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Plato and Aristotle

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who did Aristotle teach?

a)

Emperor Hadrian

b)

Alexander the Great

c)

Pythagoras

d)

Plato

2.
 Which philosopher wrote "The Republic"? 
a)
Plato
b)
Homer
c)
Aristotle 
d)
Archimedes
3.
What is a democracy?
a)
people make the decisions
b)
government led by a dictator
c)
government with no rules
d)
government that is ruled by land owners
4.

Why is so little known about Socrates?

a)

he was very private

b)

he talked to a lot of people

c)

he never wrote anything down

d)

he was shy

5.

What does the word "Philosopher" mean?

a)

lover of wisdom

b)

smart thinker

c)

brave one

d)

wise one

6.

What was the idea behind Plato's Cave theory?

a)

that people are sometimes are trapped without real understanding.

b)

the people should hide in a cave to get away from other people.

c)

Answers are always found in a cave.

d)

seek to find the truth

7.

How was Aristotle's thinking different from Socrates?

a)

more scientific

b)

believed in enlightenment

c)

believed in seeking truth

d)

believed people will never understand the world

8.

Which philosopher studied at Plato's Academy?

a)

Socrates

b)

Aristotle

c)

Alexander the Great

d)

Heraclitus

9.

What method was used to develop critical thinking and identify assumptions in debate?

a)

Platonic method

b)

Aristotelian method

c)

Socratic method

d)

Philosophical method

10.

Plato had the idea of "Philosopher King Theory." What was this theory?

a)

All people were good in the world and contributed to society.

b)

Rulers should be the one's seeking truth and justice or vice versa.

c)

Socrates was the king of philosophy

d)

Plato was the king of philosophy.

11.
What was the difference in the background of Plato and Aristotle?
a)
Plato was a biologist and Aristotle a mathematician
b)
Plato was a naturalist and Aristotle an idealist
c)
Plato was based on abstract concepts and Aristotle on observation
12.

Aristotle believed that the only way to truly experience the world around us was through:

a)

Our senses

b)

Our reason

c)

Our knowledge

d)

Our instinct

13.

How did Aristotle believe we could deduce what makes things what they are?

a)

By seeing the characteristics of particular things in order to create a general idea of what makes it different from other things

b)

By observing their forms in their ideal representation and thus understanding their nature

c)

By having innate knowledge of what those particular things are

d)

By guessing what things are

14.
Aristotle believed that what happens in the natural world is not the same as comprehending concepts such as virtue, justice, beauty and good. 
a)
True
b)
False
15.
Aristotle thought that Plato’s Theory of Forms:
a)
Was not very accurate in demonstrating the reality of things
b)
Was the most appropriate way of understanding the world around us
c)
Had been well developed as a hypothetical realm of Forms and represented reality
16.
For the division in the two separate fields at arriving at universal truths, who were the rationalists and who the empiricists?
a)
Rationalists believed that we already have knowledge once we are born and the empiricists who believed knowledge came from experience
b)
Rationalists believed that knowledge comes from experience and the empiricists that thought we already have knowledge once we are born
c)
Rationalists believed that experience is acquired throughout time giving us understanding and the empiricists that thought we have innate knowledge
17.
Aristotle believed that when we are born, we already know what right and wrong are. 
a)
True
b)
False
18.

Aristotle accounts for motion and change in the physical world with the concept of...

(a)  

19.

According to Aristotle, what is the telos?

a)

the way something changes

b)

the shape or features of a thing

c)

the purpose or reason for a thing

d)

the thing that it is

20.

Plato believed that we are born with an ability to comprehend concepts such as virtue, justice, beauty and good.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Plato was a

a)

Rationalist

b)

Empiricist

c)

Materialist

d)

Monist

22.

The analogy/allegory of the cave explains...

a)

the importance of philosophy

b)

the difference between empirical knowledge and knowledge from of the Forms

c)

the importance of questioning the 'information' we are given

d)

The dangers of challenging people's perceptions of truth

e)

All of the above

23.

How does the Prime mover bring about change in the world?

a)

By attraction

b)

By persuasion

c)

By example

d)

By force