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Philosophy Chapter 3

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins

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1.

Skeptics believed all knowledge could be proven wrong so it is best to believe nothing. This was founded by...

a)

Pyrrho

b)

Antisthenis

c)

Epicurias

d)

Philo

2.

For Skeptics like Pyrrho, anyone claiming to have arrived at an indisputable truth was a _____.

a)

Dogmatist

b)

Cynic

c)

Hedonist

d)

Stoic

3.

Skeptics like _____ advocated _____.

a)

Pyrrho; Suspension of Judgment

b)

Epicurus; long term pleasure from moderation

c)

Antisthenes; living a natural life free from societal norms

d)

Zeno; living according to nature's plan and accepting hardship with indifference

4.

Cynics like _____ advocated _____.

a)

Pyrrho; Suspension of Judgment

b)

Epicurus; long term pleasure from moderation

c)

Antisthenes; living a natural life free from societal norms

d)

Zeno; living according to nature's plan and accepting hardship with indifference

5.

Stoics like _____ advocated _____.

a)

Pyrrho; Suspension of Judgment

b)

Epicurus; long term pleasure from moderation

c)

Antisthenes; living a natural life free from societal norms

d)

Zeno; living according to nature's plan and accepting hardship with indifference

6.

Epicureanism, founded by Epicurus, advocated

a)

Suspension of Judgment to avoid Domatism

b)

Long term pleasure from moderation

c)

Living a natural life free from societal norms

d)

Living according to nature's plan and accepting hardship with indifference

7.

Diogenes was a _____, and believed _____

a)

Cynic; animals provide the best model for human conduct

b)

Stoic; that one should accept natures fate and face hardship with courage and indifference

c)

Epicurean; the best life is one of long term pleasure which comes from moderation

d)

Neoplatonist; that transcendental experiences were the most significant for a human

8.

Marcus Aurelius was a _____, and believed _____

a)

Cynic; animals provide the best model for human conduct

b)

Stoic; that one should accept natures fate and face hardship with courage and indifference

c)

Epicurean; the best life is one of long term pleasure which comes from moderation

d)

Neoplatonist; that transcendental experiences were the most significant for a human

9.

Philo was a _____, and believed _____

a)

Cynic; animals provide the best model for human conduct

b)

Stoic; that one should accept natures fate and face hardship with courage and indifference

c)

Epicurean; the best life is one of long term pleasure which comes from moderation

d)

Neoplatonist; that transcendental experiences were the most significant for a human

10.

_____ like Philo and Plotinus believed in _____.

a)

Neoplatonists; the most mystical aspects of Plato's philosophy

b)

Scholasticists; synthesising Aristotle's teachings with Christian theology

c)

Stoics; accepting nature's plan and facing hardships with indifference

d)

Epicureans; living a life of moderation to achieve long term pleasure

11.

Epicurus based his philosophy on...

a)

Democritus' Atomism

b)

Philo's Neoplatonism

c)

Protagoras' Sophism

d)

Pyrrho's Skepticism

12.

Epicurus was a _____ and believed _____

a)

Materialist; the soul of man was made of Atomos

b)

Hedonist; satisfying one's needs and avoiding pain

c)

Scholasticist; we should merge Aristotle's philosophy with Christian theology

d)

Neoplatonist; in the most mystical parts of Plato's theories

13.

Philo, a Neoplatonist, suggested real knowledge can only be attained through _____.

a)

Divine illumination

b)

Reason

c)

Suspension of Judgment

d)

Sensory information

14.

Plotinus, a Neoplatonist, arranged all things into which heirarchy?

a)

1. The One

2. The Spirit

3. The Soul

b)

1. The One

2. The Soul

3. The Spirit

15.

Unlike Plato, Plotinus believed that sensory world was...

a)

Beautiful

b)

Distracting

c)

Useless

d)

Simply a source of temptation

16.

St. Augustine posits which worlds?

a)

City of God

b)

City of Man

c)

World of forms

d)

World of senses

17.

St. Augustine shifted the locus of control for human behaviour from the outer forces, or _____ to the inner forces, or _____.

a)

City of Man, City of God

b)

City of God, City of Man

18.

Why did St. Augustine believe evil exists?

a)

Because people choose to act in evil ways

b)

Satan's influence on man

c)

God's indifference

d)

Atheism

19.

According to Augustine, our _____ provides us an awareness of a moral right. Deviation from this results in feelings of guilt.

a)

Internal Sense

b)

City of Man

c)

Predestination

d)

Introspection

20.

Augustine's controversial determinist view that some people are simply condemned to live sinful lives from birth is known as what?

a)

Predestination

b)

Introspection

c)

Internal Sense

d)

The Will

21.

For Augustine, the two ways of knowing God are through...

a)

Scripture

b)

Introspection

c)

Reason

d)

Judgment

22.

Augustine believed that unlike God, man perceives time due to...

a)

Sensory experience

b)

The memory of sensory experience

c)

Reason

d)

Predestination

23.

The school of thought combining Aristotelean theory with Christian theology is known as what?

a)

Scholasticism

b)

Stoicism

c)

Neoplatonism

d)

Rationalism

24.

Scholasticism, the merger of Aristotelian theory with Christian theology, was followed by who?

a)

Thomas Aquinas

b)

St. Augustine

c)

Jesus

d)

St. Paul

25.

Thomas Aquinas' greatest achievement was...

a)

Living life in accordance with natural law

b)

Merging Platonic theory with mysticism

c)

Reconciliation of faith and reason

d)

Facing hardship with indifference