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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What new philosophy uses faith and reason to force acceptance of untried assumptions and conclusions?
(a) Fundamentalism
(b) Activism
(c) Scholasticism
(d) Martialism

2. What does Democritus claim that Aristotle disagrees with?
(a) there is no such thing as soul
(b) the soul is material
(c) the soul is temporary
(d) the soul is imaginary

3. Who are Francis Bacon's relative that cause it to be said that his political career began at his birth in 1561?
(a) leaders of the Church of England
(b) well-placed English aristocrats
(c) aristocrats from Spain and the Netherlands
(d) pretenders to the English throne

4. What is Spinoza's second book?
(a) The Treatise on Religion and the State
(b) The Political Treatise
(c) The Improvement of the Intellect
(d) Ethics

5. How does Spinoza find himself after asking questions about Jewish and Christian beliefs?
(a) promoted to head philosopher
(b) honored as a great thinker
(c) excommunicated from the synagogue
(d) left without a source of income

Short Answer Questions

1. What early 19th century philosopher is included in a group of pessimists, poets and composers considered the voices of the age?

2. What biological notion does Aristotle reject?

3. What, according to Schopenhauer, is the only way to convince someone?

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

5. What, according to Spinoza, is scripture intended to promote?

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