The Story of Philosophy Test | Final Test - Medium

Will Durant
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 122 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Story of Philosophy Test | Final Test - Medium

Will Durant
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Schopenhauer's masterpiece?
(a) The World as Will and Idea
(b) The Idea of the World
(c) The Fall of Rome
(d) The Will of Man

2. What does Bergson uphold that is distinct from the organism, but is limited by its characteristics?
(a) eyesight
(b) hearing
(c) pain
(d) consciousness

3. What does the publisher of Schopenhauer's book eventually tell him?
(a) the book is too dry to sell
(b) the law refused the distribution of the book
(c) they printed only the few copies they gave him
(d) most of the edition is sold as waste paper

4. What concept does Spencer share with Schopenhauer?
(a) reality cannot be determined
(b) human effort is futile
(c) philosophy is an illusion
(d) everything is chaos

5. What causes Bergson to become a famous popular philosopher?
(a) his winning the Nobel Prize
(b) his world travels and lectures
(c) his denouncement of Darwin
(d) his work, Creative Evolution

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Spencer comment on long before Darwin's theory of natural selection becomes popular by the end of the 1800s?

2. Who is the author of Time and Free-will?

3. What is Benedetto Croce's first book about?

4. In what work does Spencer freely express his best ideas with suggestive generalization and political philosophy?

5. What does Spencer label as the art of methodical self-confusion?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Nietzsche's thought on democracy and Christianity?

2. Analyzing religious ideas in First Principles, what does Spencer conclude?

3. How does Nietzsche show his attitude toward religion?

4. Describe briefly Spencer's definition of life.

5. Describe Herbert Spencer as a man.

6. What is the value Kant sees of the Bible and the churches?

7. Briefly discuss Bergson's idea of creative evolution.

8. How does Schopenhauer's philosophy sound like modern merchandising?

9. How is Immanuel Kant's work burst on the European consciousness?

10. How does Spencer see his fame?

(see the answer keys)

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