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WorksheetsEnlightenment and European History Quiz
Total questions: 1
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who wrote the famous poem in response to the Lisbon earthquake?
Hume
Montesquieu
Rousseau
Voltaire
Which philosopher promoted reason above religion, concluding that belief in God was mere superstition?
Adam Smith
Moses Mendelssohn
Emmanuel Kant
David Hume
Who published the Persian Letters in which Uzbek visitors find Europe amusing if not shocking?
Hume
Montesquieu
Rousseau
Voltaire
Which book famously begins with the line 'Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains'?
Candide
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of The Wealth of Nations
The Social Contract
The Wealth of Nations
Who advocated for healing social policies in addition to the benefits of laissez-faire?
Emmanuel Kant
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Adam Smith
Moses Mendelssohn
Which philosopher emphasized individual reason and advanced the Enlightenment's commitment to the human mind?
Adam Smith
Moses Mendelssohn
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Emmanuel Kant
Who made fun of overweening rulers and their endless corruptions in many rollicking tales?
Montesquieu
Hume
Rousseau
Voltaire
Which philosopher believed that the state embodied the best that was in the collective community and individuals needed to give the state unconditional obedience?
Adam Smith
Moses Mendelssohn
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Emmanuel Kant
Who opposed absolutism and urged concern for the overall well-being of society?
Emmanuel Kant
Adam Smith
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Moses Mendelssohn
Who laid out the violent devastation of native peoples by invading Europeans in 1770?
Voltaire
Montesquieu
Rousseau
Hume
Which philosopher believed that the age-old persecution of Jews would soon end due to the Enlightenment emphasis on reason?
Adam Smith
Moses Mendelssohn
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Emmanuel Kant
Who wrote the best-selling memoir that captured the inhumanity of whites towards blacks and advocated Enlightenment freedom and human rights for all?
Rousseau
Equiano
Voltaire
Montesquieu
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?
Adam Smith
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Moses Mendelssohn
Emmanuel Kant
Who promoted the belief that the musty old ideas needed to be exposed to rational investigation to see if they were still valuable?
Voltaire
Rousseau
Hume
Montesquieu
Who made fun of the magic of priests who somehow perform the trick of turning wine into blood in the Persian Letters?
Voltaire
Rousseau
Montesquieu
Hume
