The Enlightenment Quiz

The movement known as the Enlightenment occurred during

• the 1500s and 1600s.

• the 1600s and 1700s.

• the 1700s and1800s.

• the 1800s and 1900s.

Enlightenment thinkers questioned traditional ideas about

• government

• medicine

• religion

• science

Which three topics became a major focus of the Enlightenment?

• astronomy, mathematics, physics

• classicism, humanism, individualism

• rights and responsibilities, politics, reason

• spirituality, religion, chivalry

Which movement happened last in Europe?

• the Enlightenment

• the Middle Ages

• the Reformation

• the Renaissance

The social contract theory states that

• governments should always be allowed to encourage the spread of Protestantism.

• farmers are required to give up some rights in exchange for government provided funding.

• peasants should raise up against the wealthy to gain equal status within society.

• citizens give up some liberties to government in exchange for protection of their self-interests.

How did the English Civil War affect the Enlightenment?

• The English Civil War led to the concept of a “divine right” to rule, which was developed in greater detail by Enlightenment thinkers.

• The English Civil War caused many people to question the role of government, which sparked the imagination of Enlightenment thinkers.

• The English Civil War established the authority of monarchs, who were supported by Enlightenment thinkers.

• The English Civil War promoted the idea of absolutism, which was embraced by Enlightenment thinkers.

Enlightenment thinkers rejected the concept of

• absolutism.

• freedom.

• individuality.

• society.

Who wrote The Leviathan in 1651?

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Locke

• Baron de Montesquieu

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Which statement best characterizes the ideas of Thomas Hobbes?

• People are naturally reasonable.

• People are naturally selfish and violent.

• Governments create unequal societies.

• Government should be separate from religion.

Read the passage from John Locke’s Second Treatise of Government.

The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings, capable of laws, where there is no law there is no freedom.

The quotation supports Locke’s belief in

• the need for absolute rule to keep people in control.

• the social contract between people and government.

• the need to keep the church separate from the state.

• the desire for three different branches of government.