The Enlightenment Quiz

What is the heliocentric theory?

• The idea that the Earth is the center of the universe

• The idea that the Sun is the center of the universe

• The idea that all the planets rotate around the Earth

• The idea that the Earth is the largest planet in the universe

Who came up with the heliocentric theory?

• Ptolemy

• Galileo

• Copernicus

• Kepler

What was John Locke's belief about people?

• All people have the ability to reason and therefore can shape the world around them.

• People should question the laws of society and follow the laws of nature.

• All humans are parts of a world ruled by natural law and people have to find their place in the world.

• People are born with a blank mind and molded by their experiences and the world around them..

What was the spark of the Enlightenment?

• French Revolution

• English Civil War

• Scientific Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

The Enlightenment is also known as the Age of what?

• Science

• Knowledge

• Reason

• Mathematics

To Voltaire and other philosophes of the Enlightenment, the universe was like...

• A giant machine - every person within the machine was just one part of a whole and all were needed for it to operate

• A mechanical clock—a rational, orderly, and predictable system governed by natural laws

• A microscope - each being is just a tiny particle of one large organization

• An Ant Hill - every person in the hill has a job to do and all answer to one central being

What is the idea of a social contract?

• Individuals give up some freedoms to a government in exchange for the protection of their natural rights to life, liberty, and property

• The idea that human nature and can be discovered through reason, independent of human laws or cultural beliefs

• A governmental system that divides governmental responsibilities into distinct branches

• The attitude that things should be allowed to take their own course without interfering

Which is NOT a basic right found in the Magna Carta?

• The right to due process and trial by jury

• The right to a fair trial

• Freedom from unlawful imprisonment and seizure of property

• The right to taxation at the government's request

Which philosopher developed the idea of a social contract theory?

• Smith

• Rousseau

• Diderot

• Voltaire

Who was called the "father of modern rationalism"?

• Rousseau

• Locke

• Descartes

• Voltaire