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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the Roman empire eventually become?
(a) the Roman Papacy
(b) the European Union
(c) the world's trade union
(d) the Roman Federation

3. What event makes the rival schools of Stoicism and Epicureanism split philosophically?
(a) the Romans' arrival in 46 B.C.
(b) the resurgance of Judaism
(c) the disintegration of public infrastructures
(d) the arrival of missionaries from the East

4. What does Spinoza do to support himself?
(a) tutors students
(b) gives violin lessons
(c) writes for a newspaper
(d) grinds optical lenses

5. What is lacking in Aristotle's philosophy that is so evident in Plato's?
(a) a reforming zeal
(b) a good use of rhetoric
(c) a means of testing
(d) a clear objective

Short Answer Questions

1. What biological notion does Aristotle reject?

2. What comprises Plato's writing style?

3. What student of Aristotle becomes a major historical figure?

4. What does Spinoza say a literal interpretation of the Bible does?

5. What does Aristotle teach at the Lyceum?

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