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

2. What comprises Plato's writing style?
(a) philosophy and poetry, science and art
(b) drama, science, and sophistry
(c) philosophy, rhetoric, and mathematics
(d) mathematics, rhetoric, and music

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

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

5. At what age does Plato advocate taking children from their parents to avoid learning bad habits?
(a) age ten
(b) at adolescence
(c) at birth
(d) age three

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Aristotle's foundation of logic?

2. What does Socrates ask Cephalus to define?

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

4. When is Plato born?

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

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