WorksheetsEnlightenment Quiz
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
What role did enlightened despots play during the Enlightenment?
They opposed Enlightenment ideas
They supported and implemented Enlightenment ideas
They were indifferent to Enlightenment ideas
They abolished Enlightenment ideas
What is Locke's view on human nature?
Pessimistic
Optimistic
Neutral
Indifferent
What is Hobbes' view on human nature?
Pessimistic
Optimistic
Neutral
Indifferent
What are "natural rights" according to Locke?
Rights given by the government
Rights that belong to all humans from birth
Rights earned through citizenship
Rights granted by the king
Which document's framework is influenced by Montesquieu's ideas?
The Magna Carta
The Declaration of the Rights of Men and Citizens
The Declaration of Independence
The US Constitution
What was Montesquieu's belief about the government?
An absolute monarchy was neccesary
People should give up some rights to the government
Absolute anarchy was the best solution for a system of government
Powers of government should be separated into three branches
Female Philosophes like Wollstonecraft argued that:
Women should be excluded from the social contract
Women should be included in Enlightenment changes, including public education
Women should live a more traditional life at home with their family
Women should be in charge of the church
Who is considered the most famous of the philosophes?
Voltaire
Denis Diderot
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Mary Wollstonecraft
What did Denis Diderot publish?
The Encyclopedia
The Social Contract
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
The Wealth of Nations
What did Rousseau believe about governments?
They should be freely elected by the people
They should be appointed by divine right
They should be hereditary
They should be controlled by the church
Who were the philosophes?
European thinkers who felt nothing was beyond the reach of human reason
Scottish economists advocating for free enterprise systems
American revolutionaries
German scientists studying physics
What is the belief that businesses should operate with little or no government interference?
Mercantilism
Laissez-Faire
Socialism
Communism
Adam Smith argued that the free market should:
be a free for all
operate on a government program that tells businesses what to do
operate on the natural forces of supply and demand, and that regulates business
not exist
What did Enlightenment thinkers believe was necessary to form a just society?
Divine Rule
Class Systems
Scientific and Rational Thought
Rigid Customs
What was the purpose of salons during the Enlightenment?
To host political debates
To spread new ideas
To conduct scientific experiments
To perform musical concerts
Enlightened despots include
Louis XIV, Louis XV, and Louis XVI
Frederick the Great, Catherine the Great, and Joseph II
George Washington, John Adams, and Thomas Jefferson
Vlad the Impaler, Genghis Khan, and Julius Caesar
Which philosopher believed that humans are naturally selfish and that an absolute monarchy is the best form of government?
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Karl Marx
Who wrote the book 'The Social Contract' and believed in the idea of a general will?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Karl Marx
Adam Smith
Thomas Jefferson
