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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aristotle establish in Athens?
(a) a scientific museum
(b) a system of exchange
(c) a school of oratory
(d) a political party

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

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

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

5. What does Spinoza say a literal interpretation of the Bible does?
(a) makes it easy to understand
(b) gives it broader meaning
(c) gives no scientific evidence
(d) opens the Bible to errors

Short Answer Questions

1. At his birth in 384 B.C., into what kind of family is Aristotle born?

2. What is the foundation of Plato's Republic?

3. What becomes the unifying element in Plato's description of justice?

4. What does Plato say is a science and art one must live and prepare for?

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

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