Inspirations for the French Revolution

Q. A weak educational system was the primary cause of discontentment among the French citizens during the reign of King Louis XVI.

1. True
2. False

Q. Pick the wrong statement associated with Rousseau:

1. He wrote a book called Candide.
2. He argued that the laws are binding only when they are supported by the general will of the people.
3. Famous for the line “Man is born free, but is everywhere in chains.”
4. He wrote a book, which goes by the name, "Social Contract".

Q. proposed a division of power between the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary.

1. Rousseau
2. Voltaire
3. Montesquieu

Q. proposed a division of power between the legislature, the executive, and the judiciary.

1. Rousseau
2. Voltaire
3. Montesquieu

Q. A weak educational system was the primary cause of discontentment among the French citizens during the reign of King Louis XVI.

1. True
2. False

Q. Choose the correct pairs.

1. Candide
2. Social Contract
3. Spirit of the Laws
4. Montesquieu
5. Voltaire
6. Rousseau

Q. Pick the wrong statement associated with Rousseau:

1. He wrote a book called Candide.
2. He argued that the laws are binding only when they are supported by the general will of the people.
3. Famous for the line “Man is born free, but is everywhere in chains.”
4. He wrote a book, which goes by the name, "Social Contract".

Q. "Every man having been born free and master of himself, no one else may under any pretext whatever subject him without his consent. To assert that the son of a slave is born a slave is to assert that he is not born a man".

The above lines were written by which famous Enlightenment philosopher?

1. Rousseau
2. Montesquieu
3. Voltaire
4. Karl Marx