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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 Spinoza do to support himself?
(a) writes for a newspaper
(b) tutors students
(c) gives violin lessons
(d) grinds optical lenses

2. What does Aristotle devise to integrate the particular with the universal?
(a) the syllogism
(b) metaphysical examination
(c) sophistry
(d) the Aristotlean Method

3. At what age does Plato advocate taking children from their parents to avoid learning bad habits?
(a) age ten
(b) age three
(c) at adolescence
(d) at birth

4. What happened after Spinoza dispensed with faith?
(a) the faithful dispensed with him
(b) religion died
(c) the faithful were devastated
(d) new religions sprang up

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At first, what medium does Voltaire use to give humorous expression to his ideas?

2. Who eventually dominates Greek philosophy and government?

3. How does Voltaire think what is wrong with most recorded history could be corrected?

4. Who suggests that men are at fault because they chose to live in houses in cities?

5. What does Voltaire's Essay on Morals become?

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