Question 1

The earliest Ionian philosophy

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A) was closely associated with religion and the Greek priesthood. 
B) originated in Mesopotamia via Asia Minor. 
C) began with the cosmologists who sought to understand now how nature came to be the way it was. 
D) still maintained the gods were the origin of nature. 
E) held that the most important quality of knowledge was its practical application.

Question 2

The text makes all the following connections EXCEPT

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A) just as a Greek sculptor shaped a clear visual image of the human form, so also a Greek dramatist brought the inner life of human beings into sharp focus. 
B) like the natural philosophers, Greek dramatists saw an inner logic in the universe and called it Fate or Destiny. 
C) the dialogue between thinking individuals in Greek drama paralleled Socratic dialectics. 
D) Greek art and drama evidenced a growing self-awareness of the individual. 
E) like Parmenides and Plato, Greek dramatists focused on the world beyond sensory perception.

Question 3

Hippocrates

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A) was the last Greek physician to ascribe divine origins to disease. 
B) was influenced by the thought of the early Greek cosmologists. 
C) combined magic and medicine. 
D) drew upon the information provided by oracles rather than observations to treat patients. 
E) all of the above

Question 4

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 Sophists

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Question 5

The poet Hesiod and the dramatist Aeschylus both wrote about the

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A) genealogy of the gods. 
B) folly of the Persian Emperor Xerxes. 
C) perils of hubris. 
D) daily ordeal of common people trying to survive. 
E) all of the above

Question 6

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 Parthenon

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Question 7

Greek artists exemplified the humanist spirit of Greek culture by

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A) placing people in their natural environment. 
B) making the human form the focal point of attention. 
C) exalting human nobility and dignity. 
D) celebrating the beauty of the human being. 
E) all of the above

Question 8

In Athens, the Sophists taught

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A) political skills of public speaking and policy-making. 
B) music and mathematics. 
C) secret methods of achieving immortality. 
D) spiritual exercises aimed at individual enlightenment. 
E) practical skills that improved Athenian technology.

Question 9

The earliest theoretical philosophers in human history were the

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A) Hebrews. 
B) Ionians. 
C) Pythagoreans. 
D) Sophists. 
E) Platonists.

Question 10

Which of the following statements best describes the relationship of Pythagoras and the Ionian philosophers?

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A) Pythagoras was the Ionian philosopher who believed the primary substance was air and that the sun's rays falling through dense air caused the rainbow. 
B) Unlike the Ionians, Pythagoras is credited with inventing formal logic. 
C) Unlike the "matter philosophers," Pythagoras believed in the one True Being, transcendent, permanent, and perfect. 
D) Pythagoras believed that the nature was not made of a primary substance, as the Ionians believed, but out of mathematical relationships. 
E) Unlike the "matter philosophers," Pythagoras believed that the mathematical harmony of the universe expressed the perfect thoughts of the True Being.

Question 11

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How did early Greek cosmologists explain the origin of the world? How and why did their ideas differ?

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Question 12

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Which school of Greek philosophy took an essentially pragmatic approach to knowledge? To which contemporary influences was this school responding and what were some of its conclusions?

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Question 13

Which of the following speculated that the world was composed of atoms?

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A) Democritus 
B) Parmenides 
C) Thales 
D) Pythagoras 
E) Anaximenes

Question 14

One of the chief concerns of Aeschylus involved the

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A) decline of the Mycenaeans. 
B) weakening moral fiber of Athenian youth. 
C) individual in conflict with the moral universe. 
D) freedom of Greek women. 
E) tragedy of the Peloponnesian War.

Question 15

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 tragedy

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Question 16

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Compare Ionian views with those of the Pythagoreans and Parmenides. How did each tradition contribute to the development of scientific thought?

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Question 17

The doctrines of the Sophists encouraged all of the following EXCEPT

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A) loss of respect for authority. 
B) disobedience to law. 
C) neglect of civic duty. 
D) selfish individualism. 
E) sophrosyne.

Question 18

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Ionian philosophers

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Question 19

Which early Greek thinkers and religious mystics refused to eat animal flesh because they believed it contained former human souls?

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A) the followers of Thales 
B) the followers of Pythagoras 
C) the followers of Parmenides 
D) the followers of Democritus 
E) the followers of Anaximander

Question 20

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 naturalistic

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Exam 4: Greek Thought: From Myth to Reason

The earliest Ionian philosophy

The text makes all the following connections EXCEPT

Hippocrates

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Sophists

The poet Hesiod and the dramatist Aeschylus both wrote about the

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Parthenon

Greek artists exemplified the humanist spirit of Greek culture by

In Athens, the Sophists taught

The earliest theoretical philosophers in human history were the

Which of the following statements best describes the relationship of Pythagoras and the Ionian philosophers?

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How did early Greek cosmologists explain the origin of the world? How and why did their ideas differ?

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Which school of Greek philosophy took an essentially pragmatic approach to knowledge? To which contemporary influences was this school responding and what were some of its conclusions?

Which of the following speculated that the world was composed of atoms?

One of the chief concerns of Aeschylus involved the

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? tragedy

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Compare Ionian views with those of the Pythagoreans and Parmenides. How did each tradition contribute to the development of scientific thought?

The doctrines of the Sophists encouraged all of the following EXCEPT

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Ionian philosophers

Which early Greek thinkers and religious mystics refused to eat animal flesh because they believed it contained former human souls?

Key Terms Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? naturalistic