Enlightenment 2025

The Enlightenment led to greater questioning of traditional truths and authorities and influenced American Founders' thinking.

• True

• False

According to Enlightenment philosophers, what must humans make to live together under certain rules for the common good?

• Scientific method

• Social contract

• Civil society

• Democracy

Who wrote the famous book Leviathan in 1658?

• John Locke

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Thomas Hobbes

• Charles I

Hobbes believed that without laws or government authority, humans would threaten each other's rights and lives.

• True

• False

According to the passage, what did individuals agree to in the social contract?

• To form a political society based on certain conditions

• To overthrow the monarch

• To abolish all laws

• To avoid paying taxes

Who was given the power to enforce the contract in Hobbes' social contract?

• The sovereign king

• sovereign people

• The judiciary

• The military

Hobbes supported the idea of an absolute monarchy, where the monarch holds all political power.

• True

• False

What event influenced John Locke's ideas?

• The American Revolution

• The Glorious Revolution

• The French Revolution

• The Industrial Revolution

According to Locke, what are the natural rights that humans possess?

• Life, liberty, and property

• Freedom, equality, and fraternity

• Justice, peace, and happiness

• Power, wealth, and status

What was the main purpose of government according to John Locke?

• To protect the individual rights of the sovereign people and to promote the common good.

• To expand the territory and power of the monarchy.

• To enforce religious conformity among all citizens.

• To maintain strict control over trade and commerce.