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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Contemporary European Philosophers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Voltaire think what is wrong with most recorded history could be corrected?
(a) only scholars should write history
(b) history should be forgotten
(c) history should only be written by scientists
(d) only philosophers should write history

2. What are the two contrary valuations of human behavior, according to Nietzsche?
(a) the master and the herd
(b) the good and the bad
(c) the moralist and the scientist
(d) the high and the mighty

3. Where does the Jewish migration along the Danube and Rhine rivers take the Jews?
(a) Macedonia and Austria
(b) Poland and Russia
(c) Spain and Portugal
(d) Italy and Armenia

4. What is Spinoza's second book?
(a) The Improvement of the Intellect
(b) Ethics
(c) The Treatise on Religion and the State
(d) The Political Treatise

5. What are the only three things worthwhile in Plato's ethical solution?
(a) beauty, athleticism, education
(b) justice, truth, beauty
(c) travel, study, rhetoric
(d) philosophy, music, poetry

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a special element of soul in the human being according to Aristotle?

2. How does Spinoza find himself after asking questions about Jewish and Christian beliefs?

3. What concept does Spencer share with Schopenhauer?

4. In what work does Voltaire discuss the morals and spirit of the nations from Charlemagne to Louis XIII?

5. What does Voltaire do when he is sentenced to the Bastille a second time?

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