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1. Which country is traditionally regarded as the main center of the Enlightenment during most of the movement?
2. Although not often credited for it, what country was responsible for the beginning of most Enlightenment thought?
3. An early philosopher who inspired much of the Enlightenment thought and wrote a 'History of England' was?
4. Enlightenment thought centered on?
5. One philosopher who was a source of early inspiration to Enlightenment thinkers, and who was given credit for saying 'I think, therefore I am' was?
6. One of the most controversial Enlightenment authors, who was imprisoned in the Bastille and later exiled to England for offending a French nobleman?
7. The Enlightenment attacked many of the institutions in Europe at the time, such as that of education. Which of the following institutions usually came under the heaviest attack in Enlightenment writings?
8. This highly controversial thinker and author of 'The Nun' was also an atheist. Who was he?
9. 'Sturm und Drang' in Germany was what?
10. Which of the following famous world events was highly and directly affected by the earlier Enlightenment thought?
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