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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What becomes the unifying element in Plato's description of justice?
(a) the sharing of the wealth
(b) the welfare of the group
(c) the good of the children
(d) the quality of the laws

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

5. What, according to Spinoza, is scripture intended to promote?
(a) devotion rather than to reason
(b) reason over superstition
(c) clarity rather than confusion
(d) literature rather than science

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Spinoza say an allegorical interpretation of the Bible allows it to be?

2. What question does Plato raise to lead into a discussion of Utopia?

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

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

5. Where does the Jewish migration along the Danube and Rhine rivers take the Jews?

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