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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question does Plato raise to lead into a discussion of Utopia?
(a) if an oligarchy is an appropriate government
(b) if democracy in Athens is working
(c) if it is better to be good or to be strong
(d) if everyone is satisfied

2. Why is Bacon often accused of being atheistic?
(a) because he denies the authority of the Church
(b) because he seldom attends church
(c) because he talks about natrue rather than God
(d) because his philosophy is secular and rationalistic

3. What does Bacon suggest should be observed similar to Machiavellian philosophy?
(a) what men do rather than what they should do
(b) how to discipline the masses
(c) who has the most power
(d) the futility of the aristocratic form of government

4. What are two theories from the Orient that gain acceptance in Greece?
(a) Stoicism and Epicureanism
(b) Confucianism and communism
(c) Polytheism and atheism
(d) Buddhism and Hinduism

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Roman empire eventually become?

2. How is Plato's early life best described?

3. What does Aristotle devise to integrate the particular with the universal?

4. When does Plato return to Athens and begin to write?

5. What does Aristotle define as the entire vital principle of any being?

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