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SOCSCI 4 (The Sophists)

Total questions: 44

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

They were a group of rhetoricians who travel from city to city charging admission to their lectures.

(a)  

2.

What era was the Sophists?

(a)  

3.

What is the modern term for sophists?

(a)  

4.

What is rhetoric?

a)
The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing
b)
The study of numbers and shapes
c)
The science of matter and energy
d)
The study of the past
5.

Who studied rhetoric?

(a)  

6.

The most famous Sophist who taught that the way to achieve success is through a careful and prudent acceptance of traditional customs.

a)

Protogoras

b)

Gorgias

c)

Thrasymachus

d)

Callicles

7.

He believed that all customs were relative, not absolute

a)

Protogoras

b)

Gorgias

c)

Thrasymachus

d)

Callicles

8.

“Man is the measure of all things.” He was indicted for blasphemy by the Athenians.

a)

Protagoras

b)

Gorgias

c)

Thrasymachus

d)

Callicles

9.

He wanted to dethrone philosophy and replace it with rhetoric.

a)

Protagoras

b)

Gorgias

c)

Thrasymachus

d)

Callicles

10.

He is not teaching to search for a truth but to win an arguments.

a)
Socrates
b)
Plato
c)
Aristotle
d)

Gorgias

11.

He was famous by his non-existent theses.

1. There is nothing.

2. If there were anything, no one could know it.

3. If anyone did know it, no one could communicate it.

a)

Protagoras

b)

Gorgias

c)

Thrasymachus

d)

Callicles

12.

He was known for his claim “Justice is in the interest of the stronger”

a)

Protagoras

b)

Gorgias

c)

Thrasymachus

d)

Callicles

13.

He once said that “might makes right”

a)

Protagoras

b)

Gorgias

c)

Thrasymachus

d)

Callicles

14.

He is the nemesis of Socrates. He was the main target of Socrates method of questioning.

a)

Protagoras

b)

Gorgias

c)

Thrasymachus

d)

Callicles

15.

He believed that traditional morality is just a clever way for the weak masses to shackle the strong individual.

a)

Protagoras

b)

Gorgias

c)

Thrasymachus

d)

Callicles

16.

“What matters is power, not justice.” He said that traditional Greek virtue of moderation is for the simple and the feeble.

a)

Protagoras

b)

Gorgias

c)

Thrasymachus

d)

Callicles

17.

The man who overturned the democracy and temporarily established an oligarchical dictatorship.

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

d)

Critias

18.

He once said that ruler controls subject by encouraging their fear of nonexistent gods.

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

d)

Critias

19.

“What matters is not truth but manipulation and expediency”

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

d)

Critias

20.

Who were The Big Three of Western Philosophy?

a)

Socrates, Plato, & Aristotle

b)

Protagoras, Gorgias, & Callicles

c)

Socrates, Plato, & Critias

21.

He was considered the foremost philosopher of ancient times and made great contributions to the field of ethics.

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

22.

The most important virtues according to Socrates:

a)

Courage

b)

Justice

c)

Piety

d)

Temperance

23.

The famous statement of Socrates; “The unexamined life is not worth living.”

(a)  

24.

He spent much of his time in the streets and marketplace of Athens. He offended many powerful figures in Athens. He was known as the gadfly of Athens.

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

25.

Who is the most important disciple of Socrates?

(a)  

26.

He was the first in the history of Western civilization to publish philosophy.

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

27.

The one who wrote Socrates’ life, debates, dialogues, and even his trial and execution.

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

28.

What is the first university that Plato founded?

(a)  

29.

Plato was known for writing several books but the most famous is the book is?

(a)  

30.

Plato was known by his concept of idealism called?

(a)  

31.

It is a spiritual relationship between two people with common interests, and similar worldviews.

(a)  

32.

He emphasized the importance of education. He believed children should be taught early on to always seek wisdom and to live a virtuous life.

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

33.

He is one of the students who attended in Academy, and was prominent student of Plato.

(a)  

34.

He disagree about the idea of his teacher (Plato) regarding about the Theory of Forms.

a)

Plato

b)

Socrates

c)

Aristotle

35.

He believed that ideas and views are based on what we can sense and perceived.

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

36.

What is the name of the school that Aristotle founded?

(a)  

37.

Father of Biology

(a)  

38.

Aristotle said to attain the ______________, aiming always to act in a __________.

a)

Golden mean to avoid extreme; moderate fashion

b)

Silver mean to avoid extreme; modern fashion

c)

Bronze mean to have excellence; fashion icon

39.

Tripartite Soul:

Brain =

Heart =

Stomach =

a)

Rational/Logical

Spirited/Emotional

Appetitive/Physical Desires

b)

Rational/Brain

Spirited/Heart

Appetitive/Stomach

c)

Rational/Logic

Spirited/Emotions

Appetitive/Physical Desires

40.

What is the English meaning of flora & fauna?

(a)  

41.

It is a knowledge comes from observation of the physical world around us.

(a)  

42.

Through logic, Aristotle formulated a three-step argument called?

(a)  

43.

Aristotle believed that all things in the universe has its purpose and function known as?

(a)  

44.

The fourfold explanation of Doctrine of the Four Causes:

a)

 What is it made of? (the material cause)

b)

Who made it? (the efficient cause)

c)

What is its essence? (the formal cause)

d)

Why does it exist? (the final cause)