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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)Poetics
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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