CSTU 101 QUIZ 3

Question 1 

1. The Parthenon was located in what      Greek city?

Rome

Corinth

Athens

Sparta

3 points   

Question 2 

1. Who recognized the appeal of      Herodotean story-telling of historical events. But thought history should      chiefly provide an accurate record and analysis of past events as a basis      for intelligent decisions in later times.

Plato

Aristotle

Thucydides

Alexander

3 points   

Question 3 

1. In Raphaels painting The School      of Athens, ___ is depicted with his finger pointing toward heaven, while      ___ is pointing to the earth below.

Plato/Aristotle

Socrates/Plato

Socrates/Aristotle

Plato/Pythagoras

3 points   

Question 4 

1. The Greek theatre created tragedy      in the year __________.

800 BC

200 BC

534 BC

343 BC

3 points   

Question 5 

1. The view that the universe      requires no supernatural cause or government, that it is self existent,      self explanatory, self operating, and self directing, and that it is also      purposeless, deterministic, and only accidently productive of humanity.

Naturalistic

Theistic

Optimistic

Mystic

3 points   

Question 6 

1. When used in the philosophical      sense, this word takes on the meaning of the rational principles that      govern and develops the universe. What is this word?

Logos

Material

Abstract

Realism

3 points   

Question 7 

1. Athenian Golden Age

590500 BC

350300 BC

460430 BC

695600 BC

3 points   

Question 8 

1. Who said Man is the measure of      all things?

Plato

Protagoras

Aristotle

Socrates

3 points   

Question 9 

1. Reality, for ___________,      consisted of (Ideas) of all basic things, Forms that exist beyond the      grasp of the senses or even the mind.

Plato

Aristotle

Alexander the Great

Augustine

3 points   

Question 10 

1. Which two words describe the      Greeks?

Individualistic and   competitive

Individualistic and   selfish

Humble and Just

Mobile and caring

3 points   

Question 11 

1. Who wrote about the Peloponnesian      War? The war between Sparta and Athens.

Herodutus

Thucydides

Aristotle

Plato

3 points   

Question 12 

1. Greek word translated to mean      “diligence in the pursuit of moral and physical excellence.

Arete

Akra

Abacus

Cella

3 points   

Question 13 

1. Who created One of Greeces famous      statue Discobolus (the Discus-Thrower)?

Myron

Pericles

Euripides

Sophocles

3 points   

Question 14 

1. Who had the greatest influence in      the field of logic, particularly with his invention of the syllogism as a      tool for deductive reasoning?

Plato

Socrates

Aristotle

Herodotos

3 points   

Question 15 

1. Who created the Allegory of the      Cave?

Aristotle

Plato

Alexander the Great

Socrates

3 points   

Question 16 

1. A structural system in which      vertical supports or columns support horizontal beams.

Fluting

Post and Lintel   Construction

Pediments

Cellas

3 points   

Question 17 

1. The Peloponnesian War involved      what two cities?

Corinth and Sparta

Athens and Corinth

Sparta and Athens

Ephesus and Athens

3 points   

Question 18 

1. Platos student was

Socrates

Alexander the Great

Athena

Aristotle

3 points   

Question 19 

1. Who founded the school called the Academy      in Athens?

Socrates

Plato

Aristotle

Alexander the Great

3 points   

Question 20 

1. Which order of Greek temple      architecture is associated with the Classical period and demonstrates      elegance and refinement? It is considerably more decorative, even opulent      and adored by the Romans as well.

Ionic

Doric

Corinthian

Ephesians

3 points   

Question 21 

1. Pride in the Greek culture was      considered a virtue.

True 

False 

2 points   

Question 22 

1. The Greeks had a low regard for      education and felt that children should learn best without a tutor or      teacher.

True 

False 

2 points   

Question 23 

1. In our readings Plato and      Aristotle are generally considered the most influential philosophers in      the history of Western culture.

True 

False 

2 points   

Question 24 

1. Socrates was well known for his      method of teaching by asking questions, not really having the answers.

True 

False 

2 points   

Question 25 

1. The ancient Greeks saw the human      form even in their temple styles.

True 

False 

2 points   

Question 26 

1. Thousands of Socrates own personal      writing have helped carry on his legacy.

True 

False 

2 points   

Question 27 

1. Paul encountered the epicureans      and the stoics when he spoke at the local agora in Greece?

True 

False 

2 points   

Question 28 

1. Aristotle and Plato were      materialists and Socrates was an idealist.

True 

False 

2 points   

Question 29 

1. Plato gave the fullest expression      of his idealistic philosophy in the Republic.

True 

False 

2 points   

Question 30 

1. Socrates was sentenced to death      for treason.

True 

False