Which Enlightenment Thinker Are You?

This quiz is intended for a Global History lesson introducing these Enlightenment Thinkers. Take this quiz and find out which one you best align with! Are you like Locke and believe in natural rights? Are you like Montesquieu and believe in checks and balances in government? Or are you like Rousseau and believe in the Social Contract?

Do you believe in democracy? Or would you rather be ruled by a king or queen? Which form of government speaks to your soul? Do the people have the right to revolt if government is no longer working for them?

Created by: Caitlin Krehan

Your teacher has assigned you a group project that is worth 50% of your grade, you choose to....
- Divide the group into equal parts and allow each part to check up on each other.
- Become the leader of the group but you listen to everyone's opinions. In exchange for your group's obedience, you swear to protect them and their grade.
- Allow everyone to choose the jobs that they want, and accept consequences if they do not fulfill their part of the assignment. After all freedom is more important than complete control.
What do you value most in a friendship?
- Complete honesty and transparency
- Safety of knowing they will never abandon you
- Having respect for each other's freedoms
You order a drink at your favorite coffee shop. The barista not only gets your order wrong, but also spells your name wrong. You chose to…
- Tell another Barista to remake your order and maybe check up on the other orders as well. If they made your order wrong then others might be wrong too.
- Send the order back and refuse to pay until it is right. The bond between a customer and their barista is special, and should be respected.
- Accept the order and walk away. You realize that everyone has the right to make a mistake every once and a while.
You are taking a test and the person next to you keeps tapping their pencil annoyingly and squeaking their chair loudly. This is very distracting to you and you cannot concentrate on your important test. You choose to…
- Bring the distraction to the teacher's attention.
- Realize that clearly this person does not respect others in the room who are trying to concentrate. You aggressively whisper to that student to stop making so much noise.
- Try your best to ignore that student. They have the freedom to express their stress in any way they want.
You catch your younger sibling rifling through your room and throwing things on the floor. You choose to…
- You run to your parent and tell them what happened. Hopefully they will get in trouble.
- Tell your sibling that they have to do your chores for a week in exchange for getting caught going through your room.
- Tell your sibling to respect your property and pick up all your things.
You and your friend arranged to go to the school dance together. Once you get there your friend sees their crush and instantly bails on you for the rest of the night. You choose to...
- You will remember being abandoned forever. You make the decision to bail on your friend the next time they need you, to balance out the score.
- Tell your friend that if they want to go, then they need to do a favor for you in the future.
- You let them go because you realize that they have the right to be happy. You then try to find someone else to hang out with. Who knows, maybe you will have a good time too.
Your grandma makes you a really ugly hat. She says that it will make her so happy if you wear it for your school picture day tomorrow. You choose to…
- Make your grandma a really ugly sweater and ask her to wear it in the next family photo
- You wear that hat for picture day since your grandma has helped take care of you growing up. You forfeit your reputation for the security, safety, and love that your grandma provides.
- Wear the hat on picture day. Even though you do not like the hat you want to make your grandma happy.
You accidentally drop your mom’s phone and the screen cracks. You were not supposed to be on it in the first place and you realize you are going to get in a lot of trouble. You choose to…
- You tell your sibling what happened and hope that they will bail you out of trouble.
- You take the matter into your own hands. You use the allowances that you have been saving this year and pay for a new screen. And accept the consequences.
- You damaged her property and your mom has every right to be angry. You say that you will do all the chores in the house until you can pay off the phone.
Which appeals to you most?
- Balance
- Promises
- Happiness
Which is the best form of government?
- One that is balanced and functions with checks and balances.
- One where all the people made decisions on laws, not elected officials deciding for the people.
- One where the people's wants and wishes were decided upon by representatives in government.

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