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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Francis Bacon.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what way is Bacon's reconstruction thought superior to that of Aristotle?
(a) less idealistic and more severe
(b) less detailed, evolving slowly
(c) more practical than theoretical
(d) more flexible for the people

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

3. What does Plato say is a science and art one must live and prepare for?
(a) oratory
(b) military leadership
(c) statesmanship
(d) teaching the young

4. How far is Alexander able to spread Greek culture?
(a) all over the world
(b) into Egypt
(c) into Persia
(d) into Asia Minor

5. By the thirteenth century A. D., how does the Church unite the European continent?
(a) by millitancy and fear
(b) by common faith and supernatural sanctions
(c) by common language and desires
(d) by persecution of heresy

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the foundation of Plato's Republic?

2. Who are the students of Socrates?

3. What biological notion does Aristotle reject?

4. What does Aristotle teach at the Lyceum?

5. What are two theories from the Orient that gain acceptance in Greece?

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