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3 Who was the German astronomer who proved that the planets move in oval paths called ellipses?
Isaac Newton
Johannes Kepler
Galileo
Andreas Vesalius
2
Who wrote The Social Contract?
John Locke
Montesquieu
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Voltaire
3
Both Louis XIV and Peter the Great were -
absolute monarchs
limited monarchs
rulers of Russia
rulers of France
4
The Enlightenment is also known as the
Age of Discovery
Age of Reason
Age of Absolutism
Industrial Age
5
"Religious toleration should triumph over religious fanaticism; separation of church and state?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Voltaire
John Locke
Montesquieu
6
Who wrote the famous novel Don Quixote?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Miguel de Cervantes
William Harvey
Thomas Hobbes
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In Leviathan, who argues that the state must have central authority to manage human behavior?
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Voltaire
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
8
Which writer most influenced the people who started the French Revolution?
Miguel de Cervantes
Benjamin Franklin
Niccolò Machiavelli
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
9
Which country used St. Petersburg as its capital during the Age of Absolutism?
France
England
Spain
Russia
10
Which famous American document did NOT contain Enlightenment ideals?
U.S. Constitution
Declaration of Independence
Bill of Rights
Proclamation of 1763
11
Which title best describes Voltaire?
Composer
Philosopher
Painter
Novelist
12
According to John Locke all people are born with natural rights to life, liberty, and
property
pursuit of happiness
food
health care
13
Which composer's style of music can be best described as very elaborate and complicated?
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ludwig van Beethoven
George Fredric Handel
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
14
Who discovered the circulation of blood?
Johannes Kepler
William Harvey
Isaac Newton
Nicolas Copernicus
15
All of the following made discoveries in astronomy EXCEPT..
Nicolas Copernicus
Galileo Galilei
William Harvey
Johannes Kepler
16
The belief that monarchs receive their authority from God and are answerable God is know as —
Protestantism
Divine Right
Papal Authority
Calvinism
17
Sir Isaac Newton is associated with the laws of...
Electricity
astronomy
motion and gravity
human biology
18
Which one of Thomas Jefferson’s documents incorporated Enlightenment ideas?
Articles of Confederation
Bill of Rights
Constitution of Virginia
Declaration of Independence
19
Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart became famous for being —
sculptors
philosophers
painters
composers
20
Who said, "People are sovereign""Men have natural rights of Life, Liberty, Property"?
Thomas Jefferson
Montesquieu
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
21
This famous Austrian composer was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Eugène Delacroix
Johann Sebastian Bach
Voltaire
22
What book argues, "People are sovereign; monarchs are not chosen by God?"
The Spirit of Laws
Leviathan
The Social Contract
Two Treatises on Government
23
All of the following were thinkers from the Enlightenment EXCEPT -
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
John Locke
John Wycliffe
Thomas Hobbes
24
Which Enlightenment scholar influenced the the US Constitution on the separation of powers?
Rousseau
Montesquieu
Voltaire
Locke
25
Who wrote Two Treatises on Government?
John Locke
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Thomas Hobbes
Voltaire
26
Who discovered the laws of gravity?
William Harvey
Johannes Kepler
Galileo Galilei
Isaac Newton
27
Which monarch tried to remake his country in the image of England during the Age of Absolutism?
Charles I
Peter the Great
Louis XIV
Phillip II
28
The novel emerged as a distinct form of literature in Europe during the
Enlightenment
Age of Absolutism
Reformation
Industrial Revolution
29
This French palace is called the
Buckingham Palace
Palace of Versailles
Palace du Compagnonnage
Royal Palace of Turin
30
Don Quixote is written by what Spanish author?
Eugéne Delacroix
Diego Rivera
Hernando Cortez
Miguel Cervantes
31
During the Scientific Revolution, what did scientists rely on to make discoveries?
Reason and observation
ancient texts and teachings
biblical teachings
guesswork and hypothesis
32
What book argues, "the state must have central authority to manage behavior?"
The Social Contract
Leviathan
The Spirit of Laws
Two Treatises on Government
33
Which philosopher is NOT correctly matched with the book he wrote?
Montesquieu -“Wealth of Nations”
Thomas Hobbes – “The Leviathan”
John Locke – “The Two Treatises on Government"
Jean-Jacques Rousseau – “Social Contract”
34
Who developed the heliocentric theory of the universe?
William Harvey
Isaac Newton
Galileo Galilei
Nicolas Coperrnicus
35
Philosophies of the Enlightenment fueled revolution in the Americas and what other country?
Spain
France
Germany
England
36
Who wrote Leviathan?
Voltaire
Montesquieu
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
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"I might not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
Cervantes
Thomas Hobbes
Karl Marx
Voltaire
38
All of the following were aspects of the Enlightenment EXCEPT —
stimulated religious toleration
fueled democratic institutions
applied reason to the human condition
a continuation of Papal Authority
39
What book argues, "The best form of government includes a separation of powers?"
The Spirit of Laws
Leviathan
The Social Contract
Two Treatises on Government