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1
Which country used St. Petersburg as its capital during the Age of Absolutism?
England
France
Spain
Russia
2
Which one of Thomas Jefferson’s documents incorporated Enlightenment ideas?
Bill of Rights
Constitution of Virginia
Articles of Confederation
Declaration of Independence
3
The Enlightenment is also known as the
Age of Absolutism
Age of Reason
Industrial Age
Age of Discovery
4
Sir Isaac Newton is associated with the laws of...
Electricity
motion and gravity
astronomy
human biology
5
All of the following made discoveries in astronomy EXCEPT..
Nicolas Copernicus
William Harvey
Galileo Galilei
Johannes Kepler
6
Who discovered the circulation of blood?
Isaac Newton
Johannes Kepler
Nicolas Copernicus
William Harvey
7
Which Enlightenment scholar influenced the the US Constitution on the separation of powers?
Voltaire
Montesquieu
Locke
Rousseau
8
What book argues, "The best form of government includes a separation of powers?"
Leviathan
Two Treatises on Government
The Social Contract
The Spirit of Laws
9
Don Quixote is written by what Spanish author?
Miguel Cervantes
Eugéne Delacroix
Diego Rivera
Hernando Cortez
10
Which philosopher is NOT correctly matched with the book he wrote?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau – “Social Contract”
Montesquieu -“Wealth of Nations”
Thomas Hobbes – “The Leviathan”
John Locke – “The Two Treatises on Government"
11
Who discovered the laws of gravity?
Galileo Galilei
William Harvey
Johannes Kepler
Isaac Newton
12
Which composer's style of music can be best described as very elaborate and complicated?
George Fredric Handel
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ludwig van Beethoven
Johann Sebastian Bach
13
All of the following were aspects of the Enlightenment EXCEPT —
a continuation of Papal Authority
stimulated religious toleration
applied reason to the human condition
fueled democratic institutions
14
Who developed the heliocentric theory of the universe?
Isaac Newton
Nicolas Coperrnicus
William Harvey
Galileo Galilei
15
Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart became famous for being —
painters
sculptors
composers
philosophers
16
Philosophies of the Enlightenment fueled revolution in the Americas and what other country?
Germany
France
England
Spain
17
"I might not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
Cervantes
Karl Marx
Thomas Hobbes
Voltaire
18
Which title best describes Voltaire?
Philosopher
Composer
Painter
Novelist
19
In Leviathan, who argues that the state must have central authority to manage human behavior?
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Voltaire
20
Who wrote Leviathan?
Montesquieu
Voltaire
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
21
During the Scientific Revolution, what did scientists rely on to make discoveries?
biblical teachings
ancient texts and teachings
Reason and observation
guesswork and hypothesis
22
The novel emerged as a distinct form of literature in Europe during the
Reformation
Enlightenment
Age of Absolutism
Industrial Revolution
23
Who said, "People are sovereign""Men have natural rights of Life, Liberty, Property"?
Montesquieu
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Thomas Jefferson
24
According to John Locke all people are born with natural rights to life, liberty, and
pursuit of happiness
food
property
health care
25
Who wrote The Social Contract?
Montesquieu
Voltaire
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
John Locke
26
This French palace is called the
Royal Palace of Turin
Palace of Versailles
Buckingham Palace
Palace du Compagnonnage
27
Which monarch tried to remake his country in the image of England during the Age of Absolutism?
Peter the Great
Louis XIV
Phillip II
Charles I
28
The belief that monarchs receive their authority from God and are answerable God is know as —
Papal Authority
Divine Right
Protestantism
Calvinism
29
This famous Austrian composer was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era.
Voltaire
Johann Sebastian Bach
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Eugène Delacroix
30
Which writer most influenced the people who started the French Revolution?
Miguel de Cervantes
Benjamin Franklin
Niccolò Machiavelli
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
31
Both Louis XIV and Peter the Great were -
rulers of Russia
rulers of France
absolute monarchs
limited monarchs
32
Which famous American document did NOT contain Enlightenment ideals?
Proclamation of 1763
Bill of Rights
U.S. Constitution
Declaration of Independence
33
Who wrote Two Treatises on Government?
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Voltaire
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
34
"Religious toleration should triumph over religious fanaticism; separation of church and state?
Voltaire
John Locke
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Montesquieu
35
What book argues, "the state must have central authority to manage behavior?"
Two Treatises on Government
The Spirit of Laws
Leviathan
The Social Contract
36
What book argues, "People are sovereign; monarchs are not chosen by God?"
The Social Contract
The Spirit of Laws
Two Treatises on Government
Leviathan
37
All of the following were thinkers from the Enlightenment EXCEPT -
Thomas Hobbes
John Wycliffe
John Locke
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Who wrote the famous novel Don Quixote?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
William Harvey
Miguel de Cervantes
Thomas Hobbes
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3 Who was the German astronomer who proved that the planets move in oval paths called ellipses?
Galileo
Andreas Vesalius
Isaac Newton
Johannes Kepler
