Question 1
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The word "Sophist" is translated from Greek as:
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Wise man
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Warrior
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Judge
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Man
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Thinker
Question 2
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Socrates in the dialogue Protagoras argues that it is impossible to be overcome by pleasure. What is his reason?
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Pleasure has no power over our decisions
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He can think of no cases in history where this has happened
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Pleasure is the only motivating power in life
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If we do what we want, we have not been overcome by any
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It is harmful
Question 3
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According to Socrates, what should be tested in a discussion besides the truth?
Question 4
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Why does Socrates claim he can learn more from Protagoras than from Pericles?
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Protagoras is more virtuous than Pericles.
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Protagoras is a professional teacher.
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Protagoras can both give a long speech and answer question about it afterwards.
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Protagoras composes his own speeches and also those of Pericles.
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Protagoras is wiser than Pericles.
Question 5
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Who does Socrates claim he is a disciple of?
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Protagoras.
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Hippias
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Callias
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Prodicus
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Hippocrates
Question 6
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The most prominent student of Plato’s Academy:
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Euclidus
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Pythagoras
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Aristotle
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Democritus
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Protagoras
Question 7
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Plato founded the school of Philosophy called:
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Licey
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Gimnasium
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Academy
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Agora
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Dialectics of Athens.
Question 8
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Which of the following classes of society populates the first city?
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Producers
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Auxiliaries
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Philosopher-kings
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Farmers
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Craftsmen
Question 9
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Which of the following is not considered an aspect of the soul by Plato?
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The emotive part
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The spirited part
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The rational part
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The appetitive part
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The physical part
Question 10
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What is the role of women in the city?
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Women occupy all of the same roles that men occupy
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They are limited to the producing class
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The role of women is never mentioned in the republic
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They belong to their own class of society
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They nurse their children
Question 11
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What is the difference between thought and understanding, according to Plato?
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Thought makes use of images and hypothesis as crutches whereas understanding does not
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Understanding makes use of images and hypothesis as crutches various thought does not
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Understanding do not care about thought
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Understanding reasons about forms whereas thought does not
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Thought reasons about forms various does not
Question 12
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What does Socrates mean to illustrate with the allegory of the cave?
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The effects of education on the soul
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The way people develop
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The effects of the intelligible realm on the soul
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The effects of the visible realm on the soul
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The stages of the moral development through which a philosopher king must pass
Question 13
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How do we know that the philosopher’s pleasure is the greatest possible pleasure, according to Plato?
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Because only he is an a position to judge his says so
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Because he is wise
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Because this coheres with our theory of our justice
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Because if it weren’t that it would not be worthwhile to be just and we know that it is
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Because of the myth of Err
Question 14
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It bears the knowledge according to Aristotle:
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Soul
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Heart
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Body
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Head
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Brain
Question 15
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What kind of philosophy, according to Aristotle, studied the activity of the man, organization of the state:
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Practical
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Poetic
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Theoretical
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Entelechia
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Political
Question 16
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He was called "the first teacher":
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Aristotle
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Socrates
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Plato
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Diogenes
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Heraclitus
Question 17
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The teacher of Alexander the Great was:
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Aristotle
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Heraclitus
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Plato
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Socrates
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Pythagoras
Question 18
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According to Aristotle, the best form of state is:
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Aristocracy
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Tyranny
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Junta
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Oligarchy
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Democracy
Question 19
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Which of the following is always an end in itself, according to Aristotle?
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Happiness
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Virtue
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Intelligence
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Honor
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Pleasure
Question 20
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How do we learn virtue in Aristotle’s view?
Question 21
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Which of the following does Aristotle consider to be the worst?
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Being great and expecting moderate honors [1]
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Being great and expecting great honors
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Being mediocre and expecting great honors [2]
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1 and 2 are equally bad
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Being lazy
Question 22
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How is justice different from virtue, according to Aristotle?
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Justice deals with our relations to others, while virtue is a state of being
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Virtue is just one form of justice
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Justice can be vice in the wrong hands
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Justice is a human in the invention while virtue exist obejectively
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Justice is a form of human virtue
Question 23
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According to Aristotle, what is the best form of friendship based upon?
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Goodness
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Utility
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Pleasure
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Law
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Equality
Question 24
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Which of the following relationships is analogous to the king-subject relationship?
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Father-son
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Husband-wife
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Master-slave
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Brother-sister
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Mother-daughter
Question 25
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How should one treat an old friend whom one has long since exceeded in friendship?
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Break only of the friendship but maintain feelings of the goodwill for the old friend
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Remain friends as always
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Remain friends but not as closely as before
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Break of all relations with old friends
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Forget about him
Question 26
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“Emanation” means:
Question 27
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Philosophy of the Middle Ages characterized as "school philosophy" was called:
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Mysticism
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Apologetics
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Scholastics
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Patristics
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Nominalists
Question 28
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The author of “The Tractatus of the views of the citizens of a Virtuous City” is called “the second teacher”:
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Al-Biruni
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Al-Khorezmi
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Al-Gazali
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Ibn Sina
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Al-Farabi
Question 29
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An important tradition borrowed by Al-Farabi from ancient philosophy is called:
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Mysticism
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Gilosoism
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Materialism
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Peripateticism
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Idealism
Question 30
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Outstanding philosopher and doctor of the Arab medieval world, author of «Canon of medical science»:
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Ibn Rushd
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Ibn Sina
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Ibn Badj
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Al-Farabi
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Ibn Tufeil
Question 31
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According to Augustine spiritual substance
Question 32
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Augustine holds that God’s creation of the universe takes place:
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in a day
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before time began
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After time began
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Occasionally
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Eternally