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