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Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Prudence is the greatest good for who?

a)

Epicurus

b)

Aristotle

c)

Plato

d)

Socrates

2.

Epictetus was a/an...

a)

Stoic

b)

Epicurean

3.

According to Epicureanism, what is the ultimate good in life?

a)

wealth

b)

pleasure

c)

hapiness

d)

friendship

4.

According to Aristotles Nicomachean Ethics, the good of a thing is connected to its...

a)

utility

b)

function

c)

virtue

5.

According to Epicureans, emotional pain comes from...

a)

insufficient pleasure

b)

loss of material things

c)

fear of the unknown

d)

fear of death

6.

According to Epicureans, a complete life involves

a)

love

b)

friendship

c)

acceptance

d)

detachment

7.

Stoics believe in the ... The universe is fixed and follows rigid laws

(a)  

8.

what are the two traditions of skepticism

a)

academic & pyrrhonian

b)

academic & cynicism

c)

apatheia & cynicism

9.

What is eudaimonia?

a)

Maximizing pleasure

b)

Happiness

c)

Purpose

10.

Stoics think you should...

a)

accept everything that happens to you without attachment, but it is normal to feel upset

b)

accept everything only get upset when it comes to human loss

c)

accept everything that happens to you without attachment or upset

11.

Stoicism was a rival to Epicurean school

a)

True

b)

False

12.

According to stoics, what is detachment?

a)

only loving human things

b)

separating things from their impressions

c)

liberating from emotional distress

13.

According to Epictetus, what are things that are in our control...

a)

body, reputation, command

b)

opinion, pursuit, desire

c)

body, pursuit, desire

d)

aversion, reputation, property

14.

Stoa is the Greek word for...

a)

Porch

b)

Stairs

c)

Family

d)

Home

15.

"happiness" entirely capture the meaning of the Greek word "Eudaimonia"

a)

True

b)

False

16.

For Aristotle, reason is unique to human beings

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Epicurus advocated for an extravagant life

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Aristotle heavily influenced Stoicism

a)

True

b)

False

19.

In your opinion, do you think Stoics or Epicureans have a better account of the good life?

a)

Stoics

b)

Epicureans