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Ancient Philosophy Quiz

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

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Class
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1.

Call the most important Aristotle`s works.

a)

Mathematics, Biology, Ethics, Universe

b)

Physics, Metaphysics, Nicomachean Ethics, Politics, De Anima (On the Soul), Poetics

c)

Economy, De Anima (On the Soul), Sculpture, Philosophy

d)

Diocletian Ethics, Politics, De Anima (On the Soul), Music

e)

Ethics, Politics, Transendental philosophy, Poetics, Thinkers

2.

Which of them are belonged to the period of Medieval philosophy?

a)

PlatoHegel, I. Kant  

b)

Augustus, Aquinatus

c)

Plato, Aristotle

d)

Jina, Buddha

e)

Voltaire, Russo

3.

Who considered that air is the first principle of all things?

a)

Thales

b)

Anaximenes

c)

Heraclitus

d)

Anaximander

e)

Pythagoras

4.

Who considered that number is the first principle of all things?

a)

Thales

b)

Pythagoras

c)

Heraclitus

d)

Anaximenes

e)

Anaximander

5.

Who considered that apeiron is the first principle of all things?

a)

Thales

b)

Anaximander

c)

Heraclitus

d)

Anaximenes

e)

Pythagoras

6.

Who was the systematizer of Ancient Greek philosophy?

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Pythagoras

d)

Heraclitus

e)

Parmenides

7.

Who considered that fire is the first primary of all things?

a)

Thales

b)

Heraclitus

c)

Anaximenes

d)

Anaximander

e)

Pythagoras

8.

What does ahimsa mean?

a)

Not to think

b)

Non-violence

c)

Non-activity

d)

Liberation

e)

Reincarnation

9.

The author of the doctrine about the "pure ideas" preceding the real world and which embodiment was a real world is …

a)

Aristotle

b)

Plato

c)

Socrates

d)

Thales

e)

Pythagoras

10.

Guess the main factor of emergence of Philosophy in Ancient Greece

a)

Capitalist system

b)

Slave system

c)

Primitive society

d)

Feudal system

e)

Socialist system

11.

Philosophy explains the World:

a)

Through holy books

b)

Through the discovery of the common laws of the Universe by mind

c)

Through mythological images

d)

Through religious tenets

e)

Based on faith

12.

The peculiarity of philosophy:

a)

Dogmatic assertions

b)

In an effort to understand the world as something ordered and whole,

c)

In political and legal studies

d)

In a rigorous scientific postulates

e)

In the presence of the main question

13.

The second aspect of the fundamental question of philosophy:

a)

The relation of man to man

b)

The problem of cognition

c)

The relation of spirit to nature

d)

The relationship of consciousness to matter

e)

The ratio of life to the existing reality

14.

How does Plato regard a thing and an idea?

a)

An idea is a reflection of a thing

b)

The world of things is only a shadow of the world of ideas

c)

An idea and a thing are equal

d)

An idea is the image of the world

e)

Things are temporary, ideas are eternal

15.

Who used and offered the term “Philosophy” firstly?

a)

Plato

b)

Pythagoras

c)

Aristotle

d)

Socrates

e)

Thales

16.

Find atomists of antiquity:

a)

Anaxagoras, Thales

b)

Democritus, Leucippus

c)

Socrates, Plato

d)

Anaxagoras, Protagoras

e)

Pythagoras, Parmenidus

17.

What is the basis of a religious worldview?

a)

Art

b)

Faith

c)

Knowledge

d)

Mind

e)

Feelings

18.

Who considered that water is the first principle of all things?

a)

Heraclitus

b)

Thales

c)

Anaximenes

d)

Anaximander

e)

Pythagoras

19.

The second aspect of the basic question of philosophy:

a)

The relation of man to man

b)

Refers to cognition

c)

The relationship of consciousness to matter

d)

The ratio of life to the existing reality

e)

The ratio of thinking and being.

20.

What are the common links between philosophy and religion?

a)

Philosophy is the same with religion

b)

They are both historical forms of human world outlook

c)

Philosophy is not related with religion

d)

There are no links between them

e)

Religion has always opposed philosophy

21.

Historical forms of the world outlook (worldview):

a)

Art, Science and Consciousness

b)

Mythology, Religion and Philosophy

c)

Morale, Policy and Law

d)

Value, Culture and Law

e)

Law, Art and Science

22.

Fundamental question of philosophy:

a)

The relation of man to society

b)

The relationship of consciousness to matter

c)

The relation of spirit to nature

d)

The relation of man to nature

e)

The relation of life to the existing reality

23.

Which one is not the part of Philosophy:

a)

Ontology

b)

Mythology

c)

Epistemology

d)

Axiology

e)

Aesthetics

24.

The features of ancient philosophy at the initial period of its formation:

a)

Theocentricism

b)

Cosmocentrism

c)

Antropocentrism

d)

Universalism

e)

Materialism

25.

Materialism recognizes:

a)

God created the world

b)

The primacy of nature or matter

c)

Two elements of the world - matter and consciousness at the same time

d)

The primacy of spirit

e)

Devine power of the heavenly forces

26.

Saying: «Plato is dear to me, but the truth is dearer», he created his outlook. Who is he?

a)

Epicurus

b)

Aristotle

c)

Socrates

d)

Cicero

e)

Thales

27.

Is philosophy science or arts?

a)

Philosophy is a part of natural scientific cognition

b)

Philosophy is science and art at the same time

c)

Philosophy is an art and nothing connects it with science

d)

Philosophy does not differ from other special sciences

e)

Philosophy is not associated with art

28.

The feature of religious worldview:

a)

logical structure

b)

dogmatism

c)

rationality

d)

reflexivity

e)

consistency