Joseph-Marie de Maistre Questions

What is the most effective government system?

Is religion a necessary aspect to society? Any particular religion?

How does progressive scientific discovery effect society?

Have improvements been made in society since the 1700s?

Questions for Madame de Pompadour

How do you feel about the change from the middle class to nobility? Is your power a result of luck or skill?
Do you worry about your standing with the general public?
What are views on the Seven Years War?
What are your views on more modern art?

Salon Questions for Voltaire

1. How do you feel about religious persecution?

2. What do you think about different types of governments?

3. What are your views on the credibility of the Church?

4. How do you feel about the human condition?

My Salon Questions

Do you support the Catholic Church?/What are your views on religion?

What do you think of the current, collective political state of the world?

What do you believe about the state of man, or mankind in general?

What is your opinion on the idea of Gross National Happiness?

Questions for Thomas Paine

1. What inspired you to write Rights of Men?
2. Do you think that countries should be ruled by kings and royal families?
3. How do you feel about the success of Common Sense?
4. What do you think of the modern day technological advances, such as the internet?

Questions for Montesquieu

1- What did you think about the government in England?

2- What about the religion in France?

3- How did you feel about the estate system in France?

4- What is the most efficient form of government today?

Salon Quetsions

1. What are your views on the Enlightenment on Europe? Why do you disagree with it?

2. What major work or book that you wrote are you most proud of?

3. What are your views on conservatism?

4. What does the government in China plan to do about the boys being kidnapped?

Salon Questions

1. What are your views about negro slavery?

2. Why should the death penalty not be allowed to be used on criminals?

3. I hear that you have done a lot of work in math. What discoveries have you made?

4. In countries like Afghanistan women are not allowed to vote, or even leave their house alone. What do you think of this?

Questions for Diderot

1. What is your position on religion? (Are you a believer? What do you think about religion becoming involved in government?)
   
2. What is your opinion of the government system in terms of the people's power and rights?
3. Explain the purpose of one of your fictional works. (Rameau's nephew, d'Alembert's Dream, etc.).
4. What is your opinion on the United States' government?