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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Aristotle and Greek Science.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When is Plato born?
(a) in the fourth century B.C.
(b) Ca 400 B. C.
(c) in the second century B. C.
(d) in the first century B. C.

2. What does Aristotle establish in Athens?
(a) a school of oratory
(b) a political party
(c) a scientific museum
(d) a system of exchange

3. What does Democritus claim that Aristotle disagrees with?
(a) the soul is imaginary
(b) there is no such thing as soul
(c) the soul is material
(d) the soul is temporary

4. What biological notion does Aristotle reject?
(a) extinction of species
(b) survival of the fittest
(c) vegetarianism
(d) evolution of species

5. What is one result of Aristotle's prolific output of writing?
(a) a need to build larger libraries
(b) a large amount of errors
(c) an error free reference library
(d) a definitive answer to all philosophical questions

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the King of Syracuse learn that causes him to cancel his invitation to Plato to organize Utopia?

2. What does Socrates ask Cephalus to define?

3. At his birth in 384 B.C., into what kind of family is Aristotle born?

4. Who are the students of Socrates?

5. What does Aristotle say is the need of Motion?

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