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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one result of Aristotle's prolific output of writing?
(a) a large amount of errors
(b) a definitive answer to all philosophical questions
(c) an error free reference library
(d) a need to build larger libraries

2. What event makes the rival schools of Stoicism and Epicureanism split philosophically?
(a) the disintegration of public infrastructures
(b) the arrival of missionaries from the East
(c) the resurgance of Judaism
(d) the Romans' arrival in 46 B.C.

3. What method do all the fields of study--science, discipline, art and music--use in common?
(a) questions and answers
(b) rote memorization
(c) repetition of basics
(d) the art of logic

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

5. When is Plato born?
(a) in the fourth century B.C.
(b) in the second century B. C.
(c) Ca 400 B. C.
(d) in the first century B. C.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Plato's early life best described?

2. Eventually what does Alexander's conquests in Asia open up to the Greeks?

3. What does Plato say early education should do?

4. To what end does Socrates develop his Socratic Method?

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

(see the answer key)

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