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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Spencer affirm that needs centralization, government power, apathy and individual subordination?
(a) socialism
(b) regulation
(c) democracy
(d) legalism

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

3. 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

4. What is Kant's critical analysis of the moral basis of religion?
(a) The Critique of Scriptures
(b) The Critique of Practical Reason
(c) The Critique of Theology
(d) The Critique of Science

5. In what work does Voltaire discuss the morals and spirit of the nations from Charlemagne to Louis XIII?
(a) The Romances
(b) The Essay on Morals
(c) The Short Novels
(d) The History of Morals

Short Answer Questions

1. To answer Rousseau, what satirical story does Voltaire write about the best of all possible worlds?

2. Who is the dominant philosophical thinker of the 19th Century?

3. What does Schopenhauer suggest is a deception of nature that disillusions?

4. What method do all the fields of study--science, discipline, art and music--use in common?

5. What philosopher and statesman does Francis Bacon aspire to be like?

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