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.

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.