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Philosophy Multiple Choice
How much do you know about philosophy and philosophers?
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| First submitted | February 9, 2019 |
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1.
According to Heraclitus, what is something you can't do twice?
Truly fall in love
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Listen to a story the same way
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Step into the same river
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2.
Three of these French philosophers were friends. Who did not belong to them?
Jean-Paul Sartre
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Albert Camus
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Michel de Montaigne
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Simone de Beauvoir
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3.
What, among other things, was Socrates found to be guilty of by the Athenian people's court?
Corrupting the youth
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Advocating democracy
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Writing profane literature
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Spying for the rival city of Sparta
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Continuing question 3, how did Socrates react to the verdict?
He instigated a rebellion and seized control over the city.
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He held a powerful speech and won over the jurors' hearts.
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He fled Athens and settled in modern-day Italy.
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He executed the death sentence himself by drinking hemlock.
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5.
Which philosopher was famous for being a recluse with a poodle as his dearest companion?
Arthur Schopenhauer
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Martin Heidegger
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Friedrich Nietzsche
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6.
Albert Camus compared human existence to the fate of Greek hero Sisyphus. What did Sisyphus do?
He crafted wings to fly with, but fell when he rose too close to the sun.
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He continually failed to reach the food and drink that surrounded him.
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He listened to the temptatious song of Circe while safely tied to a mast.
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He tried to roll a boulder over a hill in eternity.
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7.
Marcus Aurelius was one of the great stoic philosophers. What was his other profession?
Mathematician
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Roman emperor
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Christian missionary
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Poet
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8.
Who is "dead", according to Friedrich Nietzsche?
the Western world
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Patriarchy
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God
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the author
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9.
Laozi is associated with which Chinese religious and philosophical tradition?
Buddhism
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Jainism
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Confucianism
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Taoism
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10.
What does "cogito, ergo sum" mean?
"Divide and rule."
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"To see is to believe."
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"I think, therefore I am."
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"I know that I know nothing."
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11.
Which philsopher was the tutor of Alexander the Great?
Seneca
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Avicenna
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Aristotle
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12.
Which view is most closely associated with Niccolò Machiavelli?
The journey is the goal.
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Everyone is born good; society makes people bad.
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The ends justify the means.
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13.
What is Enlightenment, according to Immanuel Kant?
The way out of self-imposed immaturity
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The way that Jesus works in the heart of man
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A useful tool to maintain power
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14.
Where is Diogenes said to have lived?
On top of Mount Olympus
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A barrel
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A tree
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15.
Which statement most closely reflects Positivism?
People should be judged by their economic output.
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One should ignore the bad and focus on the good things in life.
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Only that is true which can be scientifically proven.
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Great quiz, btw.