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