Question 1

Which concept, essential to scientific thought, was developed by early Greek philosophy?

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A) Natural occurrences can be understood by physical explanations. 
B) Nature possesses a mathematical order. 
C) Explanations must be based on logical proof. 
D) The universe has a mechanical structure. 
E) All of these 
A) Natural occurrences can be understood by physical explanations. 
B) Nature possesses a mathematical order. 
C) Explanations must be based on logical proof. 
D) The universe has a mechanical structure. 
E) All of these E

Question 2

Aristotle's theory of knowledge and reality included all the following except

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A) sense perception was essential for understanding. 
B) forms did not exist independently of particular objects. 
C) theory must not conflict with fact. 
D) the ultimate goal of knowledge is the comprehension of the essence of things and the understanding of universal principles. 
E) love of beauty can eventually lead a person to contemplate absolute beauty and good in the world beyond the physical. 
A) sense perception was essential for understanding. 
B) forms did not exist independently of particular objects. 
C) theory must not conflict with fact. 
D) the ultimate goal of knowledge is the comprehension of the essence of things and the understanding of universal principles. 
E) love of beauty can eventually lead a person to contemplate absolute beauty and good in the world beyond the physical. E

Question 3

When Plato wrote the Republic, he

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A) did it as a mental exercise rather than as something to be implemented. 
B) perceived the ruler to be a constitutional monarch. 
C) intended to pursue the government of the Thirty Tyrants to appoint him as philosopher-king. 
D) was specifically concerned about the decline of Athenian community spirit. 
E) intended to encourage a revival of democracy and freedom in Athens. 
A) did it as a mental exercise rather than as something to be implemented. 
B) perceived the ruler to be a constitutional monarch. 
C) intended to pursue the government of the Thirty Tyrants to appoint him as philosopher-king. 
D) was specifically concerned about the decline of Athenian community spirit. 
E) intended to encourage a revival of democracy and freedom in Athens. D

Question 4

The Pythagoreans sought a mathematical order they believed to be inherent in the universe.They also

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A) rejected democracy as too chaotic and corrupt. 
B) believed that human beings were simply complex machines. 
C) participated in the cult of Dionysus. 
D) believed in immortality and the transmigration of souls. 
E) practiced astrology. 
A) rejected democracy as too chaotic and corrupt. 
B) believed that human beings were simply complex machines. 
C) participated in the cult of Dionysus. 
D) believed in immortality and the transmigration of souls. 
E) practiced astrology.

Question 5

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question.
-Greeks have been said to have systematized knowledge.How would you support this statement?

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The statement that Greeks systematized k

Question 6

The author qualifies the development of rationalism in ancient Greece by stating that

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A) a majority of Greeks never entirely eliminated myth from their life and thought. 
B) rational thought in Greece was more a process or trend than a finished product. 
C) mystical modes of persisted even in Plato and Aristotle. 
D) its historical significance lies in its novelty and application. 
E) All of these 
A) a majority of Greeks never entirely eliminated myth from their life and thought. 
B) rational thought in Greece was more a process or trend than a finished product. 
C) mystical modes of persisted even in Plato and Aristotle. 
D) its historical significance lies in its novelty and application. 
E) All of these

Question 7

Thales is responsible for all the following.Which, however, did the author believe revolutionized thought?

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A) Thales was the first man known to have predicted a solar eclipse. 
B) Thales omitted the gods from his explanation of nature and found physical explanations to be sufficient. 
C) Thales believed that water was the basic element out of which everything was made. 
D) Thales believed that everything in the world arose from a process similar to the formation of steam or ice 
E) Thales noted that heavenly objects move in regular patterns. 
A) Thales was the first man known to have predicted a solar eclipse. 
B) Thales omitted the gods from his explanation of nature and found physical explanations to be sufficient. 
C) Thales believed that water was the basic element out of which everything was made. 
D) Thales believed that everything in the world arose from a process similar to the formation of steam or ice 
E) Thales noted that heavenly objects move in regular patterns.

Question 8

The term orchestra originally meant

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A) pit. 
B) theatre. 
C) dancing place. 
D) market. 
E) musical troupe. 
A) pit. 
B) theatre. 
C) dancing place. 
D) market. 
E) musical troupe.

Question 9

The central theme of Pindar's poetry is

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A) the striving for excellence. 
B) the futility of human existence. 
C) the evils of tyranny. 
D) hubris. 
E) the tenderness of love. 
A) the striving for excellence. 
B) the futility of human existence. 
C) the evils of tyranny. 
D) hubris. 
E) the tenderness of love.

Question 10

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-dialectics

Accepted Answer

Dialectics is a method of argument or re

Question 11

Aristotle's ethics held that a person should

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A) practice moderation in all things including the restraint of emotions. 
B) follow the will of the majority since law is based on reason manifested by a community of thinking people. 
C) suppress his passions and all other irrational tendencies. 
D) follow tradition which manifests the wisdom of the ages. 
E) conform his will to the will of God. 
A) practice moderation in all things including the restraint of emotions. 
B) follow the will of the majority since law is based on reason manifested by a community of thinking people. 
C) suppress his passions and all other irrational tendencies. 
D) follow tradition which manifests the wisdom of the ages. 
E) conform his will to the will of God.

Question 12

The philosophical insights offered by Parmenides

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A) accepted a concept of a True Being that included transcendence and permanence. 
B) rejected the Pythagorean style of thought. 
C) referred to the True Being as God. 
D) contended that understanding of the cosmos proceeded through the senses. 
E) stated that the universe is made of matter and void. 
A) accepted a concept of a True Being that included transcendence and permanence. 
B) rejected the Pythagorean style of thought. 
C) referred to the True Being as God. 
D) contended that understanding of the cosmos proceeded through the senses. 
E) stated that the universe is made of matter and void.

Question 13

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-the world of Forms

Accepted Answer

The world of Forms, in the context of ph

Question 14

Anaximander held each of the following except

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A) none of the current substances in the world were the original substance out of which everything arose. 
B) the primary substance, which he called Boundless, contained the power of hot and cold. 
C) a creative force, which he called Eros, willfully impelled the primary substance to change. 
D) cold led to the formation of the earth and heat encircled the world. 
E) life arose from the warm slime of the earth and all land animals including human beings evolved from the first sea creatures. 
A) none of the current substances in the world were the original substance out of which everything arose. 
B) the primary substance, which he called Boundless, contained the power of hot and cold. 
C) a creative force, which he called Eros, willfully impelled the primary substance to change. 
D) cold led to the formation of the earth and heat encircled the world. 
E) life arose from the warm slime of the earth and all land animals including human beings evolved from the first sea creatures.

Question 15

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question.
-Use information from both Chapters 3 and 4 to answer the following question: The Greeks developed an understanding of what it means to be human that had a lasting impact on the Western tradition.Explain that vision of humanity.

Accepted Answer

The Greeks developed a profound understa

Question 16

All the following may be said about Herodotus except

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A) as the "father of history," Herodotus was a thoroughgoing rationalist. 
B) Herodotus was free of the common Greek contempt for the non-Hellenic world. 
C) Herodotus did not merely repeat legends but he often sought to discover what really happened. 
D) the gods had a relatively minor role in his histories. 
E) Herodotus seemed to share in the Greek fascination with the tragedy of hubris. 
A) as the "father of history," Herodotus was a thoroughgoing rationalist. 
B) Herodotus was free of the common Greek contempt for the non-Hellenic world. 
C) Herodotus did not merely repeat legends but he often sought to discover what really happened. 
D) the gods had a relatively minor role in his histories. 
E) Herodotus seemed to share in the Greek fascination with the tragedy of hubris.

Question 17

How did Athens, the center of Greek culture, treat Socrates?

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A) Athens agreed with his suggestion to give him free room and board when he grew old and to guarantee his young children a free state-sponsored education. 
B) Socrates was exiled after the Peloponnesian War. 
C) Using monies from the Delian League, Athens funded his new center of learning called the Academy. 
D) Athens convicted him of corrupting the youth, denying the city's gods, and believing in new ones.He was ordered to commit suicide. 
E) The Athenians largely ignored him, letting him be a voice in the desert, unheard and ineffective. 
A) Athens agreed with his suggestion to give him free room and board when he grew old and to guarantee his young children a free state-sponsored education. 
B) Socrates was exiled after the Peloponnesian War. 
C) Using monies from the Delian League, Athens funded his new center of learning called the Academy. 
D) Athens convicted him of corrupting the youth, denying the city's gods, and believing in new ones.He was ordered to commit suicide. 
E) The Athenians largely ignored him, letting him be a voice in the desert, unheard and ineffective.

Question 18

Plato's Republic

Accepted Answer

A) adapted the rational legacy of Greek philosophy to politics by fashioning a rational model of the state. 
B) was based, in part, on the conviction that for people to live ethical lives, they must do so as citizens of a just and rational state. 
C) criticized the fundamental assumption of Athenian democracy: common people are capable of participating sensibly in public affairs. 
D) stated that in democracies leaders are often chosen for the wrong reason, that democracy's intoxication with liberty leads to anarchy and when that chaos arrives the people turn power over to demagogues. 
E) All of these 
A) adapted the rational legacy of Greek philosophy to politics by fashioning a rational model of the state. 
B) was based, in part, on the conviction that for people to live ethical lives, they must do so as citizens of a just and rational state. 
C) criticized the fundamental assumption of Athenian democracy: common people are capable of participating sensibly in public affairs. 
D) stated that in democracies leaders are often chosen for the wrong reason, that democracy's intoxication with liberty leads to anarchy and when that chaos arrives the people turn power over to demagogues. 
E) All of these

Question 19

Which literary figure should never have undertaken a search for his origins?

Accepted Answer

A) Agamemnon 
B) Medea 
C) Oedipus 
D) Cleon 
E) Antigone 
A) Agamemnon 
B) Medea 
C) Oedipus 
D) Cleon 
E) Antigone

Question 20

Which of the following statements about Thucydides is incorrect? He believed

Accepted Answer

A) the study of war would reveal general principles of human behavior. 
B) the motives of statesmen were insignificant in studying the historical event. 
C) that the historian must enlighten, not entertain. 
D) history was the work of human beings. 
E) that the gods did not interfere in history. 
A) the study of war would reveal general principles of human behavior. 
B) the motives of statesmen were insignificant in studying the historical event. 
C) that the historian must enlighten, not entertain. 
D) history was the work of human beings. 
E) that the gods did not interfere in history.

Which concept, essential to scientific thought, was developed by early Greek philosophy?

Aristotle's theory of knowledge and reality included all the following except

When Plato wrote the Republic, he

The Pythagoreans sought a mathematical order they believed to be inherent in the universe.They also

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. -Greeks have been said to have systematized knowledge.How would you support this statement?

The author qualifies the development of rationalism in ancient Greece by stating that

Thales is responsible for all the following.Which, however, did the author believe revolutionized thought?

The term orchestra originally meant

The central theme of Pindar's poetry is

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -dialectics

Aristotle's ethics held that a person should

The philosophical insights offered by Parmenides

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -the world of Forms

Anaximander held each of the following except

All the following may be said about Herodotus except

How did Athens, the center of Greek culture, treat Socrates?

Plato's Republic

Which literary figure should never have undertaken a search for his origins?

Which of the following statements about Thucydides is incorrect? He believed

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Exam 4: Greek Thought: From Myth to Reason

Which concept, essential to scientific thought, was developed by early Greek philosophy?

Aristotle's theory of knowledge and reality included all the following except

When Plato wrote the Republic, he

The Pythagoreans sought a mathematical order they believed to be inherent in the universe.They also

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. -Greeks have been said to have systematized knowledge.How would you support this statement?

The author qualifies the development of rationalism in ancient Greece by stating that

Thales is responsible for all the following.Which, however, did the author believe revolutionized thought?

The term orchestra originally meant

The central theme of Pindar's poetry is

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -dialectics

Aristotle's ethics held that a person should

The philosophical insights offered by Parmenides

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -the world of Forms

Anaximander held each of the following except

All the following may be said about Herodotus except

How did Athens, the center of Greek culture, treat Socrates?

Plato's Republic

Which literary figure should never have undertaken a search for his origins?

Which of the following statements about Thucydides is incorrect? He believed

The Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greek City-State: Democratic Politics

The Hellenistic Age: Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic: City-State to World Empire

The Roman Empire: a World-State

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Heirs of Rome: Byzantium, Islam, and Latin Christendom

The High Middle Ages: Vitality and Renewal

The Flowering of Medieval Culture: the Christian Synthesis

The Late Middle Ages: Crisis and Dissolution

The Renaissance: Transition to the Modern Age

The Reformation: the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion: Economic and Social Transformations

The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution: the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform

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