True False
1. Socrates escaped from Athens with the help of Crito.
a. True
b. False
2. Aristotle believed that pleasure is the highest good.
a. True
b. False
3. The problem of the many and the one is the problem of explaining how two or more different things can be categorized under the same name.
a. True
b. False
4. Plato's Theory of the Forms was developed at least partially in response the problem of the many and the one.
a. True
b. False
5. Aristotle believed that to know the good is to do the good, so virtue doe not require practice.
a. True
b. False
6. The doctrine of the mean is a precise test by which the right thing to do in any situation can be determined.
a. True
b. False
7. In The Republic, Thrasymachus argues that Justice is the advantage of the stronger.
a. True
b. False
8. The Socratic Method was a way of determining the most virtuous course of action by searching for the middle path between 2 extremes.
a. True
b. False
9. Plato objects to poetry because, among other things, it speaks to the emotions rather than reason.
a. True
b. False
10. The Myth of Er illustrates that there is no Justice in this world or the next.
a. True
b. False
Multiple Choice
11. Philosophy comes from the Greek meaning:
a. love of wisdom
b. love of chocolate
c. not welcome in Athens
d. love of argument
e. none of the above
12. Which of the following does NOT have a place on Plato's Divided Line
a. Mathematical Reasoning
b. Perception
c. Desires
d. Dialectic
e. Belief
13. Aristotle believed that what could be called "Complete Virtue"?
a. Moderation
b. Love
c. Justice as Fairness
d. Function
e. Justice as Lawfulness
14. Eudaimonia is best translated as:
a. Happiness or well-being
b. Possessed of demons
c. Function
d. Virtue
e. End
15. What conception of justice is NOT presented in The Republic?
a. Justice is the advantage of the stronger
b. Justice is doing good to friends and harm to enemies
c. Justice is a right ordering of the soul
d. Justice is redistributing wealth from the rich to the poor
e. Justice is each person doing what they are best suited to do
16. To be happy, Aristotle thinks we must not only perform our function, but do it well. Which of the following, then, best describes what we have to do?
a. We must act rationally in accordance with virtue
b. We must apply the doctrine of the mean
c. We must use our virtue, which is who we are, in accordance with reason
d. We must study mathematics
e. end, function, substance or something
17. Who were the Pre-Socratics?
a. Egyptian engineers who built the pyramids
b. Greek philosopher-scientists who started looking into the underlying nature of reality
c. Greek rhetoriticians who got paid to teach people how to speak persuasively
d. Egyptian emissaries who negotiated with the aliens who built the pyramids
e. The soldiers who put Socrates to death
18. What is a polis?
a. Where you'll go to vote for either Joe Biden or Jeb Bush in four years
b. A soul with 3 parts, which includes reason, will and desire
c. A substance, which is the underlying nature of a thing
d. A City-State which includes not only the urban center, but surrounding villages and farms; also the community of all the citizens who make up that city-state
e. A function
19. Socrates was considered a gadfly because he:
a. Hung around garbage cans looking for food
b. Loved to go to the racetrack
c. Buzzed around the agora talking to a lot of different people
d. Was easily destroyed by the Athenians at his trial
e. Tried to goad people out of their complacency
20. Aristotle believed that each thing in nature is suited to doing one thing best, and that doing this thing will help it attain its end. What is this one thing called?
a. Its substance
b. Its polis
c. Its raison d'être
d. Its virtue
e. Its function
Short Answer
21. Define Socratic Irony
22. Define Socratic Method
23. Define the Doctrine of the mean
24. Define Injustice for Aristotle
25. Define Polis
26. What are the 3 parts of the tripartate soul, according to Plato?
27. What 3 rules of conduct does Aristotle offer to help guide our use of the Doctrine of the Mean?
28. Briefly describe ONE of Socrates arguments why it would be wrong to escape his punishment as Crito suggests.
29. What is Plato's definition of Justice in a person?