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Ancient Philosophy Exam Review

Total questions: 66

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The word “philosophy” means “l__________” (philos [love] + sophia [wisdom]

a)

love for knowledge

b)

love oneself

c)

love of God

d)

love of wisdom

2.

It is the heart of philosophy. It investigates the existence of the universe and of ALL things in it.

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Logic

c)

Epistemology

d)

Ethics

3.

It investigates KNOWLEDGE. This branch of philosophy answer What does it mean “to know”? and What can we know?

a)

Logic

b)

Ethics

c)

Epistemology

d)

Metaphysics

4.

The branch of philosophy that studies what actions are morally right and wrong. It answer the question Is there a right and wrong?

a)

Logic

b)

Ethics

c)

Metaphysics

d)

Epistemology

5.

______studies right reasoning and argumentation. It answer the question Do all claims have a truth value?

a)

Logic

b)

Metaphysics

c)

Epistemology

d)

Social

6.

Western philosophy traces its historical origin to (a)   in the

6th-century B.C.

7.

He was a 6th-century philosopher who taught water was the source

of everything. He was also the first person to claim the Earth was spherical, and

that it floated on water.

a)

Thales

b)

Pythagoras

c)

Heraclitus

d)

Parmenides

8.

He was another 6th-century philosopher who taught that abstract

numbers were the source of everything. These numbers formed patterns, which in

turn constituted material things.

a)

Thales

b)

Pythagoras

c)

Heraclitus

d)

Parmenides

9.

He taught that there is only

being, and no becoming. Change is thus an illusion. He reached this conclusion

because he thought being and non-being exhausted everything in reality.

a)

Heraclitus

b)

Parmenides

c)

Thales

d)

Pythagoras

10.

He taught that fire was the

source of everything.

More importantly, he taught that

everything was in a constant

state of flux. Nothing is

permanent.

a)

Heraclitus

b)

Parmenides

c)

Thales

d)

Pythagoras

11.

A corollary of Parmenides’ philosophy is that there is only being, and all reality is

one. Moreover, change is an illusion. This is called (a)   .

12.

Heraclitus taught that

everything was in a constant

state of flux. Nothing is

permanent.

There is no stable being, there

is only becoming. This is called

(a)   .

13.

They were traveling educators who charged fees for

teaching young men grammar, rhetoric, and philosophy.

a)

Sophist

b)

Thomist

c)

existentialist

d)

pragmatist

14.

The Sophists had a bad reputation for being relativists with regard to knowledge,

which meant they were skeptical about the ultimate nature of reality.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Socrates used questions to expose a

person’s fundamental assumptions. This

came to be known as the (a)   .

16.

A lot of ancient Greek philosophers were concerned about change. It was obvious

that things changed, but it was hard to explain how.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Pythagoras also believed in the immortality of the

soul and reincarnation.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

What branch philosophy deals with questions regarding reality and existence?

a)

Ontology

b)

Metaphysics

c)

Rationalism

d)

Epistemology

19.

He proposed that everything that exist is based on a higher order or plan which he called logos

a)

Pythagoras

b)

Diogenes of Sinope

c)

Heraclitus

d)

Plato

20.

He was a practical philosopher and believed that philosophy could enable man to live a life of happiness

a)

Anaximenes

b)

Epicurus

c)

Plato

d)

Socrates

21.

Emphasis on the the human person; use of philosophy to understand society, nature, and humanity

a)

Humanism

b)

Empiricism

c)

Rationalism

d)

Stoicism

22.

A student of Socrates, he wrote down his teacher's writings and incorporated some of his own ideas into them. He's known for his dialectic method.

(a)  

23.

Emphasis on morality, virtue, calm, and emotional fortitude

a)

Humanism

b)

Empiricism

c)

Rationalism

d)

Stoicism

24.

He devoted himself to studying the causes of natural phenomena. He was among the first to propose that matter is composed of tiny particles called atoms

a)

Anaximenes

b)

Diogenes of Sinope

c)

Heraclitus

d)

Democritus

25.

They were excellent public speakers. A group of teacher who travelled around Greece to teach peple who wants to learn.

(a)  

26.

Belief on one God (monotheism), who has a role in the ultimate destiny of mankind; The Jewish people are God's chosen people.

a)

Hinduism

b)

Christianity

c)

Judaism

27.

The Head of the Philosophos

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

d)

Pythagoras

28.

Aristotle created...

a)

Theory of Forms

b)

Socratic Method

c)

Deductive Reasoning

d)

Dialectic Method

29.

Philosophy is from a greek word "philo" which means _____ and "sophia" which means _____.

a)

positive / thinking

b)

love / wisdom

c)

beginning / reasoning

d)

beauty / logical

30.

Who is considered the first proper philosopher?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Plato

c)

Socrates

d)

Thales

31.

This is one of the branches of philosophy that study things that cannot be experienced.

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Epistemology

c)

Ethics

d)

Aesthetics

32.

This branch of philosophy studies reasoning and giving strong arguments.

a)

Logic

b)

Ethics

c)

Social Philosophy

d)

Epistemology

33.

This branch of philosophy studies and evaluates human conduct.

a)

Aesthetics

b)

Logic

c)

Ethics

d)

Metaphysics

34.

This branch of philosophy studies nature and scope of knowledge.

a)

Epistemology

b)

Logic

c)

Metaphysics

d)

Aesthetics

35.

Who was considered as the father of western philosophy?

a)

Plato

b)

Alexander the Great

c)

Socrates

d)

Aristotle

36.

Numbers and time are examples of conceptual object.

a)

True

b)

False

37.

Empirical objects are things that your senses cannot confirm.

a)

True

b)

False

38.

According to him, everything is water.

a)

Thales

b)

Immanuel Kant

c)

Alexander the Great

d)

Plato

39.

Who compared universe as a bottomless abyss?

a)

Thales

b)

Immanuel Kant

c)

Alexander the Great

d)

Plato

e)

Aristotle

40.

He was the first person to suggest the Earth was a sphere

a)

Pythagoras

b)

Confucious

c)

Laozi

d)

Aristotle

41.

Who was a student of Socrates?

a)

Plato

b)

Alexander the Great

c)

Aristotle

d)

Pericules

42.

What other name did people called Aristotle?

a)

the master

b)

the genius

c)

great student

d)

great thinker

43.

What does Socrates believe is dangerous in life?

a)

evil people

b)

false beliefs

c)

believing in yourself

d)

trying to understand the world

44.

During what age was Socrates born?

a)

Bronze

b)

Dark

c)

Golden

d)

Pink

45.

Which philosopher studied at Plato's Academy?

a)

Socrates

b)

Aristotle

c)

Alexander the Great

d)

Pericles

46.

Which of the following 4 are NOT one of Plato's works?

a)

Meno

b)

Phaedo

c)

Symposium

d)

The Athenian Constitution

47.

Student of Socrates

(a)  

48.

He was put on trial for corrupting the city's youth which led to his death by drinking hemlock.

(a)  

49.

In which one or ones of the following works was Socrates' trial, imprisonment, and death recounted by Plato?

a)

Apology

b)

Crito

c)

Phaedo

d)

Meno

e)

Poetics

50.

He was a tutor to Alexader the Great

a)

Plato

b)

Alexander I

c)

Aristotle

d)

Socrates

51.

Student of Plato

a)

Confucious

b)

Diogenes

c)

Aristotle

d)

Socrates

52.

Many of Aristotle's works come from his lectures at _________

a)

The Academy

b)

Athens

c)

The Lyceum

d)

The Symposium

53.

. His philosophical output includes the Nicomachean Ethics, Physics, and Metaphysics

a)

Confucious

b)

Diogenes

c)

Aristotle

d)

Socrates

54.

His Poetics discusses the types of drama and considers an effect of tragedies known as catharsis, or the purging of bad feelings

a)

Confucious

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

d)

Socrates

55.

Founded the school of Cynicism

a)

Antisthenes

b)

Diogenes

c)

Epicurus

d)

Aristotle

56.

According to legend, he lived in a tub or a barrel on the street, and wandered Athens holding a lamp in his futile search for an honest man

a)

Antisthenes

b)

Diogenes

c)

Epicurus

d)

Socrates

57.

Founder of the school of Epicureanism who believed that pleasure was the highest good, and that the absence of pain (aponia) was the highest pleasure.

a)

Epicurus

b)

Confucius

c)

Aristotle

d)

Diogenes

58.

He is most famous today for “Zeno’s paradoxes,” most notably the Dichotomy Paradox

a)

Zeno of Elea

b)

Diogenes

c)

Zeno of Citium

d)

Epicurus

59.

Known as the "first philosopher"

a)

Thales

b)

Anaximenes

c)

Cicero

d)

Diogenes

60.

Though he is better remembered today for his role in the political life of the Roman Republic, he (sometimes known as “Tully”) was also a significant philosopher.

a)

Cicero

b)

Thales

c)

Diogenes

d)

Zeno of Elea

61.

He is credited with discovering that any triangle whose hypotenuse is the diameter of a circle must be a right triangle. He is sometimes thought of as the founder of a “Milesian school” of philosophy

(a)  

62.

On the Republic, Hortensius, On the Nature of the Gods, and On the Laws, were all authored by this man

(a)  

63.

His extensive writings include treatises on rhetoric, philosophy and politics, and he is considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.

a)

Cicero

b)

Caesar

c)

Alexander the Great

d)

Plato

64.

Founder of the school of stoicism

a)

Zeno of Elea

b)

Diogenes

c)

Zeno of Citium

d)

Epicurus

65.

His philosophical output includes Nicomachean Ethics, which argues that virtues consist in a “golden mean” between two extremes.

a)

Socrates

b)

Aristotle

c)

Alexander the Great

d)

Pericles

66.

Epistemology is

a)

The theory of knowledge

b)

The knowledge of theory

c)

The theory of ethics

d)

The study of ethics