Epicurus Multiple Choice



Epicurus Multiple Choice

1. According to Epicurus happiness involves

a. serenity and is achieved through simple pleasures that preserve bodily health and peace of mind.

b. unhappiness comes from simple pleasures that preserve bodily health and peace of mind.

c. fear comes from simple pleasures that preserve bodily health and peace of mind.

d. anxiety comes from simple pleasures that preserve bodily health and peace of mind.

e. all of the above.

2. According to the Epicurean community to achieve happiness we should

a. refrain insofar as it is possible from the affairs of the troubled world, spending time in philosophical contemplation.

b. engage as much as it is possible in the affairs of the troubled world, avoiding spending time in philosophical contemplation.

c. refrain insofar as it is possible from the affairs of the troubled world, spending time in philosophical conversation.

d. refrain insofar as it is possible from the affairs of the troubled world, spending time very little time in philosophical conversation.

e. two of the above.

3. Which of the following was not one of the great schools of antiquity?

a. Plato’s Academy.

b. Aristotle’s Lyceum.

c. Epicurus’ Garden.

d. Zeno’s Stoa.

e. none of the above.

4. The ethical doctrine of Epicurus stems from

a. the Cyrenaic doctrine formulated by Aristippus who was a student of Aristotle’s philosophy.

b. the Cyrenaic doctrine formulated by Aristippus who was a student of ancient Egyptian philosophy.

c. the Cyrenaic doctrine formulated by Aristippus who was a student of Socrates philosophy.

d. all of the above.

e. none of the above.

5. Aristippus advocated the

a. relativistic principle that pleasure is the supreme good.

b. rationalistic principle that contemplation is the supreme good.

c. emotivistic principle that contemplation is the supreme good.

d. hedonistic principle that pleasure is the supreme good.

e. all of the above.

6. Both Epicurus and the Cyrenaics maintained that human nature is so constituted that

a. people always seek what they believe will give them pain and avoid what they believe will give them pleasure.

b. people always seek what they believe will give them pleasure and avoid what they believe will give them pain.

c. people will sometimes seek what they believe will give them pleasure and sometimes seek what they believe will give them pain.

d. people always seek what they believe will give them pleasure and they also always seek what will give them pain.

e. all of the above.

7. Both Epicurus and the Cyrenaics maintained that

a. pleasure is the only intrinsic good and pain the only intrinsic evil.

b. pleasure is the only extrinsic good and pain the only extrinsic evil.

c. pain is the only intrinsic good and pleasure the only intrinsic evil.

d. pleasure is the only extrinsic good and pain the only intrinsic evil.

e. pleasure is the only intrinsic good and pain the only extrinsic evil.

8. Epicurus and the Cyrenaics have widely different conceptions of the pleasant life

a. Epicurus stresses intellectual contemplation while the Cyrenaics stress peace of mind.

b. Epicurus stresses sensual pleasure while the Cyrenaics stress peace of mind.

c. Epicurus stresses peace of mind while the Cyrenaics stress sensual pleasure.

d. Epicurus stresses emotional contemplation while the Cyrenaics stress peace of mind.

e. all of the above.

9. Aristippus and Epicurus teach that

a. the person who wishes to be happy must cultivate an ability to choose the wrong pleasures.

b. the person who wishes to be happy must cultivate an ability to avoid all pleasures.

c. the person who wishes to be unhappy must cultivate an ability to choose the right pleasures.

d. the person who wishes to be happy must cultivate an ability to choose the right pleasures.

e. all of the above.

10. According to Epicurus

a. the duration of pleasures is more important than their intensity.

b. the intensity of pleasures is more important than their duration.

c. the duration of pleasures is of equal importance to their intensity.

d. the intensity of pleasures is more important than the type of pleasure.

e..

11. According to Epicurus

a. mental pleasures are in general inferior to the physical because they are longer lasting.

b. mental pleasures are in general superior to the physical because they are longer lasting.

c. physical pleasures are in general superior to the mental because they are longer lasting.

d. physical pleasures are in general superior to the mental because they are shorter lasting.

e..

12. Epicurus does not find physical pleasures objectionable in themselves

a. because the pursuit of them in themselves often leads to unhappiness.

b. because the pursuit of them in themselves often leads to happiness.

c. but pursuit of them in themselves leads to unhappiness.

d. two of the above.

e. all of the above.

13. According to Epicurus the pleasures derived from such pursuits as fame and wealth

a. are usually worth the pains necessary to procure them.

b. are usually worth the pleasures necessary to procure them.

c. have absolutely no value.

d. are usually outweighed by the pains necessary to procure them.

e. two of the above.

14. According to Epicurus the pains caused by such activities as feasting, drinking and merry-making

a. are worth the pain.

b. either cancel the pleasures or leave a balance of pain.

c. are worth the pain because of the pleasure they produce.

d. generate more pleasure than pain.

e. generate indifference.

15. Active or positive pleasure comes from

a. the presence of pain.

b. not gratifying specific wants and desires.

c. the gratification of specific wants and desires.

d. the rejection of specific wants and desires.

e. none of the above.

16. Passive or negative pleasure comes from

a. the presence of pain.

b. the gratification of specific wants and desires.

c. the absence of pleasure.

d. the absence of pain.

e. all of the above.

17. According to Epicurus

a. active pleasures are more fundamental than passive pleasures.

b. passive pleasures are more fundamental than active pleasures.

c. active and passive pleasures are of equal importance.

d. neutral pleasures are more important than active and passive pleasures.

e. two of the above.

18. According to Epicurus

a. something is created out of nothing.

b. nothing is created out of something.

c. nothing is created out of nothing.

d. sometimes something is created out of nothing and sometimes it isn’t.

e. two of the above.

19. Epicurus

a. denies the Democritean doctrine that nature consists solely of atoms in motion in empty space.

b. reaffirms the Aristotelian doctrine that nature consists solely of atoms in motion in empty space.

c. denies the Aristotelian doctrine that nature consists solely of atoms in motion in empty space.

d. reaffirms the Democratean doctrine that nature consists solely of atoms in motion in empty space.

e. two of the above.

20. According to Epicurus all things

a. will be destroyed into the nonexistent.

b. are not destroyed into the nonexistent, but something permanent remains behind at the dissolution of compounds.

c. nothing truly exists at the present.

d. two of the above.

e. none of the above.

21. According to Epicurus

a. atoms do not possess any of the qualities belonging to perceptible things

b. atoms possess the same qualities belonging to perceptible things.

c. sometimes atoms possess the same qualities that belong to perceptible things and sometimes they don’t.

d. none of the above.

e. two of the above.

22. According to Epicurus

a. atoms move continuously, and all of them fall straight down.

b. atoms move continuously, and they all always swerve.

c. atoms move continuously, and all of them move in perfect circles.

d. atoms move continuously for all, some of them falling straight down, others swerving.

e. two of the above.

23. According to Epicurus the soul

a. is a body of fine particles distributed throughout the whole structure, most resembling water with an admixture of heat.

b. is a body of fine particles distributed throughout the whole structure, most resembling water with an admixture of cold.

c. is a body of fine particles distributed throughout the whole structure, most resembling wind with an admixture of heat.

d. is a body of coarse particles distributed throughout the whole structure, most resembling water with an admixture of heat.

e. is a body of fine particles distributed throughout the whole structure, most resembling water with an admixture of cold.

24. According to Epicurus when the soul is released from the body

a. the body no longer has sensation.

b. the body still has sensation.

c. the body still has memory.

d. the soul still has sensation.

e. the soul still has memory.

25. According to Epicurus the gods

a. interfere in every way with the events of nature.

b. sometimes interfere with the events of nature and sometimes don’t.

c. do not interfere in any way with the events of nature.

d. do not exist so do not interfere in any way with the events of nature.

e. two of the above.

26. According to Epicurus freedom from fear of punishment or of annihilation after death

a. cannot be achieved.

b. is easily achieved.

c. can be achieved only when we do not have understanding of the true nature of things.

d. can be achieved only when we understand the true nature of things.

e. none of the above.

27. According to Epicurus the principle disturbance of the minds of men arises because they think that

a. celestial bodies are not blessed and immortal.

b. celestial bodies are blessed and immortal, yet have wills and actions and motives inconsistent with these attributes.

c. terrestrial bodies are blessed and immortal.

d. terrestrial bodies are blessed and immortal, yet have wills and actions and motives inconsistent with these attributes.

e. two of the above.

28. According to Epicurus we should always keep before us the following two principles:

a. god is truly blessed and above dealing in rewards and punishments.

b. the gods are not blessed.

c. death is nothing to us.

d. we should fear death.

e. two of the above.

29. According to Epicurus

a. a long life is more desired than a pleasant one.

b. a short life is more desired than a pleasant one.

c. a pleasant life is more desired than a long one.

d. an unpleasant life is more desirable than a short life.

e. an unpleasant life is more desirable than a long life.

30. According to Epicurus

a. there are no gods.

b. there are gods, and we know of them by unclear vision.

c. there are gods, since knowledge of them is by clear vision.

d. there are gods, but we can never know of them.

e. none of the above.

31. According to Epicurus

a. the impious man is he who denies the gods of the many.

b. is not he who denies the gods of the many, but he who attaches to the gods the beliefs of the many.

c. the pious man is he who accepts the gods of the many.

d. the pious man is he who denies the gods of the many.

e. twoof the above.

32. According to Epicurus

a. death is a great evil.

b. death is a great good to us.

c. good and evil are not related to sensation.

d. all good and evil consists in sensation, but death is the privation of sensation, so death is not evil to us.

e. after death we still experience sensations.

33. According to Epicurus all actions are

a. directed toward bodily and mental pleasures.

b. directed exclusively toward bodily pleasures.

c. directed exclusively toward mental pleasures.

d. directed toward bodily, mental, and emotional pleasures.

e. two of the above.

34. According to Epicurus

a. pleasure is intrinsically bad.

b. pleasure is intrinsically good.

c. pleasure is extrinsically good.

d. pleasure is extrinsically bad.

e. two of the above.

35. According to Epicurus

a. although pleasure is extrinsically good we find that the most pleasant life sometimes requires us to undergo pain for the sake of greater pleasure.

b. although pleasure is intrinsically good we find that the most pleasant life sometimes requires us to undergo pain for the sake of greater pleasure.

c. because pleasure is intrinsically good we find that the most pleasant life never requires us to undergo pain for the sake of greater pleasure.

d. because pleasure is extrinsically good we find that the most pleasant life never requires us to undergo pain for the sake of greater pleasure.

e. two of the above.

36. According to Epicurus

a. sometimes when people see evil they deliberately pursue it.

b. at all times when people see evil they deliberately pursue it.

c. sometimes when people see good they deliberately avoid it.

d. no one when he sees evil deliberately chooses it.

e. two of the above.

37. According to Epicurus

a. happiness comes through fear.

b. Unhappiness comes either through fear or through vain and unbridled desire.

c. happiness comes through unbridled desired.

d. happiness comes either through fear or through vain and unbridled desire.

e. unhappiness does not come from either fear or through vain and unbridled desire.

38. According to Epicurus we should be comforted by the knowledge that

a. the atoms that compose our soul are destructible.

b. the atoms that compose our soul are indestructible.

c. the atoms that compose our body are destructible.

d. the atoms that compose our body are indestructible.

e. two of the above.

39. According to Epicurus when in death the atoms of the soul leave the body

a. we become incapable of sensation.

b. we are still capable of sensation.

c. it is impossible for us to experience painful punishment.

d. it is still possible for us to experience painful punishment.

e. two of the above.

40. According to Epicurus the prudent person

a. knows that truly good things are easy to obtain.

b. knows that truly good things are not easy to obtain.

c. evils are short lived or slight.

d. evils are not short lived and not slight.

e. two of the above.

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