Averroes by George F. Hourani

1. What is Averroes best known for?

A) His poetry
B) His political theories
C) His legal reforms
D) His commentaries on Aristotle

2. In which century did Averroes live?

A) 16th century
B) 12th century
C) 14th century
D) 10th century

3. Averroes wrote primarily in which language?

A) Hebrew
B) Greek
C) Arabic
D) Latin

4. Which idea did Averroes refute in his works?

A) The concept of the soul
B) The nature of matter
C) The eternity of the world
D) The existence of God

5. What philosophical approach did Averroes advocate?

A) Platonism
B) Skepticism
C) Aristotelianism
D) Stoicism

6. Where was Averroes from?

A) Lisbon, Portugal
B) Cairo, Egypt
C) Cordoba, Spain
D) Baghdad, Iraq

7. What influential work did Averroes produce?

A) The Book of Healing
B) The Guide for the Perplexed
C) The Revival of the Religious Sciences
D) The Incoherence of the Incoherence

8. What legacy did Averroes leave behind?

A) Influencing both Islamic and Western thought
B) Promoting anti-intellectualism
C) Creating divisions among scholars
D) Fostering isolation in philosophy

9. Averroes' thought was largely shaped by which earlier philosopher?

A) Plato
B) Socrates
C) Aristotle
D) Plotinus

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