Question

1. What were the 2 main powers that seemed to control everyone’s lives prior to the beginning of the Enlightenment?
2. What were Voltaire’s 2 major questions?

Answer 1

1. The two main powers that seemed to control everyone's lives prior to the Enlightenment were the church and the monarchy.

2. Voltaire's two major questions were about the role of religion in society and the nature of knowledge and reason.