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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Spinoza say an allegorical interpretation of the Bible allows it to be?
(a) not contrary to reason
(b) not a great mystery
(c) not difficult to understand
(d) not a book of rules and regulations

2. What does Aristotle teach at the Lyceum?
(a) biology and natural sciences
(b) athletics and mathematics
(c) the socratic Method
(d) physical and mental training

3. At his birth in 384 B.C., into what kind of family is Aristotle born?
(a) a family of travelers
(b) a military family
(c) a medical family
(d) a family of philosophers

4. What happened after Spinoza dispensed with faith?
(a) new religions sprang up
(b) the faithful dispensed with him
(c) the faithful were devastated
(d) religion died

5. What does Schopenhauer suggest is a deception of nature that disillusions?
(a) marriage and happiness
(b) education and marriage
(c) love and marriage
(d) beauty and happiness

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Francis Bacon when he resolves to turn philosophy from scholastic arguments to illumination and increase of human good?

2. What is the first of four books written by Spinoza?

3. By the thirteenth century A. D., how does the Church unite the European continent?

4. What method do all the fields of study--science, discipline, art and music--use in common?

5. What is Spinoza's second book?

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