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The Enlightenment Answers

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What did the philosophers of the Enlightenment seek to understand?

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the natural rights behind religion’s continued power
B
the natural rights governing human behavior and society
C
the natural rights that gave leaders absolute power
D
the natural rights that governed the physical universe
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What did philosophers of the Enlightenment have faith in, believing it could answer questions and solve problems?

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science
B
economics
C
human reason
D
government authority
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How did Niccolo Machiavelli’s ideas contribute to Enlightenment thinking?

A
He helped define natural rights.
B
He argued for the separation of church and state.
C
He felt that law, morality, and religion were superficial.
D
He examined human nature outside of religion.
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John Locke believed humans are

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easily be molded by authority.
B
instinctual and violent.
C
good but corrupted by society.
D
naturally reasonable.
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John Locke thought people were neither good nor bad naturally. How did Hobbes’s views differ from Locke’s?

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Hobbes thought people were naturally violent.
B
Hobbes thought people were naturally kind.
C
Hobbes thought people were naturally peaceful.
D
Hobbes thought people were naturally evil.

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