18. THE PROMISE OF ENLIGHTENMENT, 1750

Quiz for Terms of History: Enlightenment

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1. The Enlightenment has been a subject of controversy since

1945.

the 1930s.

the mid-nineteenth century.

the eighteenth century.

2. Why did eighteenth-century critics of the Enlightenment object to the Enlightenment?

The philosophes often criticized established churches.

The philosophes were anti-masonic.

The philosophes were all anti-monarchical.

The philosophes opposed the French Revolution.

3. Why did the Enlightenment arouse criticism in the twentieth century?

A Jewish-masonic conspiracy aimed to take over the world.

The Nazis considered themselves followers of the Enlightenment.

The Enlightenment values of progress, reason, and modernity seemed to have negative consequences, like the atomic bomb.

People lost interest in the writings of Immanuel Kant.