Cynicism (philosophy) - Quiz
A) Crates of Thebes B) Zeno of Citium C) Diogenes of Sinope D) Antisthenes
A) Zeno B) Diogenes C) Plato D) Socrates
A) A life of political power B) A life of luxury C) A life of wealth accumulation D) A life of poverty
A) Language, dialogue, and literature B) Military strategy and art C) Science and mathematics D) Ethics and politics
A) He was exiled for his political beliefs B) He was forced to flee by invading forces C) He sought to study under Antisthenes D) He and his father were in trouble for falsifying coinage
A) His actual crime of printing fake money B) His criticism of the Athenian mint C) His rejection of conventional values D) His desire to become a wealthy merchant
A) Marrying a wealthy woman B) Writing complex dialogues C) Sailing to India with Alexander the Great D) Sleeping in a tub
A) Wealth, fame, and political power B) Happiness, knowledge, and virtue C) Self-sufficiency, austerity, and shamelessness D) Logic, rhetoric, and physics
A) He invested it in maritime trade B) He donated it to the city of Athens C) He used it to fund his school D) He renounced it to live a life of poverty
A) A wealthy Athenian socialite B) Hipparchia of Maroneia C) The daughter of Diogenes D) No one, he remained celibate
A) Zeno of Citium B) Antisthenes C) Onesicritus D) Plato
A) Cynicism B) Stoicism C) Platonism D) Skepticism
A) Menippus of Gadara B) Bion of Borysthenes C) Cercidas of Megalopolis D) Onesicritus
A) It disappeared entirely until the modern era B) It merged with Platonism C) It underwent a decline due to the rise of Stoicism D) It became the official philosophy of Athens
A) In the Roman era, first century AD B) In the 4th century BC C) In the 3rd century BC D) Immediately after the death of Crates
A) They obey their lusts as servants obey their masters B) They reject the teachings of the philosophers C) They seek only wealth and status D) They are incapable of self-sufficiency
A) Bion of Borysthenes B) Cercidas C) Teles D) Monimus
A) Wealth accumulation B) Self-sufficiency C) Shamelessness D) Austerity
A) Austerity B) Shamelessness C) Self-sufficiency D) Dialogue
A) Austerity B) Poverty C) Self-sufficiency D) Shamelessness
A) Wolf B) Lion C) Bear D) Dog
A) Zeus B) Apollo C) Socrates D) Heracles
A) Wealth B) Virtue C) Social status D) Fame
A) φύσις B) ἀρετή C) σοφία D) κύων
A) A silk robe B) A crown of gold C) A decorative sword D) A staff
A) Social conventions B) Moral philosophy C) Physical exercise D) Ancient mythology
A) Pythagoreans B) Sophists C) Scythians D) Gymnosophists
A) Sallustius of Emesa. B) Demetrius. C) Demonax. D) Peregrinus Proteus.
A) Antisthenes. B) Demonax. C) Sallustius. D) Demetrius.
A) The Dead Sea Scrolls B) The Nag Hammadi Library C) The Epistle of James D) The Q document
A) Augustine B) Burton L. Mack C) John Dominic Crossan D) Justin Martyr
A) Gadara B) Jerusalem C) Alexandria D) Athens
A) Maximus of Alexandria B) Justin Martyr C) Crescens the Cynic D) Peregrinus Proteus
A) Mendicant B) Philosopher C) Ascetic D) Atheotatous
A) The Roman Papacy B) The Gnostic sects C) The Desert Fathers D) The Byzantine Aristocracy
A) Cynic epistles B) The writings of Diogenes Laërtius C) The orations of Julian the Apostate D) The discourses of Epictetus
A) Hellenists B) Prophets C) Atheists D) Dogs
A) The Egyptian priestly tradition B) The Roman imperial cult C) The Greek mystery religions D) The Jewish prophetic tradition
A) Book I B) Book VI C) Book IV D) Book X |
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