WorksheetsAncient Greek Philosophy Test 2
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name the thinker who said: "Everything flows...".
a) Thales of Miletus
b) Democritus
c) Heraclitus
d) Zeno
e) Plato
Which philosophical doctrine was most fully developed by Parmenides?
a) The doctrine of being
b) The doctrine of the primary basis of the universe
c) the doctrine of form
d) the doctrine of matter
Relate the names of the ancient Greek natural philosophers to the versions of the origin of the universe they put forward:
Heraclitus
fire
Thales of Miletus
water
Pythagoras
the number
Anaximenes
air
Anaximander
apeiron
Who were the ancient Greek philosophers called "teachers of wisdom"?
a) the sophists
b) sceptics
b) Plato's followers
d) all the ancient Greek philosophers
Highlight the name of the ancient Greek philosopher from whom the interest in man first became clear in the Western tradition
a) Plato
b) Socrates
c) Zeno
d) Aristotle
Name the author of the thesis: "Man is the measure of all things".
a) Aristotle
b) Pythagoras
c) Plato
d) Protagoras
Name the ancient Greek philosopher who gave the following definition of man: "Man is a social animal".
a) Socrates
b) Plato
c) Democritus
d) Aristotle
Which ancient thinker is credited with the following statement "I know that I know nothing"?
a) Thales of Miletus
b) Heraclitus
c) Socrates
d) Aristotle
Underline the judgement that correctly expresses Aristotle's teachings
a) The soul is a form of the body
b) God is the ultimate form of all forms
c) Matter is reality
d) Man is the measure of all things
Name the philosopher, the author of the philosophical-political work "The State", which describes the idea of the ideal state
a) K. Marx
b) Confucius
c) Plato
d) Aristotle
e) H. Hegel
Who do you think was the founder of Neoplatonism?
a) Zeno
b) Parmenides
c) Epicurus
d) Plotinus
e) Seneca
What is characteristic of Materialism?
a) primary spirit and the secondary nature of matter (consciousness)
b) primary matter and the secondary nature of spirit (consciousness)
c) secondary nature of reality
d) primary nature of being
What is characteristic of Idealism?
a) primary spirit (cosciousness) and the secondary nature of matter
b) primary matter and the secondary nature of spirit (consciousness)
c) secondary nature of reality
d) primary nature of being
What Greek philosopher is famous for his paradoxical aporias?
a) Parmenides
b) Epicurus
c) Anaximenes
d) Zeno
What was the idea of Democritus about soul?
a) There is nothing more sacred than a person's soul.
b) The soul is eternal and it never disappears.
c) The soul is mortal, as it is composed of atoms.
d) The soul is immortal, as it is composed of atoms.
What Ancient Greek school had in focus doubt about the possibility of objective knowledge, therefore a criticism of cognitive optimism?
1. Epicureanism (Epicurus, Titus Lucretius Carus)
2. Stoicism (Epictetus, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius)
3. Scepticism (Pyrrhon, Sectus Empiricus, etc.)
4. Neoplatonism (Plotinus and others)
What was peculiar about Socrates's death?
a) He was accused of disrespecting Athenian gods and corrupting young men, and sentenced to death.
b) He was sentenced to death because he had killed a lot of people when he was young.
c) He was accused of his moral principles and killed by politicians.
d) He developed doctrine of dispute as the most important way to find the truth and the governor of Athens disagreed with him.
What was Plato also famous for?
a) He founded his own University, which lasted for about 1,000 years.
b) He founded his own school of literature, which lasted for about 1,500 years.
c) He founded his own school of philosophy, the Academy, which lasted for about 1,000 years.
d) He founded his own school of mathematics, the Academy, which lasted for about 500 years.
What period we can refer the influential philosophical school Stoicism?
a) the Hellenistic period
b) High Classic
c) Middle Philosophical Classics
d) Pre-socratics
What were Pythagoras and his disciples mostly concentrated on?
a) on the idea of numbers as the beginning of life
b) on the idea of numbers as the basis and prime mover of the world
c) on the idea of numbers as the primacy of sprit over matter
d) on the idea of numbers as the basis of all sciences
The doctrine about happiness and pleasure as the highest goals of human life according to Epicurus included several major notions:
a) hedonism (from Gr. "life") and eudemonism (from Gr. "eternity")
b) hedonism (from Gr. "pleasure") and eudemonism (from Gr. "miracle")
c) hedonism (from Gr. "suffer") and eudemonism (from Gr. "grief")
d) hedonism (from Gr. "pleasure") and eudemonism (from Gr. "happiness")
What is the meaning of Sophos?
a) A philosopher
b) Wise
c) Teacher
d) Greek teacher
