Rousseau

c)

Mary Hobbes

d)

Mary Wollstonecraft

15.

belief in progress, more secular (non religious outlook, importance of the individual, French Revolution, American Revolution

a)

Effects of the Scientific Revolution

b)

Effects of the Elightenment

c)

Causes of the Enlightenment

d)

Causes of the Scientific Revolution