USA HISTORY

THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774

THE AMERICAN ENLIGHTENMENT INTELLECTUAL AND SOCIAL REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which Enlightenment thinker produced plays and poems, as well as historical and philosophical essays?
A
Immanuel Kant
B
John Locke
C
Montesquieu
D
Voltaire
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Voltaire was a versatile and prolific writer. In his lifetime he published numerous works, including books, plays, poems, and polemics. His most famous works included the fictitious Lettres philosophiques (1734) and the satirical novel Candide (1759).

Detailed explanation-2: -Voltaire was a versatile writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, and historical and scientific works.

Detailed explanation-3: -Voltaire was the pen name of Francois-Marie Arouet (1694–1778), a French author and philosopher of the Enlightenment period, who served as an inspiration to those on both sides of the Atlantic who were interested in free inquiry and secularism.

Detailed explanation-4: -The pen name of François-Marie Arouet, Voltaire was arguably the single most influential figure of the Enlightenment.

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