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WorksheetsFinal Examination Review
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 21mins
Which of the following are premises in Parmenides' metaphysical argument?
Being is.
Being is not.
Not-being is.
Not-being is not.
The Greek term for mind, which played a central role in Anaxagoras' system.
(a)
In the Phaedo, Simmias' harmonia objection targets which argument?
The Cyclical Argument
The Argument from Recollection
The Affinity Argument
The Final Argument
The Greek term variously translated as "beautiful," "noble," and "fine."
(a)
What is the Greek term for impiety, which is central to the investigation of the Euthyphro?
anamnêsis
asebeia
empeiria
eros
Which of the following are characteristic of eristic?
Aims at winning
Aims at truth
Uses familiar terms
Uses verbal tricks
According to the Apology, who did Socrates approach first?
Poets
Politicians
Craftsmen
Priests
What is the Greek term for marketplace, where Socrates spent his time questioning people?
eidos
agora
technê
aitia
According to the Phaedo, what is the greatest evil one can suffer?
illness
poverty
misology
misanthropy
According to the Phaedo, what was Socrates most interested in as a young man?
Natural science
Teleology
Theory of Forms
Ethics
In the Phaedo, Socrates compares his speech to the song of what kind of animal?
Horse
Gadfly
Swan
Broad torpedo fish
What is the Greek term for recollection, which plays an important role in both the Meno and the Phaedo?
aitia
anamnêsis
apologia
bios
According to the Phaedo, why does the lover of money abstain from and endure bodily pleasures and pains?
Fear of dishonour
Fear of poverty
Fear of embodiment
Fear of the dark
According to Xenophon, who was tortured and killed in their early 20s?
Crito
Meno
Phaedo
Alcibiades
According to the Apology, the soul is immortal and akin to the Forms.
True
False
What dialogue does not use the term "soul" (psychê)?
Apology
Crito
Meno
Phaedo
In the Apology, how many jurors vote to convict Socrates?
501
360
280
100
In the Apology, how many jurors vote to sentence Socrates to death?
501
360
280
100
According to Socrates in the Apology, what should we value the most?
Life
Wealth
Honour
Wisdom
According to the Apology, what resulted from Socrates' "service to the god"?
A reputation for wisdom
No leisure to engage in politics
Poverty
Copycats
The first Delphic maxim, attributed to Thales.
Nothing in excess
Know thyself
Obey the law
Shun evil
The Apology likens Socrates to which mythical hero?
Achilles
Herakles
Theseus
Perseus
The Phaedo likens Socrates to which mythical hero?
Achilles
Herakles
Theseus
Perseus
According to developmentalists, which dialogue belongs to Plato's early "Socratic" period?
Euthyphro
Symposium
Phaedo
Republic
According to developmentalists, which dialogue belongs to Plato's middle period?
Apology
Crito
Laches
Symposium
According to Camus, what is the one really serious philosophical problem?
Homicide
Identity
Suicide
Piety
In which dialogue is Plato present?
Apology
Symposium
Euthyphro
Phaedo
What did Socrates often go without?
Food
Drink
Cloak
Shoes
Who arrives "plastered" at the end of the Symposium?
Apollodorus
Aristodemus
Agathon
Alcibiades
How many of Socrates' friends are present at his execution?
3
8
12
14
In the Theaetetus, Socrates compares himself to what?
Physician
Carpenter
Midwife
Satyr
In the Symposium, Alcibiades compares Socrates to what?
Caddis fly
Satyr
Minotaur
Hermes
Who brought the charges against Socrates?
Meletus
Anytus
Lycon
Critias
According to Nietzsche, Socrates' last words suggest that he saw life as what?
A benefit
A burden
A disease
A reward
Who was the first sophist to charge 100 minas (4–5 years' wages)?
Gorgias
Pericles
Protagoras
Phidias
Who did Thucydides call "the first citizen of Athens"?
Socrates
Thales
Pericles
Herodotus
According to Protagoras, what colour is "the dress"?
Black and blue
Gold and white
Gold and blue
Black and white
