Age of Reason Quiz

What is another name for the Age of Reason?

• The Middle Ages

• The Renaissance

• The Enlightenment

• The Industrial Revolution

Which famous French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician championed the idea of deism and the power of human thought during the Age of Reason?

• René Descartes

• Montesquieu

• Voltaire

• John Locke

Who believed that the universe operated according to universal laws and thought that doubt was essential to understanding the world?

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

• Voltaire

Which Enlightenment thinker argued for freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion?

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

• Voltaire

• John Locke

Who was the English philosopher known for arguing that people have natural rights and governments should protect those rights?

• Rousseau

• Montesquieu

• Voltaire

• John Locke

Which thinker believed in the separation of government powers and influenced the structure of the American government?

• Voltaire

• Rousseau

Which Enlightenment thinker believed in the orderliness of the universe and the existence of universal laws?

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Isaac Newton

• René Descartes

• John Locke

Who asserted the famous statement "I think, therefore I am" during the Age of Reason?

• René Descartes

• Voltaire

• Montesquieu

• John Locke

Which Enlightenment thinker believed in the power of education to overcome superstition and ignorance?

• Voltaire

• Montesquieu

Who argued that individuals are born free and society and government should support their freedom?

• Montesquieu

• Voltaire

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• John Locke