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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Aristotle's foundation of logic?
(a) the way to ask Socratic questions
(b) the art and method of correct thinking
(c) the art of listening
(d) the way to make a syllogysm

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Plato return to Athens and begin to write?

2. What is said to change Plato's life?

3. What biological notion does Aristotle reject?

4. Who are Francis Bacon's relative that cause it to be said that his political career began at his birth in 1561?

5. What is a special element of soul in the human being according to Aristotle?

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