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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Voltaire and the French Enlightenment.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Plato say early education should do?
(a) indoctrinate
(b) form good habits
(c) teach logistics
(d) only amuse

2. What are the only three things worthwhile in Plato's ethical solution?
(a) beauty, athleticism, education
(b) travel, study, rhetoric
(c) philosophy, music, poetry
(d) justice, truth, beauty

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

4. What does Baruch Spinoza begin to feel about his traditional Jewish education?
(a) fulfilled educationally
(b) tired with how long it takes
(c) unsatisfied with answers he gets in the synagogue
(d) confused by different interpretations of the Torah

5. Where does Voltaire write The Romances?
(a) in London, England
(b) in Cirey, France
(c) in Bonn, Germany
(d) in Frankfurt, Germany

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the students of Socrates?

2. What does Bacon call for elimination in his philosophy?

3. What does Voltaire's father tell him will come from an education in literature?

4. What is said to change Plato's life?

5. What is a special element of soul in the human being according to Aristotle?

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