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Pre-Socratic Philosophers 2

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

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1.

The Eleatic school that Parmenides founded is located in:

a)

Greece

b)

Italy

c)

Turkiye

d)

Africa

2.

The Eleatic school of thought advocated monism.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Which concept of the arche do the Eleatics most explicitly reject?

a)

The arche as water

b)

The arche as air

c)

The arche as the apeiron

d)

The arche as fire

4.

How did Empedocles seek to prove his immortality and magic powers?

a)

Jumping into a volcano

b)

Writing poems to his lover

c)

Controlling the four elements

d)

Proving the pluralist theory

5.

Both Empedocles and Pythagoras were pluralists.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Which statement/s are TRUE of Anaxagoras’s philosophy?
I. All things are made of germs
II. Germs are ruled by an internal nous

a)

I only

b)

II only

c)

Both I and II

d)

Neither I nor II

7.

Who among the following are part of the Eleatic school?

I. Empedocles

II. Thales

III. Parmenides

IV. Zeno

a)

I and II

b)

II and III

c)

III and IV

d)

I and IV

8.

Zeno proves (X) divisibility through the paradox of Achilles and the (Y).

a)

(X) finite; (Y) tortoise

b)

(X) finite; (Y) arrow

c)

(X) infinite; (Y) tortoise

d)

(X) infinite; (Y) arrow

9.

Based on Zeno’s arrow paradox, at which of these two points is the arrow said to have changed?

I. When the arrow is fired

II. When the arrow hits the target

a)

I only

b)

II only

c)

Both I and II

d)

Neither I nor II

10.

Your toxic ex sends you a private message pleading with you to take them back. Which philosopher would reject this proposal?

a)

Empedocles

b)

Heraclitus

c)

Anaxagoras

d)

Zeno