World history/WHME101/Enlightenment/Review

The Enlightenment Multiple Choice Review Quiz

Complete the following quiz to review your knowledge from this learning pathway. This quiz will help students undertaking this course for credit to prepare for their test.

• Key countries for Enlightenment thinkers were:
  • England and France.
    • Correct. Well done!
  • France and the Dutch Republic.
    • Incorrect. Review 'The Origins of the Enlightenment' activity in this learning pathway to find the correct answer.
  • Spain and Portugal.
    • Incorrect. Review 'The Origins of the Enlightenment' activity in this learning pathway to find the correct answer.
  • France and Germany.
    • Incorrect. Review 'The Origins of the Enlightenment' activity in this learning pathway to find the correct answer.
• Deists:
  • were controversial, because they proposed the possibility that there was no God.
    • Incorrect. Review 'The Origins of the Enlightenment' activity in this learning pathway to find the correct answer.
  • sought a more personal connection with God.
    • Incorrect. Review 'The Origins of the Enlightenment' activity in this learning pathway to find the correct answer.
  • believed that God was uninvolved in everyday life.
    • Correct. Well done!
  • believed in God but suggested humans arose from evolution not divine creation.
    • Incorrect. Review 'The Origins of the Enlightenment' activity in this learning pathway to find the correct answer.
• Which philosopher proposed that the mind is a tabula rasa, or blank slate?
  • Hobbes.
    • Incorrect. Review 'The Origins of the Enlightenment' activity in this learning pathway to find the correct answer.
  • Voltaire.
    • Incorrect. Review 'The Origins of the Enlightenment' activity in this learning pathway to find the correct answer.
  • Locke.
    • Correct. Well done!
  • Rousseau
    • Incorrect. Review 'The Origins of the Enlightenment' activity in this learning pathway to find the correct answer.
• Important Enlightenment philosophers included:
  • Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau
    • Incorrect. This is technically correct, but there is a better option to select. Review 'The European Dream of Progress' activity in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • Locke, Rousseau and Voltaire
    • Incorrect. This is technically correct, but there is a better option to select. Review 'The European Dream of Progress' activity in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • Voltaire, Kant and the Marquis de Montesquieu
    • Incorrect. This is technically correct, but there is a better option to select. Review 'The European Dream of Progress' activity in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • All of the above answers are correct.
    • Correct. Well done!
• Enlightenment ideals included:
  • enlightened despotism.
    • Correct. Well done!
  • compulsory education for boys.
    • Incorrect. Review 'The Impact of the Enlightenment' activity to help you find the correct answer.
  • promoting economic growth through increased government regulation.
    • Incorrect. Review 'The Impact of the Enlightenment' activity to help you find the correct answer.
  • compulsory education for boys and girls.
    • Incorrect. Review 'The Impact of the Enlightenment' activity to help you find the correct answer.

The Enlightenment True/False Review Quiz

Indicate whether the following statements are true or false:

• The memorable first line of Locke's The Social Contract is 'Man is born free, but everywhere he is in chains.'
  • True
    • Incorrect. Rousseau was the author of The Social Contract.
  • False
    • Correct. Well done!Rousseau was the author of The Social Contract.
• Rousseau's concept of 'the general will' continues to have a powerful impact on politics even today.
  • True
    • Correct. Well done!
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on Rousseau in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• The concept of men being born free in a 'state of nature' was proposed by Locke.
  • True
    • Correct. Well done!
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on Locke in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• Enlightenment thinkers in England had to be careful what they published due to fear of being imprisoned.
  • True
    • Incorrect. No, but this was the case in France.
  • False
    • Correct. Well done!
• Le Monde was not published until after Descartes death, due to his concern about the reaction of the Catholic church.
  • True
    • Correct. Well done!
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review 'The Origins of the Enlightenment' activity to help you find the correct answer.