Science, Politics, Economics, and Religion
in the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and
Eighteenth Centuries
Session 3: Sample Assessment Items

Asterisk (*) indicates correct answer.

1. John Locke would be closely associated with which of the following views?
A. Absolute monarchs are the best form of government.
B. The church should always be obeyed regardless of its message.
C. A government should be a contract made by the people.*
D. The people never have a right to revolt against the government.

2. The principle that government derives power from the consent of the governed is represented through
A. communism.
B. democracy.*
C. socialism.
D. oligarchy.

3. The development of the rights of Englishmen included
A. an increase in royal power.
B. the end of political factions.
C. the rise to power of Charles I.
D. the establishment of common law.*

4. Enlightenment thinkers included the author of The Social Contract by
A. Voltaire.
B. John Locke.
C. Jean-Jacques Rousseau.*
D. Montesquieu.