Transmission of the Greek Classics - Quiz
A) To translate the Bible into Latin B) To replace Greek philosophy with Roman theology C) To pass on Greco-Roman culture to future generations D) To critique the Roman Empire
A) Euclid and Ptolemy B) Aristotle and Plato C) Porphyry and Iamblichus D) Nicomachus and Socrates
A) The ethics of Roman governance B) The geometry of shapes C) The problem of universals D) The astronomy of planetary motion
A) The ontological nature of universal ideas B) The speed of light C) The mathematical value of pi D) The morality of Roman warfare
A) De interpretation B) Categories C) Isagoge D) De institutione arithmetica
A) It was lost in a fire B) It was translated into Arabic C) It was never written D) It was left unfinished
A) Nicomachus and Aristotle B) Euclid and Ptolemy C) Porphyry and Iamblichus D) Plato and Socrates
A) A library containing only Greek manuscripts B) A manuscript where the original text has been scraped off to allow for new writing C) A commentary on Aristotelian philosophy D) A translation of a Greek text into Latin
A) The preference for Sanskrit B) The decline of the Roman Empire and lack of readers C) A religious ban on the Greek language D) The destruction of all Greek manuscripts
A) Irish monks B) Islamic scholars C) Egyptian scribes D) Roman aristocrats
A) Physics and Metaphysics B) Ethics and Rhetoric C) Poetics and Politics D) De interpretation and Categories
A) Modular arithmetic B) Algebraic equations C) Calculus D) Geometric proofs
A) Religious mandates to prioritize new texts B) The expense and scarcity of writing materials C) A desire to erase history D) A lack of ink
A) The decline of the printing press B) A shift toward Latin-only education in the East C) The rise of the Islamic Empire D) The Mongol invasions
A) Plato's Timaeus B) Boethius's Logic C) Aristotle's Organon D) Averroes's Commentary
A) Hunayn Ibn Ishaq B) Boethius C) Michael Scot D) Marius Victorinus
A) Marius Victorinus B) William of Moerbeke C) Henry Aristippus D) James of Venice
A) Categories B) Posterior Analytics C) On Interpretation D) Metaphysics
A) Politics B) On the Soul C) Physics D) Categories
A) Michael Scot B) Averroes C) Boethius D) James of Venice
A) Corpus Aristotelicum B) recensio nova C) translatio vetus D) translatio nova
A) Phaedo B) Meno C) Timaeus D) The Republic
A) Henry Aristippus B) Averroes C) Marsilio Ficino D) Calcidius
A) The translation by Calcidius B) The translation by Michael Scot C) The translation by James of Venice D) The translation by Boethius
A) 6th century B) 14th century C) 4th century D) 12th century
A) German B) Arabic C) Hebrew D) French
A) The Hundred Years' War B) The Crusades C) The Black Death D) The Great Schism
A) Francesco Filelfo B) Manuel Chrysoloras C) Poggio Bracciolini D) Poliziano
A) Guarino da Verona B) Lorenzo Valla C) George of Trebizond D) Marsilio Ficino
A) Britain B) Armenia C) Spain D) Egypt
A) The Knights Templar B) Pope Nicholas V C) The University of Paris D) The Holy Roman Emperor
A) Manuel Chrysoloras B) Poggio Bracciolini C) Lorenzo Valla D) Poliziano
A) Latin scholarship B) Persian scholarship C) Syriac scholarship D) Arab scholarship
A) Paris, France B) Rome, Italy C) Oxford, England D) Moerbeke, Belgium
A) Jesuit B) Benedictine C) Franciscan D) Dominican
A) 1280–95 B) 1259–72 C) 1200–15 D) 1220–40
A) Aristotle B) Plato C) Socrates D) Homer
A) Proclus' Elementatio Theologica B) Plato's Republic C) The Physics of Proclus D) Aristotle's Metaphysics
A) Albert the Great B) Aristotle C) Pope Urban IV D) Thomas Aquinas
A) Joint memoirs written by them B) A signed contract of translation C) Numerous letters from Aquinas D) No contemporary record
A) 1250–55 B) 1261–65 C) 1270–75 D) 1240–44
A) 1264 B) 1272 C) 1255 D) 1260
A) Shortage of competent translators B) Hostility toward classical learning C) Preference for Sanskrit works D) Lack of available texts
A) Wealthy business patrons B) Religious Caliphs C) Foreign universities D) Byzantine government officials
A) Al-Mansur B) The Umayyad Caliphs C) Anushirvan D) The Byzantine Emperor
A) Baghdad B) Damascus C) Cairo D) Cordoba
A) Al-Mansur B) Harun al-Rashid C) Cyrus the Great D) Anushirvan (Chosroes I)
A) Al-Mansur B) Al-Kindi C) Al-Ma'mun D) Ibn Sina
A) Al-Farabi B) Ibn Sina C) Al-Razi D) Al-Kindi
A) Al-Kindi B) Al-Razi C) Al-Farabi D) Ibn Rushd
A) Averroism B) Zoroastrianism C) Neoplatonism D) Avicennism
A) Constantinople B) Persia C) Alexandria D) Damascus
A) They contradicted Islamic geometry B) They were written in dead languages C) They were viewed as serving political ends D) They were considered too difficult to translate
A) Neoplatonism B) Averroism C) Avicennism D) The House of Wisdom
A) Al-Ghazali B) Al-Farabi C) Al-Kindi D) Ibn Rushd
A) The Center for Greek Humanities B) The Baghdad School of Logic C) The Academy of Alexandria D) Bayt al-Hikma
A) Italy B) France C) Greece D) Spain
A) Ibn Rushd B) Al-Hakam II C) Al-Ghazali D) Ibn Bajjah
A) Averroes B) Al-Ghazali C) Plotinus D) Thomas Aquinas
A) The Translator B) The Philosopher C) The Commentator D) The Neoplatonist
A) Philosophers B) Politicians C) Poets D) Soldiers
A) Avempace B) Averroes C) Plotinus D) Al-Hakam
A) Indifferent B) Suspicious C) Supportive D) Enthusiastic
A) Alcuin B) Boethius C) Raymond de Sauvetât D) Thomas Aquinas
A) Paris B) London C) Constantinople D) Toledo
A) Poetry and art B) Medicine or astronomy C) Politics and law D) Geography and history |
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