The Hellenistic Era Exam Questions Chapter 7

Chapter 7: The Hellenistic Era

Test Bank

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 01

1) The Hellenistic era is the period from the __________.

a. death of Alexander to the end of the Roman Republic

b. birth of Alexander to the death of Alexander

c. birth of Alexander to the end of the Roman Republic

d. death of Alexander to the beginning of the Roman Republic

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 02

2) In general, Hellenistic philosophy favored __________ over __________.

a. logic; practical wisdom

b. epistemology; metaphysics

c. ethics; metaphysics and logic

d. religion; logic

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 03

3) Epicureanism is __________.

a. identical with gluttony

b. the philosophy of achieving happiness through moderate pleasures and avoidance of pain

c. the philosophy of Epictetus

d. identical with asceticism

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 04

4) Hedonism is the __________.

a. same as gluttony

b. view advanced by the Stoics

c. view advanced by the skeptics

d. doctrine that pleasure is the supreme good

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 05

5) __________ is a hedonist.

a. Epicurus

b. Epictetus

c. Sextus Empiricus

d. Pyrrho

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 06

6) __________ is a Stoic.

a. Epicurus

b. Epictetus

c. Sextus Empiricus

d. Pyrrho

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 07

7) __________ is thought to be the original skeptic.

a. Epicurus

b. Epictetus

c. Sextus Empiricus

d. Pyrrho

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 08

8) Epicureanism, Stoicism, and skepticism are all motivated toward __________.

a. material security and peace of mind

b. peace of mind and freedom from disturbance

c. freedom from pain

d. peace and love

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 09

9) Epicurus did not propose __________.

a. recklessly sensual, overindulgent living

b. moderation in pleasures

c. a philosophy for achieving happiness

d. we not fear death

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 10

10) According to Epicurus, pleasures are __________.

a. to be pursued at all cost

b. to be avoided

c. equal

d. not all equal

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 11

11) According to Epicurus, the desire for happiness and the desire for physical comfort are both __________ desires.

a. necessary

b. natural

c. unnecessary

d. unnatural

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 12

12) Epicurus claimed that the gods __________.

a. constantly intervene in human affairs

b. do not exist

c. have nothing to do with us

d. should be feared and obeyed

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 13

13) Atomism is the belief that reality consists of a(n) __________ number of minute, indivisible bits called atoms moving rapidly in a(n) __________ void.

a. finite; infinite

b. infinite; infinite

c. infinite; finite

d. finite; finite

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 14

14) According to Epictetus, our __________ are up to us, but our __________ are not.

a. desires; bodies

b. perceptions; intentions

c. bodies; impulses

d. desires; perceptions

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 15

15) Stoicism preaches cosmopolitanism, the view that __________.

a. the earth is the center of the cosmos

b. all men are brothers

c. the universe is governed by rational principles

d. happiness arises through acting in accord with the logos.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 16

16) Stoicism holds that the universe is a kind of organizing being, or __________.

a. logos

b. mythos

c. ethos

d. thanatos

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 17

17) The Stoic ideal is __________.

a. total impassiveness

b. equivalent to wu-wei in Daoism

c. a complete lack of emotion

d. moderation in attitudes

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 18

18) Sextus Empiricus thinks that all of the following, except __________, are dogmatists.

a. Aristotle

b. Epicurus

c. Epictetus

d. Protagoras

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 19

19) Stoicism has been attractive to many because it offers itself as a(n) __________.

a. antidote for the miseries of the world

b. path to spiritual salvation

c. plan for epistemological certainty

d. tool for controlling one’s destiny

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 20

20) The only real harm that can be done to a person, according to __________, is self-inflicted injury to the soul by a lack of virtue

a. Epicureans

b. the Stoics

c. skeptics

d. Atomists

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 21

21) Sextus Empiricus’s ten arguments show that __________ only provides part of the epistemological picture.

a. reality

b. appearance

c. time

d. space

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 22

22) Epicureanism, Stoicism, and skepticism all aim toward __________.

a. faith

b. belief

c. knowledge

d. peace of mind

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 23

23) According to the Stoic Epictetus, a(n) __________ cannot be harmed.

a. virtuous person

b. knowledgeable person

c. Stoic

d. ignorant person

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 24

24) Stoicism is the view that __________

a. happiness and peace of mind are attainable only for a very few

b. we can attain happiness and peace of mind if we focus on controlling our lives

c. we can attain happiness and peace of mind if we focus on controlling only what is up to us

d. happiness and peace of mind are unattainable

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 25

25) __________ is the view that we lack knowledge in some fundamental way.

a. Stoicism

b. Epicureanism

c. Atomism

d. Skepticism

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 26

26) Epictetus asserts, __________.

a. “It is not ideas that upset people but rather ideas about things”

b. “It is not things that upset people but rather things”

c. “It is not things that upset people but rather ideas about things”

d. “It is not ideas of things that upset people but rather ideas in general”

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 27

27) Sextus Empiricus says that skeptics manage to get through life fine just by __________.

a. ignoring reality

b. ignoring appearances

c. attending to appearances

d. rejecting reality

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 28

28) The skeptic claims that the most reasonable response to a lack of knowledge is __________.

a. withdrawal from inquiry

b. suspending judgment

c. redoubling one’s efforts at knowing the really real

d. accepting appearance as reality

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 29

29) According to the skeptic, the goal of life is happiness attained through __________ pleasures and the__________ of mental disturbance.

a. intense; avoidance

b. moderate; avoidance

c. moderate; acceptance

d. intense; acceptance

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 07 Question 30

30) Epicurus equates __________ with an unperturbed soul.

a. being numb

b. being disinterested

c. pleasure and the absence of pain

d. the absence of pain

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 07 Question 31

31) Epicurus claims that the gods have nothing to do with us because they do not exist.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 07 Question 32

32) Hedonism is identical with gluttony.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 07 Question 33

33) Epicureanism is the view that life’s highest aim is happiness attained through moderate pleasures and the avoidance of mental disturbance.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 07 Question 34

34) Epicurus equates pleasure with an unperturbed soul.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 07 Question 35

35) Epicurus argues that the worst evil is physical pain and torment.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 07 Question 36

36) According to Epicurus, prudence teaches us to distinguish different sorts of desires and to choose wisely among them.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 07 Question 37

37) The ideal Stoic is someone who is completely emotionless.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 07 Question 38

38) Stoicism is the view that we can attain happiness and peace of mind if we focus on controlling only what is up to us and ignoring what is not up to us.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 07 – Question 39

39) Stoicism is the view that we are in charge of our future.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 07 Question 40

40) According to the Stoic Epictetus, a virtuous person cannot be harmed.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 07 Question 41

41) Epictetus asserts, “It is not things that upset people but rather ideas about things.”

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 07 Question 42

42) Skepticism is the view that societal values are flawed and, therefore, to be rejected.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 07 Question 43

43) According to the skeptic Sextus Empiricus, nothing can be known.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 07 Question 44

44) The skeptic Sextus Empiricus endorses the view that our lack of knowledge should motivate us to seek absolute truth.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 07 Question 45

45) Sextus Empiricus advances fifteen arguments in support of skepticism, all of which share a general form.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 07 Question 46

46) Sextus Empiricus says that skeptics manage to get through life fine just by attending to appearances.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 07 Question 47

47) The skeptic claims that the most reasonable response to a lack of knowledge is to suspend judgment.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 07 Question 48

48) According to the skeptic, the goal of life is to achieve peace of mind.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 07 Question 49

49) The skeptic claims that although we should suspend judgment at times, we ultimately can achieve absolute knowledge.

a. True

b. False

Type: true-false

Title: Chapter 07 Question 50

50) Epicurus claims that death is nothing to us because the soul is immortal.

a. True

b. False