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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who leads the popular philosophic community of the early 19th century?
(a) Schopenhauer
(b) Immanuel Kant
(c) Hegel
(d) Rousseau

2. What does Aristotle define as the entire vital principle of any being?
(a) matter
(b) soul
(c) energy
(d) motion

3. What, according to Schopenhauer, is the only way to convince someone?
(a) appealing to self-interest
(b) applying philosophy
(c) appealing to reason
(d) applying force

4. What is the foundation of Plato's Republic?
(a) creating contributing classes of people
(b) putting the state in a subservient position
(c) destroying individuality for an idealized state
(d) allowing individuality to flourish

5. What student of Aristotle becomes a major historical figure?
(a) Ulysses
(b) Philip of Macedon
(c) Alexander the Great
(d) Julius Caesar

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suggests that men are at fault because they chose to live in houses in cities?

2. What motivates Voltaire to accept Prince Frederick's invitation and travel expenses to join him in his court in Potsdam?

3. What philosophy does Bacon accept in his Essays?

4. What does Voltaire include in his histories?

5. What does not affect France like it does Germany and England?

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