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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Schopenhauer.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aristotle establish in Athens?
(a) a system of exchange
(b) a scientific museum
(c) a school of oratory
(d) a political party

2. How far is Alexander able to spread Greek culture?
(a) into Egypt
(b) into Asia Minor
(c) all over the world
(d) into Persia

3. What does Bacon suggest should be observed similar to Machiavellian philosophy?
(a) the futility of the aristocratic form of government
(b) how to discipline the masses
(c) who has the most power
(d) what men do rather than what they should do

4. Where do metaphysics and the nature of God fit into Aristotle's curriculum?
(a) his theology
(b) his rhetoric
(c) his mathematics
(d) his biology

5. What is the foundation of Plato's Republic?
(a) creating contributing classes of people
(b) putting the state in a subservient position
(c) destroying individuality for an idealized state
(d) allowing individuality to flourish

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Voltaire think what is wrong with most recorded history could be corrected?

2. Where is Francois Arouet when he starts using the pen name, Voltaire?

3. What does the Roman empire eventually become?

4. What does Bacon call for elimination in his philosophy?

5. What, according to Schopenhauer, is the only way to convince someone?

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