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Philosophy Multiple Choice
How much do you know about philosophy and philosophers?
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1. According to Heraclitus, what is something you can't do twice?
Listen to a story the same way
Step into the same river
Truly fall in love
2. Three of these French philosophers were friends. Who did not belong to them?
Simone de Beauvoir
Michel de Montaigne
Albert Camus
Jean-Paul Sartre
3. What, among other things, was Socrates found to be guilty of by the Athenian people's court?
Advocating democracy
Writing profane literature
Spying for the rival city of Sparta
Corrupting the youth
4. Continuing question 3, how did Socrates react to the verdict?
He executed the death sentence himself by drinking hemlock.
He instigated a rebellion and seized control over the city.
He fled Athens and settled in modern-day Italy.
He held a powerful speech and won over the jurors' hearts.
5. Which philosopher was famous for being a recluse with a poodle as his dearest companion?
Arthur Schopenhauer
Martin Heidegger
Friedrich Nietzsche
6. Albert Camus compared human existence to the fate of Greek hero Sisyphus. What did Sisyphus do?
He tried to roll a boulder over a hill in eternity.
He continually failed to reach the food and drink that surrounded him.
He crafted wings to fly with, but fell when he rose too close to the sun.
He listened to the temptatious song of Circe while safely tied to a mast.
7. Marcus Aurelius was one of the great stoic philosophers. What was his other profession?
Mathematician
Christian missionary
Poet
Roman emperor
8. Who is "dead", according to Friedrich Nietzsche?
Patriarchy
God
the author
the Western world
9. Laozi is associated with which Chinese religious and philosophical tradition?
Confucianism
Jainism
Taoism
Buddhism
10. What does "cogito, ergo sum" mean?
"I think, therefore I am."
"I know that I know nothing."
"Divide and rule."
"To see is to believe."
11. Which philsopher was the tutor of Alexander the Great?
Avicenna
Aristotle
Seneca
12. Which view is most closely associated with Niccolò Machiavelli?
The journey is the goal.
The ends justify the means.
Everyone is born good; society makes people bad.
13. What is Enlightenment, according to Immanuel Kant?
A useful tool to maintain power
The way that Jesus works in the heart of man
The way out of self-imposed immaturity
14. Where is Diogenes said to have lived?
A tree
On top of Mount Olympus
A barrel
15. Which statement most closely reflects Positivism?
One should ignore the bad and focus on the good things in life.
Only that is true which can be scientifically proven.
People should be judged by their economic output.
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3 Comments
camus
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Feb 9, 2019
Wow, I didn't even realize that my username is so predominant in the quiz before hitting the live button.
cpgatbyu
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Nov 28, 2020
Sure Socrates drank the hemlock, but: https://youtu.be/RVc8jwYexjE
Alexquiz17
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May 14, 2024
Sisyphus pushed a boulder UP a hill FOR eternity. Nice quiz
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