Enlightenment Review Quiz

What is Parliament?

• A type of European Pasty

• The British system of Government, a form of Limited Monarchy

• The idea that Kings and Queens have a God-given right to rule in an Absolute Monarchy

Isaac Newton is famous for... (select all that apply)

• Discovering the laws of Gravity

• Inventing Calculus

• Founding the Fig Newton cookie company

• Newton's laws of motion

A Scholar is someone who...

• Someone who can read and speak Latin

• A salesperson of children's books

• Someone who studies a specific field

The term "Tabula Rasa" and the idea of natural rights are associated with which Enlightenment Thinker?

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

• Leonardo Da Vinci

• Bill Watterson

What is Philosophy?

• A time period where people rediscovered ancient Greek and Roman ideas and art

• The study of the city of Philadelphia

• The attempt to understand the world through observation and reason, literally translates to "Love of Wisdom"

Who is considered to be the Father of the U.S. Constitution?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Baron de Montesquieu

• James Madison

The Enlightenment came after a time period of "rediscovery" or "Rebirth", when people studied and adapted Greek and Roman art, literature, and philosophy; known as...

• The Greatest Revolution

• The Renaissance

• The Great Return

I am an Enlightenment thinker that was known for my quick wit, but the French government didn't appreciate my sense of humor. They threw me in the Bastille, but even that wouldn't shut me up! Who am I?

• Voltaire

• Benjamin Franklin

• Rene Descartes

Which of these is an example of an Absolute Monarchy?

• A King who can make up a law, arrest people for breaking, and throw them in jail for life

• A Queen who can make up a law, arrest people for breaking it, but then has to wait for a trial to throw them in jail

• A King and Queen who can make up a law, but has to submit it to a council for approval

I believe that people are essentially evil, and therefore need an all powerful ruler. Who am I?

• Baron De Montesquieu

• Thomas Hobbes

• John Calvin