What Is Enlightenment? Quizzes

What Is Enlightenment? Quiz 1

1 What is the motto of Enlightenment?
Audere est faucere

Sapere Aude

Veni, vidi, vici

Cogito, ergo sum
2 How does Kant define immaturity?
The inability to read

The inability to think independently

The inability to control one's emotions

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

Yale University

University of Königsberg

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

Following the guardians

Thinking independently

Becoming a professor
5 According to Kant, who is a scholar?
An academic who has expertise in a specific discipline

A university professor

Anyone who shares their opinion publicly

A knowledgeable person
6 What is the reason most people remain in a state of immaturity?
Natural deficiency

Personal unwillingness

Lack of courage

Lack of education
7 Who are the guardians?
Parents

School teachers

Philosophers

Rulers and religious leaders
8 Who is Fredrick the Great?
A monarch who ruled Prussia

A king of Greece

An emperor who ruled Italy

A general who fought Russia
9 Which is considered the least dangerous type of freedom by Kant?
Public

Both of them

Private

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

Education

Gender

Social role
11 When was the essay written?
Near the beginning of the Enlightenment era

During the middle of the Enlightenment era

Toward the end of the Enlightenment era

Years after the end of the Enlightenment era
12 Which book was written by Kant?
Critique of Pure Reason

Being and Time

Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Meditations on First Philosophy
13 Why was the essay written?
To answer a question raised by a journal called Berlinische Monatsschrift

To support an ongoing rebellion against the rulers

To protect the church

To defend religious leaders
14 Which of the following does Kant use for an analogy to discuss guardians?
Machines

Seed and shell

Domestic livestock

Kernel and shell
15 Which of the following exemplifies maturity as Kant defines it?
Kindness of heart

Reading extensively

Financial independence

Thinking and deciding on one's own
16 How does Kant view laziness and cowardice?
They are unavoidable

They are major obstacles to enlightenment

They stabilize the society

They are unrelated to enlightenment
17 How does Kant view freedom?
It's too hard to achieve

It's the primary condition for enlightenment

It's a potential danger

It's unnecessary
18 What is Kant's stance on imposed religious doctrines?
It's unrelated to the process of enlightenment

It's necessary for public order

It's crucial for the society's common wealth

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

Yes, but only in for professors

No, it needs some restrictions

No, it should be entirely limited
20 How does Kant think enlightenment should be achieved?
It can never be achieved

It should be achieved gradually over time

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 soldier disobeying a command

A citizen refusing to pay taxes
22 How does Kant view the role of the monarch?
An enlightened monarch can promote enlightenment

Even an enlightened monarch can still harm enlightenment

Monarchs aren't interested in enlightenment

People should always obey the monarch on religious matters
23 Who exemplifies an ideal monarch?
King Louis XVI

Charles I

Henry VI

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

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

A government that sees freedom of speech as dangerous

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

A halt in governmental progress

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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