Multiple Choice


1	Aristotle's primary area of interest was
		A)	moral philosophy.
		B)	metaphysics.
		C)	epistemology.
		D)	political philosophy.


2	Which of the following is not one of the ten basic categories Aristotle used to describe the ways in which humans think about things?
		A)	posture
		B)	activity
		C)	quality
		D)	weight


3	How many souls did Aristotle believe humans have?
		A)	one
		B)	two
		C)	three
		D)	four


4	Aristotle's works include all of the following except:
		A)	Confessions
		B)	Metaphysics
		C)	Poetic
		D)	Nicomachean Ethics


5	What is a thing, according to Aristotle?
		A)	A specific form in a particular hunk of matter.
		B)	A hunk of matter.
		C)	A form.
		D)	A shadow of a form.


6	What does Aristotle mean by the efficient cause of a thing?
		A)	What it is made of.
		B)	Where it came from.
		C)	What sort of thing it is.
		D)	What it is good for.


7	If you want to say what a thing is, which of Aristotle's four causes must you provide?
		A)	The final cause.
		B)	The efficient cause.
		C)	The formal cause.
		D)	The material cause.


8	What did Aristotle say about all change?
		A)	It is an illusion.
		B)	It is a movement from potentiality to actuality.
		C)	It is a movement from actuality to potentiality.
		D)	It doesn't require a God.


9	Which of the following is an example of what Aristotle called a universal?
		A)	The State of Indiana.
		B)	This particular piece of paper.
		C)	An atom.
		D)	The property of being red.


10	What is a syllogism?
		A)	A logical fallacy.
		B)	A kind of inference.
		C)	Any group of three propositions.
		D)	A complete description of a thing.

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