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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Contemporary American Philosophers.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What purpose of Buddhism does Schopenhauer say is superior to Christianity?
(a) ease of joining the religion
(b) spiritual revelation
(c) destruction of the will
(d) hours of meditation

2. What do the concepts of praise or blame indicate according to Aristotle?
(a) a way of avoiding responsibility
(b) moral responsibility and free will
(c) disagreements in society
(d) the need for athletic contests

3. What work is considered the best American contribution to aesthetics?
(a) George Santayana's The Sense of Beauty
(b) George Santayana's Scepticism and Animal Faith
(c) George Santayana's The Life of Reason
(d) George Santayana's The Beauty of Catholicism

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

5. What does the King of Syracuse learn that causes him to cancel his invitation to Plato to organize Utopia?
(a) that Plato is unpopular in Athens
(b) that he must leave his throne
(c) that he must share his wealth
(d) that he will have to work for a living

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To what does Spencer conclude the same principles of evolution in biology also apply?

3. What does Bergson uphold that is distinct from the organism, but is limited by its characteristics?

4. Who is a contemporary of Kant's who writes so as to confound, confuse and attract disciples at the same time?

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

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