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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Eventually what does Alexander's conquests in Asia open up to the Greeks?
(a) important trade routes
(b) lavish lifestyles
(c) Eastern monotheism
(d) cults and superstitious faiths

2. What philosopher and statesman does Francis Bacon aspire to be like?
(a) Copernicus
(b) Seneca
(c) Salon
(d) Cicero

3. How does every society and government ruins itself?
(a) by enabling excess in principle
(b) by being too constrictive
(c) by letting down their guard
(d) by growing tired

4. At his birth in 384 B.C., into what kind of family is Aristotle born?
(a) a family of travelers
(b) a military family
(c) a medical family
(d) a family of philosophers

5. Who are Francis Bacon's relative that cause it to be said that his political career began at his birth in 1561?
(a) well-placed English aristocrats
(b) leaders of the Church of England
(c) pretenders to the English throne
(d) aristocrats from Spain and the Netherlands

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age does Plato advocate taking children from their parents to avoid learning bad habits?

2. What does Aristotle establish in Athens?

3. Who are the students of Socrates?

4. How far is Alexander able to spread Greek culture?

5. What new philosophy uses faith and reason to force acceptance of untried assumptions and conclusions?

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