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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 do the concepts of praise or blame indicate according to Aristotle?
(a) a way of avoiding responsibility
(b) moral responsibility and free will
(c) the need for athletic contests
(d) disagreements in society

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

3. What does Aristotle devise to integrate the particular with the universal?
(a) sophistry
(b) the syllogism
(c) metaphysical examination
(d) the Aristotlean Method

4. What becomes the unifying element in Plato's description of justice?
(a) the good of the children
(b) the sharing of the wealth
(c) the quality of the laws
(d) the welfare of the group

5. At his birth in 384 B.C., into what kind of family is Aristotle born?
(a) a family of philosophers
(b) a family of travelers
(c) a medical family
(d) a military family

Short Answer Questions

1. What student of Aristotle becomes a major historical figure?

2. What method do all the fields of study--science, discipline, art and music--use in common?

3. How does every society and government ruins itself?

4. What question does Plato raise to lead into a discussion of Utopia?

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

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