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The Enlightenment Test
Enlightenment and Candide Background
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English
10th Grade
12/09/2009

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What was the time period that is known as the Enlightenment period?
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1650-1800
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What are the four other names for the Enlightenment period?
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Age of Rationalism, Age of Sattire, Age of Revolution, Neo-classical
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What was the hallmark of the Enlightenment?
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Cultural Relative
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What was the main belief of the Enlightenment period?
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Human reason could combat ignorance, tyranny, and dogma
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What is a system of principles or beliefs coming from the church; a prescribed doctrine?
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Dogma
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What were the principle targets during the Enlightenment period?
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Religion and Monarchy
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Whose philosophy was, "What do I know"?
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Michael Montaigne
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Whose philosophy was "Man is born free, and everywhere in chains"?
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Whose motto was "We must cultivate our own garden"?
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Voltaire
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What book did Voltarie write?
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Candide
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Whose motto was "Man is a blank slate"?
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John Locke
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Who were the four American Enlightenment philosophers?
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Jefferson, Washington, Franklin, Paine
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Whose motto was "All men are created equal"?
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Thomas Jefferson
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What was the opposition in the Enlightenment period?
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To oppose the monarchy
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To oppose the ________ was easy but to oppose the _________ was hard?
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Church; Monarchy
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Who were the rebellious thinkers of the Enlightenment period?
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Philosophers/Encyclopedists
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Who lived from 1638-1715 and was also known as the Sun King?
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Louis XIV
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What two people were executed after the French Revolution?
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Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
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What is feudalism (3 words)?
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Land for Loyalty
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What year was the French Revolution?
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1789
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What were the first and second estates during the Enlightenment?
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The nobles and the clergy
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What was the Bourgeoise/Third Estate during the Enlightenment?
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Middle class and the common people
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What famous prison was stormed during the French Revolution?
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Bastille
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What is an inside joke between the reader and the author?
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Irony
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