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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is Plato born?
(a) in the second century B. C.
(b) in the first century B. C.
(c) in the fourth century B.C.
(d) Ca 400 B. C.

2. Where is a meeting held to discuss the Republic?
(a) in the Parthenon
(b) at the house of a wealthy aristocrat, Cephalus
(c) at the Lyceum
(d) at the Acropolis

3. Like Aristotle, what does Bacon see needs to be removed to avoid revolution?
(a) the right to bear arms
(b) the right to vote
(c) issues that cause poverty and discontent
(d) the ownership of private property

4. To what does Spinoza change his Jewish given name?
(a) the gentile name, Benedict
(b) the English name, John
(c) the German name, Hans
(d) the Russian name, Igor

5. What does Aristotle devise to integrate the particular with the universal?
(a) sophistry
(b) metaphysical examination
(c) the Aristotlean Method
(d) the syllogism

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Aristotle's foundation of logic?

2. What are two theories from the Orient that gain acceptance in Greece?

3. What drives the Jews out of their natural home?

4. What does Spinoza call the highest knowledge of universal unity?

5. What is one result of Aristotle's prolific output of writing?

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