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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Aristotle and Greek Science.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Aristotle establish in Athens?
(a) a system of exchange
(b) a scientific museum
(c) a political party
(d) a school of oratory

2. What does the King of Syracuse learn that causes him to cancel his invitation to Plato to organize Utopia?
(a) that he must leave his throne
(b) that he must share his wealth
(c) that he will have to work for a living
(d) that Plato is unpopular in Athens

3. When does Plato return to Athens and begin to write?
(a) at the age of thirty while touring the middle east
(b) at the age of forty in 387 B.C.
(c) at the age of fifty in 397 B. C.
(d) at the age of twenty-eight when Socrates dies

4. What method do all the fields of study--science, discipline, art and music--use in common?
(a) questions and answers
(b) repetition of basics
(c) rote memorization
(d) the art of logic

5. What are the only three things worthwhile in Plato's ethical solution?
(a) beauty, athleticism, education
(b) justice, truth, beauty
(c) philosophy, music, poetry
(d) travel, study, rhetoric

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Plato's early life best described?

2. Where do metaphysics and the nature of God fit into Aristotle's curriculum?

3. What is Aristotle's foundation of logic?

4. Where is a meeting held to discuss the Republic?

5. At what age does Plato advocate taking children from their parents to avoid learning bad habits?

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