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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 Socrates ask Cephalus to define?
(a) the meaning of the word moral
(b) the greatest blessing he receives from wealth
(c) the best form of government
(d) the blessing he receives from education

2. What does Democritus claim that Aristotle disagrees with?
(a) the soul is material
(b) the soul is temporary
(c) there is no such thing as soul
(d) the soul is imaginary

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

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

5. How is Plato's early life best described?
(a) a life of poverty and destitution
(b) a comfortable athletic youth and a successful soldier
(c) a playboy and a religious fanatic
(d) an idle life and a failure as a soldier

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Although science and philosophy exists in Greece before their times, who were the teachers who greatly advanced the fields?

3. What is Aristotle's foundation of logic?

4. What does Plato say is a science and art one must live and prepare for?

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

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