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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II, Section III, Guide, Italy, Aeschylus and ..., Monumental, Section IV, The History of Philosophy is ...?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is more important than knowledge?
(a) Understanding.
(b) Culture.
(c) Experience.
(d) Nothing.

2. "Italy" argues that a vast civilization is contained within a few hundred Italian what?
(a) Musicians.
(b) Writers.
(c) Painters.
(d) Sculptors.

3. In "The History of Philosophy Is ...?" the author notes that many philosophers tried to understand the world totally apart from what?
(a) Religion.
(b) Experience.
(c) Observation.
(d) Science.

4. What book does the author discuss in "Monumental?"
(a) "Ulysses."
(b) "The Waste Land."
(c) "Cantos."
(d) "The Metamorphosis."

5. What philosopher is the subject of the first essay in Section I?
(a) Lao Tzu.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Descartes.
(d) Confucius.

Short Answer Questions

1. In whose work does the idea of the vortex lie?

2. What did the moderns conquer?

3. In which direction was the culture of Christian medieval?

4. Most of the focus in "Guide" is on intellectuals from what country?

5. Who was the grandfather of Descartes?

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