Enlightenment Quiz
Who wrote Spirit of the Laws in which he described governments
as a necessary evil? He studied govts of the past;
and advocated a separation of powers rather than absolute monarchies.
a) Baron Charles de Montesquieu
b) Voltaire
c) John Locke
d) Jean J. Rousseau
e) Denis Diderot
Who said, "I do not agree
with a thing you say, but I will defend to my death your right to say it"
? He championed individual freedom; and blasted tyranny and church intolerance. He is the author of Candide, a popular satire
on the evils of the time.
a) Baron de Montesquieu
b) Voltaire
c) J.Locke
d)
Jean J. Rousseau
e) D.Diderot
Who
wrote the Social Contract in which he extolled life
of primitive societies. He believed in equality
of the masses; popular sovereignty; and majority
rule?
a) Baron de Montesquieu
b) Voltaire
c) J.Locke
d) Jean J. Rousseau
e) D.Diderot
Who
compiled an Encyclopedia intended to be a compendium
of all knowledge? His work also advocated democratic
ideas and ideals.
a) Baron de Montesquieu
b) Voltaire
c) J.Locke
d) Jean J. Rousseau
e) D.Diderot
Who
wrote Treatise of Civil Government which
was used to justify the Glorious Revolution in England, and later the American
and French Revolutions. He spoke of Natural, Inalienable
rights; limited government; and resistance to tyranny?
a) Baron de Montesquieu
b) Voltaire
c) J.Locke
d)
Jean J. Rousseau
e) D.Diderot
Who
was an British scholar who used inductive reasoning (specifics to general). He advocated a systematic recording of facts derived
from experiments to discover new general truths.
a. Thomas Hobbes
b) Galileo Galilei
c) Isaac Newton
d) Francis Bacon
e) Oliver Cromwell
Who
was the author of the Leviathan which
advocated absolute monarchy as a
form
of government to keep the brutish, nasty people in check?
a) T. Hobbes
b) Galileo Galilei
c) Isaac Newton
d) Francis Bacon
e) Oliver Cromwell
Who
was the most illustrious scientist of the Age
of Reason. He Applied algebra to motion in developing
calculus; and he formulated the gravitational theory?
a) T. Hobbes
b) Adam Smith
c) Isaac Newton
d)
Francis Bacon
e) Oliver Cromwell
Who
was an astronomer who believed that the heliocentric theory was correct and
that the former geocentric theory should be discarded?
a) Claudius Ptolemy
b) Galileo Galilei
c) Isaac Newton
d) Charles Darwi
e) Oliver Cromwell