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Unit 2 Philosophy Quiz Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which BEST explains how Greek myths were "the cradle of philosophy"?

a)

Philosophy helped create Greek mythology.

b)

Myths were the stage before philosophy emerged.

c)

The study of philosophy got off to a rocky start because of myths.

d)

Only Greek culture had myths, so that is the reason it produced philosophy.

2.

The Greeks established many colonies in their region. Which BEST explains how this aided the development of philosophy?

a)

It created wars that Homer could later write about.

b)

They made the Greeks rich, so they could afford to pay philosophers.

c)

It exposed the Greeks to many cultures, causing them to question their own.

d)

The Greeks had no written language until they conquered some people who did.eeks had no written language until they conquered some people who did.

3.

Which BEST explains Parmenides's theory about being?

a)

There is being because there are four elements.

b)

There is no such thing as being, and life is an illusion.

c)

There are ways of knowing being and ways of knowing non-being.

d)

There is no such thing as non-being, so everything is a state of being.

4.

Which of these puts the philosophers in the order that their works were written?

a)

Pythagoras, Thales, Heraclitus, Anaxagoras

b)

Heraclitus, Socrates, Anaxagoras, Pythagoras

c)

Socrates, Anaxagoras, Anaximenes, Heraclitus

d)

Thales, Anaximander, Pythagoras, Empedocles

5.

In Greek philosophy, the gods were there to be helpful to humans.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Which statement BEST describes Greek gods?

a)

examples that provide moral clarity

b)

pious figures whose behavior should be imitated

c)

human-like figures with flaws and exceptional ability

d)

men who were not divine but had exceptional strength

7.

Which actual event does The Iliad describe?

a)

The Siege of Troy

b)

The War with Carthage

c)

The Battle of Thermopylae

d)

The naval battle at Salamis

8.

Does Hesiod's Theogony have a moral lesson?

a)

Yes, it demonstrates the authority of the father.

b)

No, it focuses on power struggles among the gods.

c)

No, Hesiod never considered morals in his writing.

d)

Yes, it shows that women should be weak and submissive.

9.

Why did the first philosophy questions deal with what we would consider science today?

a)

They looked for reasoned answers in this world.

b)

They depended on divine actions for explanations.

c)

They were written down using the Greek alphabet.

d)

They were most concerned with how to cure disease.

10.

According to Hesiod's Theogony, what are the gods most concerned with?

a)

taking care of humanity

b)

developing a moral code

c)

creating a thriving world

d)

securing their own power

11.

How did Pythagoras combine math and philosophy?

a)

He was a skilled musician as well as a philosopher.

b)

He kept track of the number of new philosophies emerging.

c)

He believed that math could be used to explain the entire universe.

d)

He thought that numbers were the universal element that made up all things.

12.

Which disciplines were developed based on the Greek questioning of the elements?

a)

art and music

b)

logic and rhetoric

c)

tragedy and comedy

d)

chemistry and biology

13.

Besides containing some historical elements and including mythology, what else can be found in Homer's works about Odysseus?

a)

moral lessons

b)

Earth math formulas

c)

detailed battle plans

d)

metaphysical philosophy

14.

hales believed that everything was some form of water.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Based on The Iliad and The Odyssey, what was important in Greek society?

a)

fame and respect

b)

detail and precision

c)

travel and sightseeing

d)

peace and compromise