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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are two theories from the Orient that gain acceptance in Greece?
(a) Buddhism and Hinduism
(b) Stoicism and Epicureanism
(c) Polytheism and atheism
(d) Confucianism and communism

2. Why is Bacon often accused of being atheistic?
(a) because he talks about natrue rather than God
(b) because he denies the authority of the Church
(c) because his philosophy is secular and rationalistic
(d) because he seldom attends church

3. What does Bacon call for elimination in his philosophy?
(a) several errors he calls idols
(b) the model of the philosopher king
(c) a private banking system
(d) public education

4. What does Spinoza say the language of the Bible is?
(a) mystical
(b) magnatudinal
(c) metaphysical
(d) metaphorical

5. Although science and philosophy exists in Greece before their times, who were the teachers who greatly advanced the fields?
(a) Playto and Prothagorus
(b) Aristotle and Onassis
(c) Aristotle and Socrates
(d) Socrates and Plato

Short Answer Questions

1. What philosophy does Bacon accept in his Essays?

2. What is lacking in Aristotle's philosophy that is so evident in Plato's?

3. How is Plato's early life best described?

4. Where do metaphysics and the nature of God fit into Aristotle's curriculum?

5. What are the only three things worthwhile in Plato's ethical solution?

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