Question 1

Enlightenment was

Accepted Answer

A)  a sixteenth century movement
B)  seventeenth century movement
C)  eighteenth century movement
D)  nineteenth century movement C

Question 2

"Reason is the most perfect, the most noble, the most beautiful of all our faculties". Who said this?

Accepted Answer

A)  voltaire
B)  rousseau
C)  montesquieu
D)  kant C

Question 3

"He was scornful of revealed truth". Who?

Accepted Answer

A)  rousseau
B)  diderot
C)  voltaire
D)  kant B

Question 4

Who termed primitive man 'noble savage' ?

Accepted Answer

A)  voltaire
B)  rousseau
C)  kant
D)  condercet

Question 5

The author of La Religieuse?

Accepted Answer

A)  condillac
B)  diderot
C)  voltaire
D)  bacon

Question 6

Who wrote the 'Discourse Preliminarie' of The Encyclopedia?

Accepted Answer

A)  diderot
B)  d'alembert
C)  condilac
D)  hume

Question 7

"Humanity had lost its title deeds and Montesquieu recovered them". Who said this?

Accepted Answer

A)  voltaire
B)  diderot
C)  rousseau
D)  bacon

Question 8

Tabula Rasa is a term coined by

Accepted Answer

A)  locke
B)  kant
C)  voltaire
D)  newton

Question 9

"Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding" is written by

Accepted Answer

A)  locke
B)  voltaire
C)  rousseau
D)  hobbes

Question 10

Prof.Pangloss is a character in

Accepted Answer

A)  history of england
B)  social contract
C)  emilie
D)  candide

Question 11

"An Englishman like a free man goes to heaven by whatever route he chooses". Who made this statement?

Accepted Answer

A)  montesquieu
B)  voltaire
C)  hume
D)  barkley

Question 12

"All the great modern ideas have their commencement in Montesquieu". Who said this?

Accepted Answer

A)  voltaire
B)  diderot
C)  faguet
D)  nietzsche

Question 13

The fall of Constantinople is associated with

Accepted Answer

A)  the enlightenment
B)  reformation
C)  renaissance
D)  the french revolution

Question 14

"Enlightenment is man's emrgence from his self imposednonage". Who said this?

Accepted Answer

A)  locke
B)  hobbes
C)  hume
D)  kant

Question 15

The man who proved that the nature obeys certain fundamental laws

Accepted Answer

A)  locke
B)  newton
C)  kant
D)  louis xiv

Question 16

Treatise on Human Nature was written by?

Accepted Answer

A)  hume
B)  rousseau
C)  diderot
D)  aristotle

Question 17

The spirit of Laws was written by

Accepted Answer

A)  diderot
B)  descartes
C)  voltaire
D)  montesquieu

Question 18

Taille was

Accepted Answer

A)  a trade tax
B)  a land tax
C)  professional tax
D)  sales tax

Question 19

'Ancient Regime' is a term connected with the government in

Accepted Answer

A)  britain
B)  france
C)  germany
D)  italy

Question 20

Tithe was the tax given to

Accepted Answer

A)  the king
B)  the church
C)  the noble
D)  property tax

Exam 1: Historical and Philosophical Figures and Concepts