What Is Enlightenment? Quizzes

What Is Enlightenment? Quiz 1

1 What is the motto of Enlightenment?
Audere est faucere

Cogito, ergo sum

Sapere Aude

Veni, vidi, vici
2 How does Kant define immaturity?
The inability to control one's emotions

The inability to think independently

The inability to walk alone

The inability to read
3 Where did Kant teach philosophy?
University of Hamburg

University of Oxford

University of Königsberg

Yale University
4 Which of the following acts defines enlightenment?
Becoming wealthy

Becoming a professor

Following the guardians

Thinking independently
5 According to Kant, who is a scholar?
A knowledgeable person

Anyone who shares their opinion publicly

An academic who has expertise in a specific discipline

A university professor
6 What is the reason most people remain in a state of immaturity?
Lack of courage

Personal unwillingness

Lack of education

Natural deficiency
7 Who are the guardians?
Rulers and religious leaders

Philosophers

Parents

School teachers
8 Who is Fredrick the Great?
An emperor who ruled Italy

A king of Greece

A general who fought Russia

A monarch who ruled Prussia
9 Which is considered the least dangerous type of freedom by Kant?
Public

Private

Both of them

Neither of them
10 What does Kant use to differentiate between the public and private uses of reason?
Gender

Personal life

Social role

Education
11 When was the essay written?
Toward the end of the Enlightenment era

During the middle of the Enlightenment era

Near the beginning of the Enlightenment era

Years after the end of the Enlightenment era
12 Which book was written by Kant?
Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Critique of Pure Reason

Being and Time

Meditations on First Philosophy
13 Why was the essay written?
To support an ongoing rebellion against the rulers

To defend religious leaders

To answer a question raised by a journal called Berlinische Monatsschrift

To protect the church
14 Which of the following does Kant use for an analogy to discuss guardians?
Domestic livestock

Kernel and shell

Machines

Seed and shell
15 Which of the following exemplifies maturity as Kant defines it?
Thinking and deciding on one's own

Kindness of heart

Financial independence

Reading extensively
16 How does Kant view laziness and cowardice?
They are major obstacles to enlightenment

They are unavoidable

They stabilize the society

They are unrelated to enlightenment
17 How does Kant view freedom?
It's unnecessary

It's too hard to achieve

It's the primary condition for enlightenment

It's a potential danger
18 What is Kant's stance on imposed religious doctrines?
It's necessary for public order

It's crucial for the society's common wealth

It's unrelated to the process of enlightenment

It stops individuals from reasoning on their own
19 Does Kant believe that the public use of reason must always be free?
Yes, in all cases

No, it needs some restrictions

Yes, but only in for professors

No, it should be entirely limited
20 How does Kant think enlightenment should be achieved?
It should be achieved gradually over time

It can never be achieved

It depends on the stage of enlightenment

It should be achieved as quickly as possible with violence since it's urgent
21 Which of the following is an example of the proper use of freedom?
A citizen publishing an essay criticizing policies

A pastor preaching to his congregation

A citizen refusing to pay taxes

A soldier disobeying a command
22 How does Kant view the role of the monarch?
People should always obey the monarch on religious matters

Monarchs aren't interested in enlightenment

An enlightened monarch can promote enlightenment

Even an enlightened monarch can still harm enlightenment
23 Who exemplifies an ideal monarch?
Fredrick II

Charles I

Henry VI

King Louis XVI
24 What are citizens allowed to do in Kant's view?
They can criticize regulations on taxes but must pay them

They need to pay taxes but can't criticize them

They are not allowed to pay their own taxes and can't criticize them

They don't need to pay taxes if they object to them
25 What does Kant believe is the consequence of enlightenment for governmental progress?
A halt in governmental progress

A regression

A government that values free thought and the dignity of human beings

A government that sees freedom of speech as dangerous

Kant begins with a simple explanation of what constitutes being enlightened: throwing off the shackles of self-imposed immaturity. He then follows with a more precise definition of immaturity: the lack of an ability to take what one has come to...

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