Baruch Spinoza - Quiz
A) Tractatus Theologico-Politicus B) Ethics C) The Spinoza of Market Street D) On the History of Religion
A) The founding father of Israel B) The chief rabbi of Amsterdam C) The father of modern nationalism D) The first secular proto-Zionist
A) Haham Pinchas Toledano B) Jonathan I. Israel C) Steven Nadler D) Nicolas Dings
A) Spinoza had requested the excommunication stay in place B) He believed he lacked greater wisdom than his predecessors C) The committee voted to keep it D) He was threatened by politicians
A) YIVO Institute B) Zwanenburgwal C) Amsterdam City Hall D) Spinoza Lyceum
A) Irvin D. Yalom B) Jorge Luis Borges C) Nicolas Dings D) Hildo Krop
A) Berthold Auerbach B) Goethe C) Heine D) Alfred Rosenberg
A) Andres Spokoiny B) Juan de Prado C) Alberto Gerchunoff D) Jorge Luis Borges
A) A student at the Lyceum B) A fellow philosopher C) Clara Maria van den Enden D) The daughter of his Latin teacher
A) The history of the cherem B) The life of Juan de Prado C) A biography of Spinoza's early life D) A parallel story between Spinoza and Alfred Rosenberg
A) Dr. Nahum Fischelson B) Haham Pinchas Toledano C) Francisus van den Enden D) Alfred Rosenberg
A) Nicolas Dings B) Jorge Luis Borges C) Irvin D. Yalom D) Karl Glusman
A) The Spinoza Foundation B) The Spinoza Institute C) The Spinoza Lyceum D) The Spinoza Havurah
A) Buenos Aires B) Berlin C) Amsterdam D) New York
A) Alfred Rosenberg B) Franciscus van den Enden C) Juan de Prado D) Baruch Spinoza
A) Leiden B) The Hague C) Rijnsburg D) Amsterdam
A) A port town B) An industrial town C) A royal town D) A university town
A) Descartes B) The synod members C) Johannes van Vloten D) Herman Homan
A) Two days B) Two weeks C) Two years D) Two months
A) 1663 B) 1670 C) 1660 D) 1662
A) One B) Five C) Three D) Two
A) Sales of his manuscripts B) Church grants C) Generous contributions from friends D) University funding
A) Latin B) French C) Hebrew D) Dutch
A) Religious devotion B) Artistic expression C) Political activism D) Scientific interest
A) Uriel da Costa B) Manasseh ben Israel C) Saul Levi Morteira D) Moses Maimonides
A) They were ancient philosophical myths B) They were divine revelations C) They were lost historical records D) They were human inventions
A) Once B) Three times C) Twice D) Four times
A) Burn his books in public B) Prostrate himself for worshippers to step over him C) Pay a massive financial fine D) Publicly renounce his heritage
A) Old age B) Illness C) Execution D) Suicide
A) Eight B) Fourteen C) Ten D) Five
A) Denial of the soul's immortality B) Belief in the afterlife C) Rejection of the Hebrew language D) Advocacy for the divinity of the Torah
A) It was written by God directly B) It was authored by a foreign king C) Moses did not write it D) It was written by a council of rabbis
A) Talmud Torah B) Yeshiva Amsterdam C) Bet Ya'acov D) Hebrew Academy
A) Baruch Spinoza B) Saul Levi Morteira C) Uriel da Costa D) Manasseh ben Israel
A) Spanish B) Portuguese C) Hebrew D) Dutch
A) Sixteen B) Twelve C) Fourteen D) Ten
A) 1654 B) 1660 C) 1656 D) 1649
A) Rabbi of the community B) City merchant representative C) School administrator D) Head of the family
A) 1656 B) 1650 C) 1654 D) 1655
A) For protection against debts B) To file a complaint against the synagogue C) To register his father's will D) To start a new business
A) Bankrupt merchant B) Orphan C) Sole heir D) Minor apprentice
A) Members must support the synagogue financially B) Members must not associate with outcasts C) Members cannot work on the Sabbath D) Business matters must be arbitrated within the community
A) 15 November 1632 B) 24 November 1632 C) 21 February 1677 D) 24 December 1632
A) Teaching B) Lens grinding C) Merchant trading D) Printing
A) 1649 B) 1656 C) 1677 D) 1632
A) Hannah Deborah B) Esther C) Miriam D) Rachael d'Espinosa
A) René Descartes B) Thomas Hobbes C) Steven Nadler D) Rebecca Goldstein
A) Curaçao B) Portugal C) Brazil D) England
A) Rubens B) Hals C) Rembrandt D) Vermeer
A) Nine B) Three C) Twelve D) Six
A) Lens grinder B) Rabbi C) Philosopher D) Merchant
A) Utilitarianism B) Stoicism C) Nihilism D) Existentialism
A) Miriam B) Rebecca C) Esther D) Rachael
A) Protestantism B) Catholicism C) Lutheranism D) Crypto-Judaism
A) 23 B) 21 C) 25 D) 28
A) Yes, after he apologized B) No C) Yes, upon his death D) Yes, after one year
A) Ethics B) Theological-Political Treatise C) The Herem Defense D) Apologia
A) Gaining political power B) Protecting their reputation C) Publishing philosophical works D) Expelling all non-believers
A) Descartes B) Kant C) Aristotle D) Plato
A) Public debates B) Theatrical performances C) Mathematical proofs D) Religious sermons
A) The Cartesians B) The Scholastics C) The Jesuits D) The Collegiants
A) Pieter Balling B) Jan Hendriksz Glazemaker C) Ole Borch D) Adriaan Koerbagh
A) The Prince B) Ethics C) The Leviathan D) Critique of Pure Reason
A) Franciscus van den Enden B) Lodewijk Meyer C) Ole Borch D) Rieuwertsz
A) Highly prestigious B) Negative C) Neutral D) Unknown
A) Albert Burgh B) Adriaan Koerbagh C) Samuel Maresius D) Johannes Bredenburg
A) Voorburg B) Heidelberg C) The Hague D) Amsterdam
A) A commentary on the Talmud B) A political dictionary C) A Hebrew grammar D) A translation of the Bible
A) Henry Oldenburg B) Peter Serrarius C) Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz D) Christiaan Huygens
A) Wisdom B) Caution C) Patience D) Strength
A) Johannes Hudde B) Albert Burgh C) Peter Serrarius D) Thomas Hobbes
A) 1677 B) 1680 C) 1678 D) 1676
A) 42 B) 48 C) 46 D) 44
A) Pneumonia B) Asthma C) Tuberculosis D) Bronchitis
A) The Hague Cathedral B) St. Peter's Church C) Oude Kerk D) Nieuwe Kerk
A) Two days B) Four days C) Seven days D) One day
A) French B) Hebrew C) Latin D) Dutch
A) Roman Catholic Church B) Dutch Royal Family C) University of The Hague D) Lutheran Church
A) Human emotion B) Reality C) Sensory perception D) Divine revelation
A) Euclid's geometry B) Platonic dialogue C) Aristotelian logic D) Cartesian skepticism
A) Summa Theologica B) Causa sui C) Deus sive Natura D) Cogitata Metaphysica
A) Substance B) Essence C) Mode D) Attribute
A) Substance Existentialism B) Classical Pantheism C) Rationalist Monism D) Divine Determinism
A) Free will B) Dualism C) Chance D) Determinism
A) Maimonides B) Arthur Schopenhauer C) René Descartes D) Sigmund Freud
A) René Descartes B) G. H. Schuller C) Arthur Schopenhauer D) Eric Schliesser
A) David Hume B) Karl Jaspers C) Gottfried Leibniz D) René Descartes
A) Moral goodness B) Physical beauty C) Completeness D) Happiness
A) Individual humans B) Substance C) The material world D) The emotions
A) Immanuel Kant B) Theodor Goldstücker C) Pierre Bayle D) Max Müller
A) Gilles Deleuze B) Pierre Bayle C) Immanuel Kant D) Albert Einstein
A) Vedanta B) Kabbalah C) Marxism D) Cartesianism
A) Theodor Goldstücker B) Pierre Macherey C) Jonathan I. Israel D) Max Müller
A) Aggressive political activism B) Despairing nihilism C) Confident equanimity D) Radical atheism
A) Hegel B) Nietzsche C) Freud D) Marx
A) Gilles Deleuze B) Louis Althusser C) George Santayana D) Ludwig Wittgenstein
A) sub specie aeternitatis B) tabula rasa C) amor fati D) cogito ergo sum
A) Louis Althusser B) Pierre Macherey C) Antonio Negri D) Gilles Deleuze
A) Friedrich Nietzsche B) Karl Marx C) Louis Althusser D) Sigmund Freud
A) The 1000-guilder banknote B) The presidential coin C) The national flag D) A postage stamp |
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