View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What new philosophy uses faith and reason to force acceptance of untried assumptions and conclusions?
(a) Activism
(b) Fundamentalism
(c) Martialism
(d) Scholasticism

2. What does Spinoza call the highest knowledge of universal unity?
(a) the educated answers to philosophical questions
(b) understanding the influence of the stars
(c) the lessons from philosophers of the past
(d) the intellectual equivalent of the love of God

3. At first, what medium does Voltaire use to give humorous expression to his ideas?
(a) short plays
(b) anonymous letters
(c) essays
(d) short novels

4. At his birth in 384 B.C., into what kind of family is Aristotle born?
(a) a medical family
(b) a military family
(c) a family of travelers
(d) a family of philosophers

5. Why does Spinoza say an allegorical interpretation of the Bible allows it to be?
(a) not difficult to understand
(b) not a book of rules and regulations
(c) not contrary to reason
(d) not a great mystery

Short Answer Questions

1. What is something Voltaire is noted for with his critics?

2. What does Voltaire include in his histories?

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

4. What does Aristotle devise to integrate the particular with the universal?

5. What does Plato say early education should do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Plato state the cause of political problems in the world?

2. Explain Aristotle's definition of God.

3. Describe Spinoza's synonymous dichotomies.

4. Describe the origins of stoicism and Epicureanism in Greek philosophy.

5. How does Bacon's reconstruction exceed the work of Aristotle?

6. Who are the students of Socrates?

7. Describe Aristotle's idea of what a man's goal in life should be.

8. What is Voltaire's reaction to Voltaire's desire to be a professional writer?

9. How does Plato see population as a political problem of war that can be controlled?

10. Describe Voltaire's The Essay on Morals.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 691 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample