What Is Enlightenment? Quizzes

What Is Enlightenment? Quiz 1

1 What is the motto of Enlightenment?
Sapere Aude

Cogito, ergo sum

Veni, vidi, vici

Audere est faucere
2 How does Kant define immaturity?
The inability to walk alone

The inability to control one's emotions

The inability to think independently

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

University of Hamburg

Yale University

University of Königsberg
4 Which of the following acts defines enlightenment?
Following the guardians

Becoming wealthy

Thinking independently

Becoming a professor
5 According to Kant, who is a scholar?
Anyone who shares their opinion publicly

An academic who has expertise in a specific discipline

A university professor

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

Natural deficiency

Lack of education

Personal unwillingness
7 Who are the guardians?
Philosophers

Parents

Rulers and religious leaders

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

A general who fought Russia

A king of Greece

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

Private

Public

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

Personal life

Gender

Social role
11 When was the essay written?
During the middle of the Enlightenment era

Years after the end of the Enlightenment era

Toward the end of the Enlightenment era

Near the beginning of the Enlightenment era
12 Which book was written by Kant?
Meditations on First Philosophy

Being and Time

Critique of Pure Reason

Thus Spoke Zarathustra
13 Why was the essay written?
To answer a question raised by a journal called Berlinische Monatsschrift

To defend religious leaders

To protect the church

To support an ongoing rebellion against the rulers
14 Which of the following does Kant use for an analogy to discuss guardians?
Seed and shell

Machines

Kernel and shell

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

Financial independence

Kindness of heart

Reading extensively
16 How does Kant view laziness and cowardice?
They stabilize the society

They are unrelated to enlightenment

They are major obstacles to enlightenment

They are unavoidable
17 How does Kant view freedom?
It's the primary condition for enlightenment

It's a potential danger

It's unnecessary

It's too hard to achieve
18 What is Kant's stance on imposed religious doctrines?
It's necessary for public order

It's unrelated to the process of enlightenment

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?
No, it needs some restrictions

Yes, in all cases

No, it should be entirely limited

Yes, but only in for professors
20 How does Kant think enlightenment should be achieved?
It depends on the stage of enlightenment

It should be achieved as quickly as possible with violence since it's urgent

It should be achieved gradually over time

It can never be achieved
21 Which of the following is an example of the proper use of freedom?
A citizen refusing to pay taxes

A citizen publishing an essay criticizing policies

A soldier disobeying a command

A pastor preaching to his congregation
22 How does Kant view the role of the monarch?
Even an enlightened monarch can still harm enlightenment

An enlightened monarch can promote enlightenment

Monarchs aren't interested in enlightenment

People should always obey the monarch on religious matters
23 Who exemplifies an ideal monarch?
Charles I

King Louis XVI

Fredrick II

Henry VI
24 What are citizens allowed to do in Kant's view?
They don't need to pay taxes if they object to them

They can criticize regulations on taxes but must pay them

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

They need to pay taxes but can't criticize them
25 What does Kant believe is the consequence of enlightenment for governmental progress?
A government that values free thought and the dignity of human beings

A government that sees freedom of speech as dangerous

A halt in governmental progress

A regression

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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