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 Raphael’s 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

  

590–500 BC

 

350–300 BC

 

460–430 BC

 

695–600 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 

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 Greece’s 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. Plato’s 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