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All of the following are
tenets/beliefs
of the Enlightenment
EXCEPT
the importance of faith in the unseen
the importance of toleration
focus on the secular world
the importance of reason
2
Who argued that
laissez-faire
capitalism was the best type of economy?
Rousseau
John Locke
Adam Smith
Diderot
3
Who used sarcasm to make fun of organized religion, esp. Christianity?
Voltaire
Montesquieu
Spongebob Squarepants
Diderot
4
Who wrote,
A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
?
Emile du Chatlet
Rousseau
Mary Wollstonecraft
Voltaire
5
Who created beautiful Baroque architecture in the 18th century?
Baron d' Holbach
Balthasar Neumann
Johann Sebastian Bach
Jean-Antoine Watteau
6
Who compiled the "
Encyclopedia
, a 28-volume work, which he said was written to "change the general way of thinking"?
Voltaire
Diderot
Montesquieu
Rousseau
7
Voltaire
is famous for being
a Jesuit priest
one who ridiculed Christian teachings and promoted tolerance
a brilliant scientist
someone who promoted Christian teachings
8
Who blamed Christians for the fall of Rome?
Baron d' Holbach
Diderot
Edward Gibbon
Voltaire
9
Who wrote a lot about child-rearing and education but abandoned all of his own kids in orphanages?
Diderot
Rousseau
Mary Wollstonecraft
Voltaire
10
Rococo art displayed
strict geometrical patterns
Greco-Roman themes
all of the above
grace and gentle action
11
Who believed we are born with a "tabula rasa"?
Locke
Hobbes
Rousseau
Hal Freeland
12
Which of the following was
NOT
an Enlightenment tenet/belief?
tolerance
utilitarian ethics
secularism
belief in "revealed" religions, such as Christianity
13
Who was a child prodigy/genius and wrote many operas?
Mozart
Hayden
Trey Sanders
Bach
14
Said, "Dare to know! Have the courage to use your intelligence!"
"Voltaire"
Immanuel Kant
Denis Diderot
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
15
Who said at birth the mind is a "blank slate" & it is our environment and experience that shapes us?
Locke
Pascal
Hobbes
Descartes
16
Which of the following was openly an
atheist
?
Newton
Locke
Voltaire
Diderot
17
Who published
The Two Treatises on Government
and
Essay on Human Understanding
?
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Jackson Campbell
Isaac Newton
18
Who wrote
On the Spirit of the Laws
?
Locke
Voltaire
Montesquieu
Rousseau
19
What does "tabula rasa" mean?
"divine reason"
"blank slate"
"empty spaces"
"raised table"
20
Deists are those who believe that
that there is no God; the world just came into existence by chance
God created the universe & intervenes in human affairs.
God designed and created the world but does not intervene in human affairs
that the Christian God is true and that He is manifest in the Holy Trinity
21
What was the Enlightenment?
A popular book written by William Pitt in 1760
A movement that encouraged ideas of equality
Emphasized reason as the main path to knowledge
An inspiring speech to help other colonists
22
Who argued that "man is born free" and "civilization corrupts" him?
Rousseau
Kant
Locke
Voltaire
23
Montesquieu believed that governments should have
checks and balances
all of the above
leaders chosen by the people
three branches
24
The French Enlightenment thinkers were known as
scientists
physiocrats
philosophes
"The Smart People"
