Pre socratic philosophers were primarily concerned with

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Question 1 2.5 points Save Early Christianity was similar to Eastern mystery religions because it

recognized a Great Mother fertility goddess.

did not require exclusive belief of its adherents.

promised individual salvation to believers.

required a personal oath of loyalty to the Empire.

Question 2 2.5 points Save The word philosophy means the

golden mean.

knowledge of the self.

love of wisdom.

imitation of life.

Question 3 2.5 points Save Who based his conception of natural law on the Stoic view of divine reason?

Cicero

Virgil

Juvenal

Horace

Question 4 2.5 points Save In Book Four of Virgil’s Aeneid, the god Mercury rebukes Aeneas because he

is acting like a coward.

is mistreating Dido, his host and benefactor.

has lost his wife while fleeing from Troy.

is building homes and forts at Carthage and not leaving for Italy.

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Question 5 2.5 points Save One of the greatest theologians of the Christian Church, and the author of the Confessions, is

Saint Paul.

Saint John.

Saint Augustine.

Saint Jerome.

Question 6 2.5 points Save The earliest form of church sculpture was the

caryatid.

sarcophagus.

pilaster.

kore.

Question 7 2.5 points Save Hagia Sophia is laid out in the form of a _____________ topped by a great central dome.

square

rectangle

octagon

hexagon

Question 8 2.5 points Save The work of ______________ initiated the tradition of the written epic in Western literature.

Virgil

Cicero

Horace

Juvenal

Question 9 2.5 points Save Built at the city of Granada, the ________________ Palace marks the high point of Muslim palace construction in Spain.

Dome of the Rock

Alhambra

Cordoba

Mshatta

Question 10 2.5 points Save

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The main theme of Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians is

faith.

hope.

love.

truth.

Question 11 2.5 points Save Looking at a stone or brick arch, people often wonder what holds it up. The answer lies in the shape of the

lintel stone.

column.

metope.

keystone.

Question 12 2.5 points Save The Byzantine Empire was important because it

held off invasions from the East.

Christianized Slavic peoples.

preserved Greek literature and Roman law.

all of the above.

Question 13 2.5 points Save The _______________ was the center of the typical Roman town or city.

aqueduct

rostrum

forum

amphitheater

Question 14 2.5 points Save Like the Homeric epics, biblical literature first existed as ______________ narratives.

written

Babylonian

oral

Canaanite

Question 15 2.5 points Save By the late seventh century, the forces of ______________ occupied Syria, Palestine, Egypt, and much of the old Persian empire, and were threatening Spain.

Buddhism

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Islam

Judaism

Zoroastrianism

Question 16 2.5 points Save The Pre-Socratic thinkers were primarily concerned with discovering the

existence of the human soul.

principles of mathematics.

origin of the gods.

ultimate unifying principle of matter.

Question 17 2.5 points Save The power of a Roman dictator was limited because he

always ruled along with a co-dictator.

ruled alongside a council of generals.

ruled only in time of peace.

ruled only for a period of six months.

Question 18 2.5 points Save When the Roman Empire broke apart in the fifth century, over time the Eastern Roman Empire became known as

Slavic Europe.

the Holy Roman Empire.

the Byzantine Empire.

Muslim Europe.

Question 19 2.5 points Save In Hebrew, the name Jahweh (Yahweh) means he who

is most powerful.

is most loving.

brings into existence.

judges all.

Question 20 2.5 points Save The age beginning with Alexander the Great is referred to as

Hellenic.

Hellenistic.

Roman.

Etruscan.

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Question 21 2.5 points Save Aristotle differed from Plato in his belief that

there is only one level of reality.

knowledge must be eternal and unchangeable.

ethics and politics are closely connected.

all of the above

Question 22 2.5 points Save According to Plato, the soul’s basis for judging experience is

trial and error.

its previous existence.

intuition.

prayer.

Question 23 2.5 points Save Which statement about Socrates is incorrect?

He was imprisoned and executed for threatening the traditions of Athens.

He wanted to oppose the ideas of the Sophists.

Plato was his disciple and pupil.

He wrote down his ideas in books called Dialogues.

Question 24 2.5 points Save Most of the invaders who overran the Roman Empire beginning in the fifth century were ______________ in origin.

Arabic

Germanic

French

Persian

Question 25 2.5 points Save In the last two excerpts from the Quran, God (Allah) is referred to as

just.

merciful.

compassionate.

both merciful and compassionate.

Question 26 2.5 points Save The “covenant” traditionally signifies the

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relationship between Abraham (and later Moses) and Jahweh.

merging of Judaic and early Christian beliefs.

joining of the Old and New Testaments into the Bible.

Ten Commandments given to Moses by Jahweh.

Question 27 2.5 points Save The first king who ruled over Israel as a united people was

Joshua.

Saul.

David.

Solomon.

Question 28 2.5 points Save The view expressed in Aristotle’s Politics is that individuals cannot live a truly virtuous life outside of the

state.

family.

temple.

military.

Question 29 2.5 points Save The cornerstone of Judaic theology is

the belief in one God.

acceptance of the authority of the rabbi.

tolerance of other religions.

as assumption that the world is moving towards perfection.

Question 30 2.5 points Save Plato differed from Athenian society when he suggested that

artisans should perform the hard work of society.

soldiers represented moral courage when they defended the state.

men and women should receive similar education.

the rational principle should be represented by a small group of rulers.

Question 31 2.5 points Save Which Greek thinker believed that the soul died with the physical body?

Socrates

Aristotle

Plato

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Pythagoras

Question 32 2.5 points Save The reign of Solomon was characterized by

a lavish court.

heavy taxation.

a large harem.

all of the above.

Question 33 2.5 points Save Dido, Queen of Carthage, killed herself by

poisoning.

jumping off a cliff.

hanging.

falling on a sword.

Question 34 2.5 points Save The lessons of the Sophists concentrated on the art of eloquence in order to

find the truth.

define beauty.

win influence.

perfect logic.

Question 35 2.5 points Save Which statement about early Christianity is incorrect?

The original followers of Jesus were Jews who decided to start a new religion.

Paul originally viewed the Christians as dangerous fanatics.

Paul gave a universalist interpretation to the teachings of Jesus.

Early Christians relied heavily on the prophetic books of the Jewish Bible.

Question 36 2.5 points Save As a whole, the Greek philosophers were most interested in discovering

relativistic principles.

mystical knowledge.

the unknown territories of Hyperborea.

universal principles of rationality.

Question 37 2.5 points Save Cicero’s On the Laws states that all human beings

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have an equal capacity to learn.

are not equal.

cannot attain virtue.

need not learn the principles of right living.

Question 38 2.5 points Save Muhammad’s message was:

There is only one God and I, Muhammad, am his messenger.

The greedy and the disobedient will face the Day of Judgment.

Heed the prophets: Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and the others.

all of the above.

Question 39 2.5 points Save An arch rotated 360 degrees in space produces

a barrel vault.

a dome.

a groin vault.

an aqueduct.

Question 40 2.5 points Save The architecture of mosques is characterized by

elaborate decoration of flat surfaces.

small, confined interior spaces divided into many rooms.

statues of Mohammed and his descendants.

all of the above.

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