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