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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ezra Ripley, D.D..

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word did Plato use to explain opposites joined together, according to "Plato, or the Philosopher"?
(a) Synthesis.
(b) Synergy.
(c) Fusion.
(d) Dichotomy.

2. What is the only permanent thing in the universe, according to Emerson?
(a) God.
(b) Impermanence.
(c) Scientific thought.
(d) Mathematics.

3. Whose principles, which led to a new age in quantum physics, are similar to the ideas hinted at in "Circles"?
(a) Robert Oppenheimer's.
(b) Albert Einstein's.
(c) Gabriele Veneziano's.
(d) Leonard Hofstadter's.

4. What denomination did Ripley come from?
(a) Anglican.
(b) Puritanism.
(c) Quaker.
(d) Catholic.

5. How do people try to change old patterns in their lives?
(a) Education and philosophy.
(b) Rebelling against the way they were raised.
(c) Art and music.
(d) Drugs and alcohol.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Plato born?

2. Where did Ripley graduate college?

3. What did Plato emphasize over the body, according to "Plato, or the Philosopher"?

4. How does Emerson describe Ripley?

5. What philosopher did Emerson say was the beginning and end of all philosophy?

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