Multiple Choice Questions

The rights to life, liberty, and property
  • Why did Montesquieu keep his identity as author of The Persian Letters a secret?
  • What three natural rights did John Locke believe a government must protect?
  • How did Descartes change the way people thought about their world?
  • Who were French philosophes and what did they hope to achieve?
The freedom to express one's opinion
  • What did Voltaire value the most?
  • Where did Locke believe a good government got its power from?
  • Why did Hobbes flee England?
  • How did events in England during the 1660's affect Hobbes?
Scholars and thinkers who considered ways to achieve a better society.
  • Who were French philosophes and what did they hope to achieve?
  • What three natural rights did John Locke believe a government must protect?
  • Who was Isaac Newton? What was the main idea in Newton's Principia?
  • Why do we call Descartes the father of modern philosophy?
Holland allowed more freedom of thought and expression than other European countries.
  • What opinion did Montesquieu and Voltaire share about the English government?
  • How did Thomas Hobbes describe human beings in their natural state?
  • Why did Descartes choose to live in Holland for much of his life?
  • How did Jefferson, Franklin, and Madison know about Enlightenment ideas?
Both admired England's limited monarchy and supported such a system for France.
  • What does the phrase tabula rasa mean and how is it connected to John Locke?
  • What opinion did Montesquieu and Voltaire share about the English government?
  • What was the Encyclopedia, and what did it have to do with the Enlightenment?
  • What aspects of U.S. government do we owe to the French thinker Montesquieu?
All citizens have natural rights to life and liberty; when a government does not grant those rights, the people have the right to change or overthrow it. The government gets its power from the people.
  • What ideas did Jefferson include in the Declaration of Independence that echo the beliefs of John Locke?
  • What does the phrase tabula rasa mean and how is it connected to John Locke?
  • What was the Enlightenment, and why did it have that name, and what did Enlightenment thinkers believe?
  • What Enlightenment ideas were included in the U.S. Constitution?
Both reacted against the medieval period, with its reliance on authorities such as church and king. Renaissance thinkers looked mainly to the literature and arts of ancient Greece and Rome for ideas and answers. Enlightenment thinkers turned to science and reason. They did build on the work of some Renaissance scientists, such as Copernicus and Galileo.
  • What kind of government did Hobbes favor and what did he consider most important for a strong society?
  • How did Newton's work in science influence thinking in other areas of life?
  • Compare and contrast the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. How were they similar? How did they differ?
  • What happened during the Glorious Revolution, and what did Locke think of it?
Change the government and replace it with one that would protect their rights.
  • Why did Descartes choose to live in Holland for much of his life?
  • How did Thomas Hobbes describe human beings in their natural state?
  • What opinion did Montesquieu and Voltaire share about the English government?
  • If a government failed to protect citizens' rights, what did Locke suggest the people do?
They read widely and studies science and foreign politics.
  • How did Thomas Hobbes describe human beings in their natural state?
  • How did events in England during the 1660's affect Hobbes?
  • Why did Descartes choose to live in Holland for much of his life?
  • How did Jefferson, Franklin, and Madison know about Enlightenment ideas?
Parliament seemed to be winning the struggle against the king. Hobbes worried that his ideas would cause him trouble if Parliament triumphed over the monarchy.
  • How did events in England during the 1660's affect Hobbes?
  • What did Voltaire value the most?
  • Why did Descartes choose to live in Holland for much of his life?
  • Why did Hobbes flee England?
His thoughts were his own, and they proved his existence.
  • What one thing was Descartes certain of?
  • Who were French philosophes and what did they hope to achieve?
  • Why do we call Descartes the father of modern philosophy?
  • What three natural rights did John Locke believe a government must protect?
He introduced a new way of thinking about what we know and how we know it. He insisted on using reason.
  • How did Descartes change the way people thought about their world?
  • Why do we call Descartes the father of modern philosophy?
  • Who was Isaac Newton? What was the main idea in Newton's Principia?
  • Why did Montesquieu keep his identity as author of The Persian Letters a secret?
The people
  • What Enlightenment ideas were included in the U.S. Constitution?
  • How did events in England during the 1660's affect Hobbes?
  • Where did Locke believe a good government got its power from?
  • What part of the world did the Enlightenment begin?
Locke thought government should protect people's rights, while Hobbes believed government should be all-powerful in order to control human evil. Locke thought human nature was neither good nor bad; Hobbes thought humans were naturally selfish and warlike.
  • How did Jefferson, Franklin, and Madison know about Enlightenment ideas?
  • How did the government of eighteenth-century France censor Voltaire's criticisms?
  • How did Locke's ideas about government and human nature differ from Hobbes's ideas about them?
  • How did events in England during the 1660's affect Hobbes?
He showed people how to use observation and reason to find truths, rather than accepting them on faith alone. He encouraged people to question everything expect their own existence.
  • Who was Isaac Newton? What was the main idea in Newton's Principia?
  • How did Descartes change the way people thought about their world?
  • How did Newton's work in science influence thinking in other areas of life?
  • Why do we call Descartes the father of modern philosophy?
It was a 30-volume collection of the ideas of Enlightenment thinkers. It was written by Voltaire and other philosophes
  • What was the Encyclopedia, and what did it have to do with the Enlightenment?
  • What does the phrase tabula rasa mean and how is it connected to John Locke?
  • What was the Enlightenment, and why did it have that name, and what did Enlightenment thinkers believe?
  • What opinion did Montesquieu and Voltaire share about the English government?
The book made fun of the French ruling class. Montesquieu could have been thrown in prison for publishing these ideas.
  • Why did Montesquieu keep his identity as author of The Persian Letters a secret?
  • How did Newton's work in science influence thinking in other areas of life?
  • How did Descartes change the way people thought about their world?
  • Why do we call Descartes the father of modern philosophy?
Separation of powers, checks and balances.
  • Which groups of people played the greatest role in the Enlightenment?
  • What opinion did Montesquieu and Voltaire share about the English government?
  • What was the Encyclopedia, and what did it have to do with the Enlightenment?
  • What aspects of U.S. government do we owe to the French thinker Montesquieu?
During the Glorious Revolution the English Parliament drove out an absolute monarch, King James II. Parliament replaced him with 2 constitutional monarchs, William and Mary. Locke was strongly in favor of the revolution and even became an advisor to Mary.
  • What three natural rights did John Locke believe a government must protect?
  • Compare and contrast the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. How were they similar? How did they differ?
  • Who was Isaac Newton? What was the main idea in Newton's Principia?
  • What happened during the Glorious Revolution, and what did Locke think of it?
He favored a strong government with strict laws to keep people from fighting each other (a monarch). For a strong society he believed there had to be law and order.
  • Who was Isaac Newton? What was the main idea in Newton's Principia?
  • How did Descartes change the way people thought about their world?
  • What kind of government did Hobbes favor and what did he consider most important for a strong society?
  • Why did Montesquieu keep his identity as author of The Persian Letters a secret?
The enlightenment was a time in the 1700's in Europe when people began to question old ideas and search for knowledge. The name Enlightenment refers to the light of knowledge that supposedly replaces the darkness of superstition and ignorance. Enlightenment thinkers believed that science and reason could improve people's lives.
  • What was the Encyclopedia, and what did it have to do with the Enlightenment?
  • What ideas did Jefferson include in the Declaration of Independence that echo the beliefs of John Locke?
  • What was the Enlightenment, and why did it have that name, and what did Enlightenment thinkers believe?
  • What Enlightenment ideas were included in the U.S. Constitution?
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