Intro to Philosophy Quizzes

Where did the story about socrates superior wisdom originate?

the oracle at delphi

Who are the experts that one ought to turn to for gaining insight into philosophical questions, according to sanders?

depends on the question

Speaking about african americans, king says before the pilgrims landed at plymouth we here here. how can this be

figuratively incorrect

According to the conclusion of the crito, which of the following should people value most highly?

goodness

Which of the following is among the considerations mentioned in the crito as supportin the conclusion that socrates should not go along with critos escape plan?

had the oppurtunity to change them

Which of the following is used by socrates as the basis of their discussion concerning whether socrates should agree to critos offer?

none incorrect

In the Crito, Socrates is portrayed as imagining a conversation with "The laws and the state". What does this imaginary interlocutor say about the idea that Crito has proposed to socrates?

none none

How does socrates account for his own poverty in the apology?

none of the above

What is kings attitude concerning the relationship between the african american community, on the one hand, and the nation as a whole, on the other hand.

their destiny is tied with americas destiny

In the apology, socrates is portrayed as refecting the idea that he should be acquitted on condition of never practicing philosophy again. Which of the following is the sort of question that socrates feels he must continue to ask his fellow citizens

Are you not ashamed of your eagerness to possess as much wealth

citro presses his point about the danger of antagonizing the majority of people, even if one is pursuiing a course that who know best would agree with. In particular, as socrates expresses it, "the many are able to put us to death". What is socrates response to this?

He argues that the most important thing is not life, but the good life

Which of the following reflects socrates view of his own speaking abilites, as this view is portrayed in the apology?

He did not think he was an accomplished speaker

How does socrates account for the fact that he has been accused of corrupting the young?

He guesses that young people who have heard his examinations of supposedly wise people have imitated him, and found no shortange of people to offend

Which of the following best reflects socrate's reaction when he earned what the oracle at delphi had said?

He knew what it meant. incorrect

At the end of the apology, plato characterizes socrates as reflecting on the possibility that there is a life after death. What does socrates especially look forward to, in platos portrayal, if there turns out to be an afterlife?

He looks forward to testing and examining people there, just as he has done in this life.

Parmenides appears to have believed the otion and change were impossible. How could he have believed this, in the face of obvious experience?

He must have believed that the experiences of change and motion were illusory.

Socrates claims that wickedness "runs faster than death . How does he apply this claim to the apology

He says that while he has been caught by the slower pursuer, his accusers have been causght by the quicker one

Which of the following reflects Socrates reaction to the suggestion that he should agree to live out the remainder of his life quietly, without bothering others with his philosophical questioning?

He says this would be impossible, since it would mean disobeying the god whose voice he hears.

In the apology, socrates is portrayed as arguing that the court should not sentence him to death. How does he understand the point of this argument, according to Plato's portrayal of it?

He sees this argument as providing a defense of himself and his actions before the court incorrect

Why does crito feel ashamed on behalf of socrates and on behalf of all of socrates friends?

He was worried that people would think him and his friends were cowards

In the apology, plato characterizes socrates as referring to a time when he had served as a member of the athenian council in a situation where the council was responsible for preparing the case against ten generals who failed to pick up the survivor of a naval battle. Socrates objected strongly to one aspect of this trail. What did he object to?

Socrates argued that the ten generals should not be tried as a collective body

Which of the following does plato protray socrates as offering by way of analysis of his conviction?

Socrates suggests that he was convicted because he was unwilling to say to the jurors what they wanted to hear

Crito urges socrates to be more concerned about what other people think, especially when they are in a position of power. Which of the following does socrates say in response?

You should try to find the wise people and listen to them

Which of the following exemplifies the idea of an unjust law, according to king?

a law passed my majority on minority that the majority does not follow incorrect

In explaining why he does not spend time in the athenian assembly, advising the city, socrates explains in the apology that he has a divine sign. What is this sign

a voice that turns him away from decisions but never encourages

Which of the following is among the considerations mentioned in the crito as supporting the conclusion that socrates should not go along with critos escape plan?

If socrates goes along with crios escape plan he will inspire others to carry out a democratic revolution which would lead to bad things incorrect, probably none of the above

Socrates argues, against critos original contention, that we should not care about what the majority of people say about us. What should we care about, according to socrates?

we should care about the opinions of those who understand what justice and injustice are

In the apology, socrates is portrayed as refecting the idea that he should be acquitted on condition of never practicing philosophy again. Which of the following is the sort of question that socrates feels he must continue to ask his fellow citizens

wise incorrect

According to plato, can virtue be taught?

yes, only true opinion incorrect

In the apology, plato portrays socrates as charging those who voted to kill him with beleiveing that they would tereby be able to avoid giving an account of their lives. Plato even portrays hum as saying to them that " a vengence will come upon you immediatley after my death, a vengeance much harder to bear than that which you took in killing me". What is that venggeace?

young people will test them and require them to give accounts of their lives

What was the size of the jury that made a decision in Socrate's Case?

very large

The pythagorean theorem was first proven by a group of people who admired and followed the philosopher pythagoras. In modern times, that theorem is often expressed as C-squared= AB. what is the meaning of this theorem.

.

What is the difference between a just and an unjust law, according to king?

A just law is one that squares with the moral law.

Why didnt socrates try to escape from prison while he was awaiting his execution?

Because it would be a violation of the law.

Crito argues that socrates should agree to the escape plan he proposes becuase he owes it to his children to escape. Why?

Because socrates children had been involved in the activities and would be next to be charged. Incorrect

After questioning a few people who had reputations for great wisdom, socrates began to believe that the oracle at delphy had been right in saying that no man was wiser than socrates. Why?

Because socrates did not think that he kew things that in fact he did not know

Heraclitus said " you cant step in the same river twice, why not?

Because the water that you step in later is differenct water

Martin luther king said that he was disappointed when he heard some religious leaders call upon their worshippers to comply with a desegregation decision because it is law. why was he disappointed?

Becuase he felt that religious leaders should call upon their worshippers to comply with desegregation becuase it is morally right.

Plato characterizes socrates as saying that the kind of learning process illustrated in socrates interaction with menos young attendant resembles recollection. Why?

Becuase in order to understand something like this, it must have bee experienced at some earlier time in life incorrect

What does the word "Apology" mean, as it appears in the title of one of your reading assignments?

Defense

Which of the following reflects a general feature of pre socratic philosophy that helps to explain why the doctrine of protagoras might seem so reasonable to many people at that time, according to sanders?

Even questions about the basic features of external reality were the subject of vigorous philosophical debate

King harks back to the earliest days of christianity and calls attention to similarities between those times and the present time. Which of the following reflects the similarities between the cites?

In both eras those who fought for social justice were regarded by those who held power in the towns as disturbers of the peace and as outside agitators.

Which of the following best reflects the nature of philosophy, according to Sanders?

Philosophy involves the attempt to show that no question has a clear cut answer incorrect

Who wrote The Apology?

Plato

Who wrote the Crito?

Plato

Crito agrees with socrates that life is not worth living when ones body is corrupt and in bad condition. But how does socrates argue that life is not worth living if one does unjust things?

Socrates argues that there is a part of us that is harmed when we do injustice, and this part is vulnerable

In the meno, socrates claims that there is a common form that all virtues share that makes them virtues. He says this is the course of objecting to menos claim that there are many virtues. The editor of your text tires to clarify the reason socrates had to take this position. What is this reason?

Socrates felt that if we use the same word for a number of different things, then these things must have a common characteristic to justify the use of the same word

In the conversation between socrates and the law of athens that is portrayed in the crito, the claim is made that socrates is among the anthenians whose general agreement witht the law has been most obvious during his life. What supports this claim

Socrates more than was usual among athenians, had almost never left the city

Which of the following is among the considerations mentioned in the crito as supporting the conclusion that socrates should not go along with critos escape plan?

Socrates prefered death to exile, and escape did not make sense

among the sophists, protagoras is one of the most memorable. He is believed to have taught that "man is the measure of all things"? What did he mean?

That question of right and wrong have no objective answer

Among the sophists, protagoras is one of the most memorable. He is believed to have taught that "man is the measure of all things" what did he mean?

That right and wrong are objective

Which of the following reflects the view of death enunciated by socrates in the apology?

There is a good hope that death is a blessing

How did socrates public display of the limitations of others lead to his reputation for wisdom, according to the account given in the apology.

The bystanders to these examinations presumed wrongly that socrates possessed the wisdom that the supposedly wise men plaintly lacked.

In his discussion of plato's gorgias, jones notes that plato portrays the character callicles as arguing that laws, in general, notion of whats right and whats wrong. " Convention and nature are generally at variance with one another" What explains this variance?

The fact that the law makers are the minority incorrect

Socrates is portrayed in the Meno as discussing two guides, one of whom knows the way to larissa and the other of whom has a correct opinion of the way. Which one will be the better guide, according to socrates?

The guide who has a correct opinion about the way incorrect

In the crate, socrates is portrayed as imagining a conversation with "the laws and the state". in which plato sets out what he claims to be socrates view of the relationship between an individual citizen and the law. Which of the folloiwing reflects the way this relationship is thus characterized?

The law and the individual are on equal moral footing. retaliate incorrect

Which of the following is used by socrates as the basis of their discussion concerning whether socrates should agree to critos offer?

The principle that neither doing wrong to someone or returning wrong for injury received is ever right

We discussed in class the many efforts made by the pre-socratic Greeks to offer theories and explanations that would reveal the true structure of the world. What is the significance of th eproofs attributed by the pythagoreans, given this background?

These proofs offered an example of knowledge that appeared to be absolutely certain, compared to the uncertainty of existing theories about everything else.

In what sense might it be said that science has common roots with philosophy and religion?

They all originate in an attempt to grapple with tough questions

In telling a sotry about how he first began his practice of the "socratic questioning" of people who had reputations for being wise, socrates mentioned the reaction of the first such person to be examined by him, and the reactions of the bystanders who witnessed this first examination. what does he say about these reactions?

They came to dislike him

How do Socrate's earlier accusers portray him, according to what is said in the apology?

They claim that Socrates studies all things in the sky and below the earth and makes bad arguments seem good.

The earliest records of western philosophy indicate that metaphysics was at the heart of many philosophical disagreements. what is metaphysics?

They were arguing about the basic principles of external reality

After thinking a long time about what the oracle at delphi had said about hu,, socrates went to one of the people he knew about who had a reputation for great wisdom. What was the upshot of this encounter?

They were not a smart as him.

Which of the following reflects what socrates says in the apology about the way he questions people in public?

This practice shows that he is a divine gift to the city of athens Incorrect

What was the most basic natural element, according to Thales?

Water

Thales is said to have believed that everything is really water. Why?

Water is readily evident and availible in all three states of liq gas solid

According to sanders, there are two fundamental arguements for a general rule supporting free speech. Which of the following is one of the two he mentioned?

We need free speech becuase i need your conflicting views against which to measure mine

Socrates argues, against Crito's original contention, that we should not care about what the majority of people say about us. What should we care about according to socrates?

We should care about the opinon of those who understand what justice and injustice and truth really are.

Socrates developed the practice of seeking out people who were peputed to be wise. if in the course of his discussions with such people he found them not to be very wise after all, he would try to show this to them and to others present. Which of the follow best reflects his understanding of such public demonstrations.

assisting the god

What is socrates view, as portrayed in the apology, about the relationship between excellence, wealth, and whatever is good for human beings, whether individually or collectively?

abandon wealth incorrect

According to anaximander, the indeterminate is the most basic metaphysical thing. Which of the following arise out of this indeterminate in his view?

all of the above

Anytus, one of the men portrayed as talking about virtue with socrates in the meno, argues that the sophists "cause the ruin and corruption of their followers". What is socrates's response to this claim?

all of the above

Crito complains to socrates that his reputation might be damaged if socrates does not do as cristo urges. Why does he think this might happen?

all of the above

How, according to jones, does platos gorgias portray the view of callicles about the nature of right and wrong?

all of the above

Which of the following is deemed by socrates to be an irrelevant consideration in determining wheter he should participate in an escape attempt?

all of the above

Which of the following is included among the things socrates says in the apology in response to what his accusers say about him?

all of the above

Which of the following reflects Kings view of the role of the curcle in the late twentieth century american society?

all of the above

Which of the following is one of the three parts of the soul, according to plato?

all of the above, reason, passion, appetite

Which of the following represents a fundamental slogan of "natural law" theory?

an unjust law is no law at all

At the beginning of the Apology, what is Socrate's estimate of how easy it will be to convince his audience that he is incorrect?

aware of how difficult it will be.

Crito argues that socrates should agree to the escape plan he proposes becuase he owes it to his children to escape. Why?

because either one shouldnt have children in the first place

Socrates is portrayed as saying that even if the jury were to offer him freedom in exhange for giving up philosophy, he could not accept such a big deal. Why did this draw such great attention?

because they are more kindred to him, he cares more about questioning citizens concerning these things

Plato protrays socrates as saying that to fear death is to think ones wise when one is not, to think one knows what one does not know? why?

becuase no one knows death

What is wrong, according to sanders, with the familiar expression "That may work very well in theory, but it wont work in practice"?

contends that the whole point of a theory is to guide practice

Jones observes that the sophists said that they taught "virtue". What was the specific content of the "virtue" that they taught?

courage, loyalty, personal honor, and moderation incorrect

Plato believed one should value the opinions of

everybody incorrect

WT jones describes lycurgus, the legendary creator of spartan law, as having established an extreme tough and militaristic society, even while it was dedicated to preserving the power of the aristocracy. Which of the following was among the laws regulating the freebod citizens of sparta?

forbade citizens to have anything to do with the concerns of money making

In the apology, plato portrays socrates as speaking about what would happen if he is put to death as a result of his trail. What does socrates say?

harm themselves more than him

How does socrates account for his own poverty in the apology?

he believes that his poverty is the result of a conspiracy on the part of those who have been offended by his serves to the god that guides him. incorrect

Socrates claims that the reputation he has as a teacher is a slander. He is not a teacher, and has never claimed to be one. What does socrates beleive to tbe responisble for his reputation as a great teacher though?

he has a certain kind of human wisdom

In the apology, socrates is portrayed as arguing that the court should not sentence him to death. How does he understand the point of this argument, according to Plato's portrayal of it?

he is trying to prevent the court from committing the sin of mistreating gods gift to athens

In the apology, what evidence is socrates portrayed as offering to support his claim that is a gift of the god to the city?

he neglects his own affair

After thinking a long time about what the oracle said about him, socrateswent to one of the pople he kew about who had a reputation for great wisdom, what was socrates objective in doing this?

he planned to prove that what the oracle had said was false

Which of the following is among the considerations mentioned in the crito as supporting the conclusion that socrates should not go along with critos escape plan?

he risks recapture incorrect

What does socraes say about the way he is portrayed in the playwright arisophanes in the clouds

he says that the characterization is completely false

King is a profoundlly religious man, and his letters is directed towards an audiance of minister. he says that he sees the church as the body of christ. how does he use this mentaphor in describing the relationship between the church and the civil right movement

he says that this body has been blemished and scarred through social neglect and fear of being nonconformists

In the apology, the trials of socrates is portrayed. He is convicted of certain charges, and the athenian system of justice then allows the defendant, socrates, to amke a suggestion about what the penalty shall be. What does Socrates suggest?

he suggests that the athenian gov should support him in the same way it supports it victorious olympic athletes

As socrates examinded one person after another who had a reputation for great wisdom, he realized to his sorrow that he was becoming unpopular. According to what he is protrayed as saying in the apology, why did he continue.

he thought that he should attach great importance to what the oracle at delphi said

Socrates, in the apology, explains what would happen if his jusy were to let him go. What would his reaction be, according to what plato characterizes him as saying, to people who insist that they do care about these things?

he would test such people.

which of the following is written by socrates

he wrote nothing

At one point in the lecture, Sanders made the peculiar claim that people need to do philosophy as much as they need to breathe. What foundation did he offer for that preposterous idea?

human beings are not hard wired

Some people appear to have thought that it was rather strange and paradoxicl that martin luther king, who worked so hard to get people to obey the supreme court decision outlawing segregation, should ever advocated breaking the law. what was his answer?

important to distinguish between just and unjust

Meno starts by asking socrates if virtue can be taught. Which of the following captures socrates response?

it can be taught incorrect

If there is a life after death, what might it be like, according to socrates as he is characterized in the apology?

it must be like this one incorrect

In the crito, socrates is portrayed as imaging a conversation with the laws and the state. What does this imaginary interlocutor say about the idea that crito has proposed to socrates?

it will destroy the laws

What will happen, according to king, if the contemporary church fails to recapture the sacrifical spirit of the early church?

it will lose its authenticity, forfeit the loyalty of millions, and be dismissed as an irrelevent social club

According to the legal rules that were in effect in athens at the time of socrate's trial, who was given the first opportunity to suggest the appropriate penalty, if a defendant was found guilty?

judge incorrect

According to plato, reason should guide the passions and appetites in determining how a person should live. What is the parallel to reason, in sander's characterization of platos philosophy, in society?

law

The pythagoeans could be said to have treated the realm of mathmatics as if it were divine. Why ere they so impressed by it?

math offered a mode of reasoning

What interpretation does socrates give in trying to understand what the oracle at delphi meant by saying no man was wiser?

meant to pick him out incorrect

Socrates says that wickedness "runs faster than death" what does this mean?

more difficult to avoid wickedness

In the apology, plato characterized socrates as saying that a man who really fights for justice must lead a private life. Why?

no one who genuinely opposes any crowd can survive

How does king characterize the group of americans which he increasingly has come to believe presents the main obstacle to genuine equality?

none

In the conversation between socrates and the law of athens that is portrayed in the crito, the claim is made that socrates is among the anthenians whose general agreement witht the law has been most obvious during his life. What supports this claim

none incorrect

Plato portrays socrates as saying that neither meletus nor anytus can harm me any way. Why not?

none of the above.

The Greeks were unable to use modern analytic geometry to prove the pythagorean theorem. Which of the following correctly describes the modes of expression and proof that were originally used in the demonstration?

not able to explain theorem

Heraclitis appears tot have thought that change or flux was the most important fact about the universe. which of the following best reflects the implications that he drew out of this?

not all is chaos

At one point in the lecture, Sanders made the peculiar claim that people need to do philosophy as much as they need to breathe. What foundation did he offer for that preposterous idea?

not all of the above

What was socrates attitude towards those who accused and convicted him?

not angry

Which of the following helps to identify laws that are to be disobeyed, according to king?

not binding to those who make the laws

Socrates explains to the jury his reason for not defending himself in the normal way, with lamentation and apologies and pleas. What is the reason he gives?

not none

What was the result of socrates examination of craftsmen?

not none

According to what is said in the imaginary conversation Plato constructs between socrates and the law, how should one regard ones native country?

not ones country is after parents

In the crate, socrates is portrayed as imagining a conversation with "the laws and the state". in which plato sets out what he claims to be socrates view of the relationship between an individual citizen and the law. Which of the folloiwing reflects the way this relationship is thus characterized?

not the law and the individual citizens are not equal

Which of the following is among the considerations mentioned in the Crito as supporting the conclusion that Socrates should not go along with Crito's escape plan?

not the laws are powerful even if they were unjust

What was notable, according to what Plato characterizes socrates as saying in the apology, about socrate's contention that the ten generals who had failed to pick up the athenian survivors of a naval battle should be traced as a collective body?

not this blatant

Which of the following is among the considerations mentioned in the crito as supporting the conclusion tath socrates should not go along with critos escape plan?

one of the five that drafted the law incorrect

Which of the following reflects king idea about how one should react to laws that are unjust?

one shoudl break them openly and accept punishment

Which of the following reflects kings ideas about how one should react to laws that are unjust?

one should obey them but make disagreement known incorrect

What point was zeno trying to make in his argument concerning achilles and the tortoise?

our common understanding of motion is not entirely coherent

Which class of persons did socrates seek out in his efforts to test what the oracle at delphi had said?

politians poets and craftsmen

The jury in socrates trail is required by law to vote two different times. In the first vote his is guilty, what happened in the second vote?

sentenced to death

What interpretation does socrates give in trying to understand what the oracle at delphi meant by saying no man was wiser?

socrates concluded that the oracle was using his name as an example to represent anyone who understood wisdom is worthless

In the apology, socrates is portrayed by plato as telling a story about delphi. what happens in this story?

socrates friend chairephon asks the oracle if any man was wiser that socrates

At one point meno says that justice is virtue. Socrates asks "is it virtue, meno, or a virtue? what do you mean". What in the world is socrates point in asking this question?

socrates is asking whether justice is equivalent to the general idea of virtue, on the one hand, or whether justice is just one of the many particular virtues, on the other

In discussing whether virtue can be taught, socrates mentions a group of profess to be teachers of vitue and who offer the service, for a fee, of teaching virtue. who are these people?

sophists

What event marks the time when socrates is to be executed?

the arrival of a ship from delos

Socrates is portrayed by pluto as claiming that his function in the city of athens is to serve as a kind of ogadflyo whose job it was to wake up the city, which he compared to oa the great and noble hourse which was somewaht sluggish because of its size and needed to be stirred up. how did he come to acquire this function, according to socrates.

the god has placed him in athens to perform this function

In his examination of poets who were regarded as wise, socrates discovered that bystanders listening to the interrogation of these writers by socrates usually did a better job of explaining the poems han their authors could. How did socrates explain this fact?

the poets must not have composed the poems with knowledge, but rather with some inborn talent or inspiration

Sometimes the efforts of individuals to gain their basic consititutional rights leads indirectly to violence. king calls attention in this letter. What does the supreme court say about such things according to king?

the supreme court has consistently affirmed that is is immoral to urge an individual to withdraw his efforts to gain his basic constitional rights.

A central problem addressed by king in his letters is the problem of social tension between whites and blacks in those parts of the country where society had been segregated. What does he say about this tension?

the tension was not created by those who engaged in nonviolent direct action, just brought to the surface

Which of the following reflects Socrate's understanding of the life he has chosen?

the unexamined life is not worth living incorrect

In his letters, king says that he has almost reached a particular regrettable conclusion about the main obstacle to equal rights. What?

the white moderate

As mentioned in the lecture, neils bohr and albert einstein argued for years about how to interpret quantum mechanics. What makes this dispute philosophical?

there was not a clear cut answer at the time

Crito claims that majorities can inflict the greatest of evils if one is slandered among them. what is socrates response?

they cant do either, only haphazard

How should the citizens treat socrates own sons?

they should treat them the same way

At one point in his trial after the jury has rendered him guilty, socrates is supposed to make a suggestion as to what his penelty should be, what do his friends encourage him to say?

thirty minae

Socrates characterizes his long term efforts to seek out people with reputations for wisdom and then to question them as having been done in the service of the god at delphi, what is the result of these efforts?

those who claim to be wise are not and vise versa

According to parmenides, the universe is changeless. why?

to change it must become what it is not

King says that he agrees with saint augustine that "an unjust law is no law at all" what is the point of saying this?

to make the distinction between which laws should be followed and not