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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Spinoza call the highest knowledge of universal unity?
(a) understanding the influence of the stars
(b) the lessons from philosophers of the past
(c) the intellectual equivalent of the love of God
(d) the educated answers to philosophical questions

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

3. What does Bacon call for elimination in his philosophy?
(a) public education
(b) a private banking system
(c) the model of the philosopher king
(d) several errors he calls idols

4. What is one result of Aristotle's prolific output of writing?
(a) a definitive answer to all philosophical questions
(b) a large amount of errors
(c) a need to build larger libraries
(d) an error free reference library

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What circumstance does Spinoza say keeps the racial existence of the Jews?

2. What do the concepts of praise or blame indicate according to Aristotle?

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

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

5. What drives the Jews out of their natural home?

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