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Quiz about Aristotle Scientist and Philosopher

Aristotle, Scientist and Philosopher Quiz

Here are a variety of questions about Aristotle...they range from easy to difficult. See if you can excel!

A multiple-choice quiz by thejazzkickazz. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
thejazzkickazz

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
26,262

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

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572

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Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. In what Macedonian village was Aristotle born?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was the name of the school that Aristotle established in a grove sacred to Apollo? Hint

Academy

Lyceum

Gymnasium

Alcemium

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Question 3 of 10

3. What was the name of Aristotle's father, which he used to name one of his works? Hint

Eudemeus

Phillipius

Eudoxus

Nicomachus

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Question 4 of 10

4. Another name for the school mentioned in question number 2 can be translated from the Greek as 'walking around'. What is this familiar name?

Answer: (One word...starts with P.)

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Question 5 of 10

5. What famous individual was taught by Aristotle? Hint

Ptolemy

Alexander the Great

Socrates

Julius Caesar

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Question 6 of 10

6. What famous individual taught Aristotle? Hint

St. Augustine

Socrates

Plato

Euclid

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Question 7 of 10

7. The earliest writings of Aristotle cover what subject? Hint

Astronomy

Biology

Physics

Philosophy

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of the following was not a form of soul in Aristotle's work 'On the Soul'? Hint

vegetative

rational

subconscious

animal

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of the following biological topics did Aristotle not examine in detail? Hint

chick embryology

distinction between monocotyledons and dicotyledons

habits and development of octopuses and squids

anatomy of the stomachs of ruminants

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which of the following is not an important Aristotelian work? Hint

poetics

physics

rhetoric

psychology

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In what Macedonian village was Aristotle born?

Answer: Stagira

2. What was the name of the school that Aristotle established in a grove sacred to Apollo?

Answer: Lyceum

3. What was the name of Aristotle's father, which he used to name one of his works?

Answer: Nicomachus

The famous work which bore his father's name was 'Nicomachean Ethics'.

4. Another name for the school mentioned in question number 2 can be translated from the Greek as 'walking around'. What is this familiar name?

Answer: Peripatetic

5. What famous individual was taught by Aristotle?

Answer: Alexander the Great

Aristotle's father, Nicomachus, was the court physician to Alexander's father Philip.

6. What famous individual taught Aristotle?

Answer: Plato

Aristotle eventually rejected many of the theories of Plato, including that of the 'ideal forms'.

7. The earliest writings of Aristotle cover what subject?

Answer: Biology

Aristotle was influenced early on by his father, who was a doctor.

8. Which of the following was not a form of soul in Aristotle's work 'On the Soul'?

Answer: subconscious

9. Which of the following biological topics did Aristotle not examine in detail?

Answer: distinction between monocotyledons and dicotyledons

10. Which of the following is not an important Aristotelian work?

Answer: psychology

Psychology wasn't big during Aristotle's time, apparently...

Source: Author thejazzkickazz

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