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The Enlightenment
Test Description: Review of the major aspects of the Enlightenment period
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Writers of the Enlightenment were primarily interested in
A
changing the relationship between people and their government
B
debating the role of the Church in society
C
promoting increased powers for European monarchs
D
supporting the devine right theory
2) Who believed that natural rights belong to all people from birth?
A
Peter The Great
B
Thomas Hobbes
C
Catherine The Great
D
John Locke
3) Which statement best summarizes a major belief of the Enlightenment period in European History?
A
No living creature shoiuld be killed
B
Individual achievement and dignity are of great importance
C
Every person is born to serve the state
D
The Scientific Method poses a dangerous challenge to establish knowledge
4) Why would European Monarchs be willing to adopt the ideas of the Enlightenment?
A
Every person is born to serve the state
B
The monarchs would gain more power
C
To gain respect and benefit the people
D
God has chosen all government rules
5) What was the scientific method ?
A
people used reason to find the truth and purpose for government
B
gathering and testing of ideas
C
theory of motion
D
book about change
6) Who did Joseph II support during the reform?
A
Thomas Hobbes
B
serfdom
C
religious equality for Protestant and Jews in his Catholic Empire
D
absolute monarchs
7) During the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, one similarity in the work of many scientists and philosophers was that they
A
received support from the Catholic Church
B
examined natural laws governing the univers
C
relied heavily on the ideas of medival thinkers
D
favored an absolute monarchy as a way of improving economic conditions
8) A direct democracy is when
A
the king makes the rules
B
the people vote on laws
C
the government has absolute power
D
the government makes the laws
9) During what time did change occur slowly for most Europeans?
A
The Enlightenment
B
Renaissance
C
French Revolution
D
Scientific Revolution
10) Who would agree with the quotation "Power tends to corrupt; absolutely." -Lord Acton, British Historian
A
Joseph Stalin
B
John Locke
C
Louis XIV
D
Niccolo Machiavelli
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