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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Voltaire's literary output?
(a) hundreds of manuscripts
(b) ninety-nine volumes
(c) three plays, four novels, and 100 essays
(d) fifty-four volumes of work

2. How far is Alexander able to spread Greek culture?
(a) into Persia
(b) into Asia Minor
(c) all over the world
(d) into Egypt

3. What is the first of four books written by Spinoza?
(a) The Treatise on Religion and the State
(b) The Fall of the Roman Empire
(c) The Philosophy of the Ages
(d) The History of War

4. What contemporary philosophers does Durant discuss in this chapter?
(a) Churchill and Washington Irving
(b) Descarte and Molier
(c) Bergson, Croce and Bertrand Russell
(d) Edgar Cayce and Roger Miller

5. What does Spinoza suggest the aim of Biblical language is meant to do?
(a) to attract intellectuals
(b) to conceal great mysteries
(c) to compete with Greek mythology
(d) to attract the imagination of popular minds

Short Answer Questions

1. What motivates Voltaire to accept Prince Frederick's invitation and travel expenses to join him in his court in Potsdam?

2. What work of Spencer's theorizes that all ultimate religious ideas eventually become logically inconceivable?

3. With what famous composer does does Nietzsche study the piano?

4. What is Kant's critical analysis of the moral basis of religion?

5. By Spencer's time, what is the third stage of philosophical thought?

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