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Enlightenment and European History Quiz

Total questions: 1

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1-15.
1.

Who wrote the famous poem in response to the Lisbon earthquake?

a)

Hume

b)

Montesquieu

c)

Rousseau

d)

Voltaire

2.

Which philosopher promoted reason above religion, concluding that belief in God was mere superstition?

a)

Adam Smith

b)

Moses Mendelssohn

c)

Emmanuel Kant

d)

David Hume

3.

Who published the Persian Letters in which Uzbek visitors find Europe amusing if not shocking?

a)

Hume

b)

Montesquieu

c)

Rousseau

d)

Voltaire

4.

Which book famously begins with the line 'Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains'?

a)

Candide

b)

An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of The Wealth of Nations

c)

The Social Contract

d)

The Wealth of Nations

5.

Who advocated for healing social policies in addition to the benefits of laissez-faire?

a)

Emmanuel Kant

b)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

c)

Adam Smith

d)

Moses Mendelssohn

6.

Which philosopher emphasized individual reason and advanced the Enlightenment's commitment to the human mind?

a)

Adam Smith

b)

Moses Mendelssohn

c)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

d)

Emmanuel Kant

7.

Who made fun of overweening rulers and their endless corruptions in many rollicking tales?

a)

Montesquieu

b)

Hume

c)

Rousseau

d)

Voltaire

8.

Which philosopher believed that the state embodied the best that was in the collective community and individuals needed to give the state unconditional obedience?

a)

Adam Smith

b)

Moses Mendelssohn

c)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

d)

Emmanuel Kant

9.

Who opposed absolutism and urged concern for the overall well-being of society?

a)

Emmanuel Kant

b)

Adam Smith

c)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

d)

Moses Mendelssohn

10.

Who laid out the violent devastation of native peoples by invading Europeans in 1770?

a)

Voltaire

b)

Montesquieu

c)

Rousseau

d)

Hume

11.

Which philosopher believed that the age-old persecution of Jews would soon end due to the Enlightenment emphasis on reason?

a)

Adam Smith

b)

Moses Mendelssohn

c)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

d)

Emmanuel Kant

12.

Who wrote the best-selling memoir that captured the inhumanity of whites towards blacks and advocated Enlightenment freedom and human rights for all?

a)

Rousseau

b)

Equiano

c)

Voltaire

d)

Montesquieu

13.

Which philosopher famously exclaimed 'Dare to Know' as he advanced the Enlightenment's commitment to the human mind and the ability of every person to think for themselves?

a)

Adam Smith

b)

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

c)

Moses Mendelssohn

d)

Emmanuel Kant

14.

Who promoted the belief that the musty old ideas needed to be exposed to rational investigation to see if they were still valuable?

a)

Voltaire

b)

Rousseau

c)

Hume

d)

Montesquieu

15.

Who made fun of the magic of priests who somehow perform the trick of turning wine into blood in the Persian Letters?

a)

Voltaire

b)

Rousseau

c)

Montesquieu

d)

Hume