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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Schopenhauer describe his situation?
(a) a rifle without a bullet
(b) a musician playing to a deaf audience
(c) an artist painting for the blind
(d) a rider without a horse

2. What does Spinoza say the language of the Bible is?
(a) metaphysical
(b) mystical
(c) magnatudinal
(d) metaphorical

3. To what does Schopenhauer agree a priori?
(a) the individual believes he is controlled
(b) the will is developed through experience
(c) the individual believes his will is free
(d) the will is easily controlled

4. What does the Roman empire eventually become?
(a) the European Union
(b) the Roman Federation
(c) the world's trade union
(d) the Roman Papacy

5. How does Schopenhauer say people rationalize the things they acquire?
(a) reasons are found after getting what is wanted or willed
(b) reasons are manufactured to suit the climate
(c) only wanting things that have a built in reason
(d) a need to keep current in a changing world

Short Answer Questions

1. At first, what medium does Voltaire use to give humorous expression to his ideas?

2. Who in Voltaire's life is the young wife of a French Marquis who is away with his regiment?

3. What does Bacon suggest should be observed similar to Machiavellian philosophy?

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

5. What event makes the rival schools of Stoicism and Epicureanism split philosophically?

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