Topic 13A MC Test (2025)

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Unlike John Locke, Thomas Hobbes believed that

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people in a state should be governed by an absolute ruler.

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Which of the following is an example of absolutism? Options: a king who makes all the decisions regarding taxes and foreign policy, a king who works with a parliament to pass laws and govern the nation, an assembly elected by the entire nation that passes laws and collects taxes, an assembly of the highest nobles and aristocrats who inherit their power

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a king who makes all the decisions regarding taxes and foreign policy

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How did the idea of the divine right of kings support absolutism?

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Because it was believed monarchs received their power from God, monarchs were not responsible to anybody else.

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One way Cardinal Richelieu contributed to the absolute power of the king of France was by stripping Huguenots of their political and military rights.

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stripping Huguenots of their political and military rights.

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What was one of Mary Wollstonecraft’s reasons for why women should have the same rights as men?

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Since women possess the same ability to reason they are entitled to the same rights as men

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Montesquieu’s The Spirit of the Laws is most notable for advancing the idea of

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the separation of powers.

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Rousseau’s idea of the social contract conceived of government as an arrangement wherein people had the ability to create a government of their own choosing

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had the ability to create a government of their own choosing

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A primary goal of Enlightenment thinkers was to use reason to

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improve society.

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Which of the following statements would Adam Smith most agree with? The price of goods should be determined by economic interactions without government interference.

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The price of goods should be determined by economic interactions without government interference.

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Which statement best supports Mary Wollstonecraft’s conclusion that women should have the same rights as men? Options: Women are equal to men., Women are born with a tabula rasa., Women have the ability to reason., Women have a desire for social change.

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Women have the ability to reason.