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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 does the King of Syracuse learn that causes him to cancel his invitation to Plato to organize Utopia?
(a) that he must leave his throne
(b) that Plato is unpopular in Athens
(c) that he must share his wealth
(d) that he will have to work for a living

2. What does not affect France like it does Germany and England?
(a) The Renaissance
(b) The Crusades
(c) The Reformation
(d) The Revolution

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

4. By the thirteenth century A. D., how does the Church unite the European continent?
(a) by persecution of heresy
(b) by millitancy and fear
(c) by common faith and supernatural sanctions
(d) by common language and desires

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Voltaire think what is wrong with most recorded history could be corrected?

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

3. What does Schopenhauer suggest is a deception of nature that disillusions?

4. What is the irony of Kant's quiet Prussian life relative to Voltaire's Parisian life?

5. What biological notion does Aristotle reject?

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