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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. Although science and philosophy exists in Greece before their times, who were the teachers who greatly advanced the fields?
(a) Aristotle and Onassis
(b) Socrates and Plato
(c) Playto and Prothagorus
(d) Aristotle and Socrates

2. What does Aristotle teach at the Lyceum?
(a) biology and natural sciences
(b) athletics and mathematics
(c) physical and mental training
(d) the socratic Method

3. What is a special element of soul in the human being according to Aristotle?
(a) a power of understanding metaphysics
(b) a power of reason and thought
(c) a power to dream
(d) a power to dominate

4. What is the foundation of Plato's Republic?
(a) destroying individuality for an idealized state
(b) creating contributing classes of people
(c) allowing individuality to flourish
(d) putting the state in a subservient position

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Aristotle's foundation of logic?

2. What comprises Plato's writing style?

3. What does Plato say early education should do?

4. What does Aristotle define as the entire vital principle of any being?

5. What do the concepts of praise or blame indicate according to Aristotle?

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