Aristotle MCQs

Option A: They were the best way to convey information

Option B: No one else was writing straightforward treatises

Option C: He was interested in the exchange process rather than the doctrine itself

Option D: He was following Plato’s model

Correct Answer: D. He was following Plato’s model ✔

Option A: Athens

Option B: Thebes

Option C: Macedonia

Option D: Sparta

Correct Answer: Macedonia ✔

Option A: Assos

Option B: Athens

Option C: Mitylene

Option D: Stagira

Correct Answer: Mitylene ✔

Option A: Physician

Option B: Philosopher

Option C: General

Option D: Chemist

Correct Answer: Physician ✔

Option A: Aristocracy

Option B: Oligarchy

Option C: Timocracy

Option D: Patriarchy

Correct Answer: Oligarchy ✔

Option A: He disapproved strongly

Option B: He disapproved reluctantly

Option C: He considered it to be against nature

Option D: He considered it to be natural

Correct Answer: He considered it to be natural ✔

Option A: Nicomachus

Option B: Hermeias

Option C: Proxenus

Option D: Xenocrates

Correct Answer: Proxenus ✔

Option A: Politics

Option B: Ethics

Option C: Poetics

Option D: Rhetoric

Correct Answer: Politics ✔

Option A: Stagira

Option B: Athens

Option C: Thebes

Option D: Macedonia

Correct Answer: Stagira ✔

Option A: Stagira

Option B: Macedonia

Option C: Athens

Option D: Chalcis

Correct Answer: Chalcis ✔

Option A: Alexander’s failure to restore Aristotle’s native home

Option B: Alexander’s failure to support Aristotle’s research

Option C: Alexander’s attitude toward the Persians

Option D: Alexander’s treatment of Thebes

Correct Answer: C. Alexander’s attitude toward the Persians ✔

Option A: 0

Option B: 1

Option C: 2

Option D: 3

Correct Answer: 1 ✔

Option A: 345 B.C.

Option B: 344 B.C.

Option C: 343 B.C.

Option D: 342 B.C.

Correct Answer: C. 343 B.C. ✔

Option A: Hermeias

Option B: Callisthenes

Option C: Xenocrates

Option D: Speusippus

Correct Answer: Callisthenes ✔

Option A: Continence

Option B: Desire

Option C: Ignorance

Option D: Complacence

Correct Answer: Continence ✔

Option A: Father

Option B: Son

Option C: Father and son

Option D: Brother

Correct Answer: Father ✔

Option A: Natural philosophy

Option B: First philosophy

Option C: Epistemology

Option D: Teleology

Correct Answer: First philosophy ✔

Option A: Nutritive

Option B: Sensitive

Option C: Imaginative

Option D: Cognitive

Correct Answer: Nutritive ✔

Option A: The soul

Option B: The brain

Option C: The heart

Option D: The body

Correct Answer: The soul ✔

Option A: Biology

Option B: Logic

Option C: Mathematics

Option D: Psychology

Correct Answer: Mathematics ✔

Option A: Origin

Option B: Motivation

Option C: Pattern

Option D: End

Correct Answer: Motivation ✔

Option A: Thebes

Option B: Athens

Option C: Stagira

Option D: Corinth

Correct Answer: Stagira ✔

Option A: Physics

Option B: Poetics

Option C: Rhetoric

Option D: Psychology

Correct Answer: Psychology ✔

Option A: Distinction between monocotyledons and dicotyledons

Option B: Anatomy of the stomachs of ruminants

Option C: Habits and development of octopuses and squids

Option D: Chick embryology

Correct Answer: Distinction between monocotyledons and dicotyledons ✔

Option A: Rational

Option B: Subconscious

Option C: Animal

Option D: Vegetative

Correct Answer: Subconscious ✔

Option A: Astronomy

Option B: Philosophy

Option C: Physics

Option D: Biology

Correct Answer: Biology ✔

Option A: Physics

Option B: Philosophy

Option C: Eudemus

Option D: Protrepticus

Correct Answer: Eudemus ✔

Option A: Oedipus

Option B: Antigone

Option C: Odyssey

Option D: Gorgias

Correct Answer: Oedipus ✔

Option A: Metonymy

Option B: Syneedoche

Option C: Enthymeme

Option D: Heuristic

Correct Answer: Enthymeme ✔

Option A: Mimesis

Option B: Katharsis

Option C: Hamartia

Option D: Graticus

Correct Answer: Mimesis ✔

Option A: Eternal

Option B: Actively evolved in human affairs

Option C: Infinite in size

Option D: Endowed with knowledge of good and evil

Correct Answer: Eternal ✔

Option A: Motion and space

Option B: Space and time

Option C: Motion and time

Option D: Fire and water

Correct Answer: Motion and time ✔

Option A: Friendship

Option B: Family

Option C: Village

Option D: City-state

Correct Answer: City-state ✔

Option A: Friendship

Option B: Family

Option C: Village

Option D: City-state

Correct Answer: Family ✔

Option A: It is innate

Option B: By habit

Option C: By grace

Option D: By accident

Correct Answer: By habit ✔

Option A: Essence :: being

Option B: Susstance :: substrate

Option C: Potentiality :: actuality

Option D: Cause :: effect

Correct Answer: Potentiality :: actuality ✔

Option A: Rationalists

Option B: Skeptics

Option C: Cynics

Option D: Peripatetics

Correct Answer: Peripatetics ✔

Option A: Xenocrates

Option B: Hermeias

Option C: Eudemus

Option D: Speusippus

Correct Answer: Hermeias ✔

Option A: The Republic

Option B: Symposium

Option C: Phaedo

Option D: Gorgias

Correct Answer: Phaedo ✔

Option A: One

Option B: Two

Option C: Three

Option D: Four

Correct Answer: Two ✔

Option A: Natural science

Option B: Chemistry

Option C: Biology

Option D: Metaphysics

Correct Answer: Natural science ✔

Option A: Tautology

Option B: Ontology

Option C: Teleology

Option D: Epistemology

Correct Answer: Teleology ✔

Option A: One

Option B: Two

Option C: Three

Option D: Four

Correct Answer: Three ✔

Option A: Epistemology

Option B: Psychology

Option C: Natural science

Option D: Metaphysics

Correct Answer: Metaphysics ✔

Option A: Viviparous and oviparous

Option B: Herbivorous and carnivorous

Option C: Sexual and asexual

Option D: Aerobic and anaerobic

Correct Answer: Viviparous and oviparous ✔

Option A: Protrepticus

Option B: Physics

Option C: On the Heavens

Option D: Meteorology

Correct Answer: Protrepticus ✔

Option A: Categories and Philosophy

Option B: Protrepticus and Philosophy

Option C: Categories and On interpretation

Option D: Protrepticus and On interpretation

Correct Answer: Categories and On interpretation ✔

Option A: Epic

Option B: Comedy

Option C: Tragedy

Option D: Lyric Poetry

Correct Answer: Tragedy ✔

Option A: It rains so plants and creatures can survive

Option B: It rains because it is water’s nature to fall

Option C: It rains because there is moisture in the air

Option D: It rains because moisture cools

Correct Answer: It rains because moisture cools ✔

Option A: Women are passive and receptive

Option B: Women only contribute ‘substance’

Option C: Children receive only male characteristics

Option D: Women have little appreciation for the arts and sciences

Correct Answer: Women are passive and receptive ✔

Option A: Motion and space

Option B: Space and time

Option C: Mtion and time

Option D: Fire and water

Correct Answer: Mtion and time ✔

Option A: Logic

Option B: An Immortal Soul

Option C: Women

Option D: Ethics

Correct Answer: An Immortal Soul ✔

Option A: Hermeias

Option B: Xenocrates

Option C: Eudemus

Option D: Speusippus

Correct Answer: Speusippus ✔

Option A: Slaves

Option B: Children

Option C: Resident aliens

Option D: The clergy

Correct Answer: The clergy ✔

Option A: Xenocrates

Option B: Antipater

Option C: Pixodarus

Option D: Hermeias

Correct Answer: Xenocrates ✔

Option A: Physician

Option B: Historian

Option C: General

Option D: Regent

Correct Answer: Historian ✔

Option A: Callisthenes’

Option B: Hermeias’s

Option C: Alexander’s

Option D: Plato’s

Correct Answer: B. Hermeias’s ✔

Option A: 322 B.C.

Option B: 321 B.C.

Option C: 320 B.C.

Option D: 318 B.C.

Correct Answer: A. 322 B.C. ✔

Option A: Hermeias

Option B: Callisthenes

Option C: Xenocrates

Option D: Speusippus

Correct Answer: Callisthenes ✔

Option A: Continence

Option B: Desire

Option C: Ignorance

Option D: Complacence

Correct Answer: Continence ✔

Option A: Modern Biology

Option B: Modern Physics

Option C: Modern Chemistry

Option D: Modern Anatomy

Correct Answer: Modern Biology ✔

Option A: Socrates

Option B: Plato

Option C: Euclid

Option D: St. Augustine

Correct Answer: Plato ✔

Option A: Ptolemy

Option B: Julius Caesar

Option C: Socrates

Option D: Alexander the Great

Correct Answer: Alexander the Great ✔

Option A: Eudemeus

Option B: Nicomachus

Option C: Eudoxus

Option D: Phillipius

Correct Answer: Nicomachus ✔

Option A: Lyceum

Option B: Gymnasium

Option C: Academy

Option D: Alcemium

Correct Answer: Lyceum ✔

Option A: Sparta

Option B: Stagira

Option C: Athens

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Stagira ✔