Test your knowledge of philosophy. Points available: 10 1: What TV comedy series featured a song about the drinking habits of various philosophers? A) Saturday Night Live B) Mad TV C) Monty Python's Flying Circus D) Laugh-In 2: Who is considered to be the founder of modern philosophy? A) Friedrich Nietzsche B) Rene Descartes C) Nicolo Machiavelli D) Francis Bacon 3: Which philosopher is thought by many to have written Shakespeare's plays? A) Francis Bacon B) William Godwin C) John Bagnell D) Rene Descartes 4: "Thus Spake Zarathustra," a piece of music featured in the film "2001: A Space Odyssey," was also the title of a philosophical work by which author? A) Friedrich Nietzsche B) Rene Descartes C) Nicolo Machiavelli D) Francis Bacon 5: Who originally said "Cogito, ergo sum" ("I think, therefore I am")? A) Friedrich Nietzsche B) Rene Descartes C) Nicolo Machiavelli D) Francis Bacon 6: Which ancient philosopher was a teacher to Alexander the Great? A) Plato B) Socrates C) Aristotle D) Plutarch 7: What famous author wrote a philosophical work on Christian science? A) Mark Twain B) Lewis Carroll C) Jonathan Swift D) Nathaniel Hawthorne 8: Which philosopher is best known for writing about gaining power by unscrupulous methods? A) Nietzsche B) Machiavelli C) Bacon D) Descartes 9: Which philosopher, who also attempted to be a scientist, claimed that men have more teeth than women do? A) Socrates B) Plato C) Aristotle D) Plutarch 10: According to the BBC, who is the greatest philosopher of all time? A) Aristotle B) Frederich Nietzsche C) Melvyn Bragg D) Herbert Spencer