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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Baruch Spinoza begin to feel about his traditional Jewish education?
(a) fulfilled educationally
(b) confused by different interpretations of the Torah
(c) unsatisfied with answers he gets in the synagogue
(d) tired with how long it takes

3. Reducing everything through the Socratic Method, what do Socrates and Cephalus agree to discuss?
(a) the meaning of philosophy
(b) the meaning of justice
(c) the meaning of happiness
(d) the meaning of war

4. By the thirteenth century A. D., how does the Church unite the European continent?
(a) by persecution of heresy
(b) by millitancy and fear
(c) by common faith and supernatural sanctions
(d) by common language and desires

5. What are the only three things worthwhile in Plato's ethical solution?
(a) beauty, athleticism, education
(b) justice, truth, beauty
(c) travel, study, rhetoric
(d) philosophy, music, poetry

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Spinoza's second book?

2. What does Aristotle define as the entire vital principle of any being?

3. Who are Francis Bacon's relative that cause it to be said that his political career began at his birth in 1561?

4. What question does Plato raise to lead into a discussion of Utopia?

5. How is Plato's early life best described?

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