How many children did Aristotle have?
1.One
2.Two
3.Three
4.Four
In Book XII of the Metaphysics how many kinds of substances are there?
1.One
2.Two
3.Three
4.Four
Nicomachus was the name of which of Aristotle s relations?
1.Father
2.Son
3.Father and son
4.Brother
What is the Greek word for representation; as used in the Poetics?
1.Mimesis
2.Katharsis
3.Hamartia
4.Graticus
What is the term for the consideration of natural ends in explaining phenomena?
1.Tautology
2.Ontology
3.Teleology
4.Epistemology
What is the ultimate form of association?
1.Friendship
2.Family
3.Village
4.City-state
Where did Aristotle perform his early biology research?
1.Assos
2.Athens
3.Mitylene
4.Stagira
Which book is not one of the four main treatises on natural science?
1.Protrepticus
2.Physics
3.On the Heavens
4.Meteorology
Which friend of Aristotle died after being tortured for information by the Persians?
1.Xenocrates
2.Hermeias
3.Eudemus
4.Speusippus
Which is not a reason that Aristotle thought that women were unfinished men ?
1.Women are passive and receptive
2.Women only contribute substance
3. Children receive only male characteristics
4. Women have little appreciation for the arts and sciences
Which of the following is concerned with existence itself?
1. Epistemology
2. Psychology
3.Natural science
4.Metaphysics
Why did Aristotle write dialogues early in his career?
1. They were the best way to convey information
2. No one else was writing straightforward treatises
3.He was interested in the exchange process rather than the doctrine itself
4.He was following Plato s model
In which capacity did Callisthenes serve under Alexander?
1.Physician
2.Historian
3.General
4.Regent
In which year was Aristotle invited to tutor Alexander?
1.345 B.C.
2.344 B.C.
3.343 B.C.
4.342 B.C.
On which work of Plato s is Eudemus largely based?
1.The Republic
2.Symposium
3.Phaedo
4.Gorgias
The Poetics deals primarily with what genre?
1.Epic
2.Comedy
3.Tragedy
4.Lyric Poetry
What are the two imperishable entities?
1.Motion and space
2.Space and time
3.Motion and time
4.Fire and water
What is the final cause of rainfall according to Aristotle?
1. It rains so plants and creatures can survive
2.It rains because it is water s nature to fall
3.It rains because there is moisture in the air
4.It rains because moisture cools
What is the term for an argument used in rhetoric that could be reduced logically to a syllogism?
1.Metonymy
2.Syneedoche
3.Enthymeme
4.Heuristic
What was the name of Aristotle s father which he used to name one of his works?
1.Eudemeus
2.Nicomachus
3.Eudoxus
4.Phillipius
What was the name of the school that Aristotle established in a grove sacred to Apollo?
1.Lyceum
2.Gymnasium
3.Academy
4.Alcemium
Which of Aristotle s early works was inspired by the death of a friend?
1. Physics
2. Philosophy
3.Eudemus
4.Protrepticus
Which of the following is not an important Aristotelian work?
1.Physics
2.Poetics
3.Rhetoric
4.Psychology
Which of the following is one of the two central distinctions Aristotle draws between animals?
1.Viviparous and oviparous
2. Herbivorous and carnivorous
3.Sexual and asexual
4.Aerobic and anaerobic
Which of the following was not a form of soul in Aristotle s work On the Soul ?
1.Rational
2.Subconscious
3.Animal
4.Vegetative
Which state ruled Greece for most of Aristotle s adult life?
1.Athens
2.Thebes
3.Macedonia
4.Sparta
According to Aristotle which pair of words is analogous to matter ::form?
1.Essence :: being
2.Susstance :: substrate
3. Potentiality :: actuality
4.Cause :: effect
Aristotle is considered the founder of what?
1. Modern Biology
2. Modern Physics
3.Modern Chemistry
4.Modern Anatomy
For which subject is Aristotle least known?
1.Biology
2.Logic
3.Mathematics
4.Psychology
How does one acquire virtue according to Aristotle?
1.It is innate
2. By habit
3.By grace
4.By accident
How many times did Aristotle marry?
1.0
2.1
3.2
4.3
In what Macedonian village was Aristotle born?
1.Sparta
2.Stagira
3.Athens
4.None of these
In which year Aristotle died?
1.322 B.C.
2.321 B.C.
3.320 B.C.
4. 318 B.C.
Psychology as Aristotle understood it means the study of what element?
1. The soul
2.The brain
3. The heart
4.The body
The earliest writings of Aristotle cover what subject?
1.Astronomy
2. Philosophy
3.Physics
4.Biology
The Unmoved Mover must be which of the following?
1.Eternal
2.Actively evolved in human affairs
3.Infinite in size
4.Endowed with knowledge of good and evil
The work we call physics is more properly described as what?
1.Natural science
2.Chemistry
3.Biology
4.Metaphysics
To where did Aristotle withdraw after Alexander s death?
1.Stagira
2.Macedonia
3.Athens
4.Chalcis
What are the two imperishable entities?
1.Motion and space
2.Space and time
3.Mtion and time
4. Fire and water
What caused the break between Aristotle and Alexander?
1.Alexander s failure to restore Aristotle s native home
2.Alexander s failure to support Aristotle s research
3.Alexander s attitude toward the Persians
4. Alexander s treatment of Thebes
What did Aristotle refer to metaphysics as?
1. Natural philosophy
2.First philosophy
3. Epistemology
4.Teleology
What did Aristotle see as the sentral tension in ethical decisions?
1.Continence
2.Desire
3.Ignorance
4.Complacence
What famous individual who taught Aristotle?
1.Socrates
2.Plato
3.Euclid
4.St. Augustine
What is the most basic kind of soul?
1. Nutritive
2. Sensitive
3.Imaginative
4. Cognitive
What is the primary form of association?
1.Friendship
2.Family
3.Village
4.City-state
What two works are considered preliminary to Aristotle s logical treatises?
1.Categories and Philosophy
2.Protrepticus and Philosophy
3.Categories and On interpretation
4.Protrepticus and On interpretation
What was Aristotle s attitude toward slavery?
1.He disapproved strongly
2.He disapproved reluctantly
3. He considered it to be against nature
4.He considered it to be natural
What was the favorite example that Aristotle returned to repeatedly in the Poetics?
1.Oedipus
2.Antigone
3.Odyssey
4.Gorgias
What was the name of Aristotle s guardian after his parents death?
1.Nicomachus
2.Hermeias
3.Proxenus
4.Xenocrates
What was the occupation of Aristotle s father?
1.Physician
2.Philosopher
3.General
4.Chemist
What were members of Aristotle s Lyceum known as?
1.Rationalists
2.Skeptics
3.Cynics
4.Peripatetics
Where was Aristotle born?
1.Thebes
2.Athens
3.Stagira
4.Corinth
Where was Aristotle born?
1.Stagira
2.Athens
3.Thebes
4.Macedonia
Which Academy colleague left with Aristotle after Plato s death and accompanied him in some of his travels?
1.Xenocrates
2.Antipater
3.Pixodarus
4.Hermeias
Which book is often criticized for being disorganized?
1.Politics
2.Ethics
3.Poetics
4.Rhetoric
Which did Aristotle see as the central tension in ethical decisions?
1.Continence
2.Desire
3.Ignorance
4.Complacence
Which is not one of the categories of Aristotle s ponderance?
1.Logic
2.An Immortal Soul
3.Women
4.Ethics
Which is not one of the Four Causes?
1.Origin
2.Motivation
3.Pattern
4.End
Which nephew of Aristotle was executed by Alexander?
1.Hermeias
2.Callisthenes
3.Xenocrates
4.Speusippus
Which of the following biological topics did Aristotle not examine in detail?
1. Distinction between monocotyledons and dicotyledons
2. Anatomy of the stomachs of ruminants
3.Habits and development of octopuses and squids
4.Chick embryology
Which of the following terms means government by the few?
1.Aristocracy
2.Oligarchy
3.Timocracy
4.Patriarchy
Which of the following was not excluded from citizenship in the Politics?
1.Slaves
2.Children
3.Resident aliens
4.The clergy
Which one is the nephew of Aristotle?
1.Hermeias
2.Callisthenes
3.Xenocrates
4.Speusippus
Who assumed leadership of the Academy after Plato s death?
1.Hermeias
2.Xenocrates
3.Eudemus
4.Speusippus
Whose niece did Aristotle marry?
1.Callisthenes
2.Hermeias s
3.Alexander s
4.Plato s