Ship of Theseus

Ship of Theseus - Quiz

1. What percentage of the original 1797 USS Constitution is estimated to remain?

A) Twenty percent
B) Zero percent
C) Sixty percent
D) Eight percent

2. Who stated in 1905 that the USS Constitution was not the vessel that captured the Guerriere?

A) The Antique and Classic Boat Society
B) The museum's curator
C) Charles Joseph Bonaparte
D) Hull

3. What is the threshold set by the Antique and Classic Boat Society for a boat to be considered preserved?

A) Fifty percent of the hull
B) Eighty percent of total mass
C) Thirty percent of the original wood
D) Sixty percent of original deck and topsides

4. How does the Antique and Classic Boat Society classify the current USS Constitution?

A) As an original vessel
B) As Old Ironsides, not a replica
C) As a modern replica
D) As a completely new ship

5. How often is the deep-submergence vehicle Alvin disassembled?

A) Every 10 years
B) Every year
C) Every 3-5 years
D) Every 20 years

6. What is the state of the components of the Alvin after its regular maintenance?

A) Only the electronics are replaced
B) Every component has been changed at least once
C) The main hull is never replaced
D) None of the parts are original

7. How often is the Ise Grand Shrine in Japan rebuilt?

A) Every twenty years
B) Every fifty years
C) Every century
D) Every 3-5 years

8. What is the material source for the new wood used in the Ise Grand Shrine?

A) Metal and synthetic materials
B) Imported lumber
C) Salvaged wood from the old shrine
D) An adjoining sacred forest

9. What provides the continuity for the Ise Grand Shrine according to the text?

A) The physical structure remaining the same
B) The architects who design it
C) The spiritual source of the wood
D) The use of original metal fasteners

10. Which vessel is mentioned as having less than ten percent of its original material remaining?

A) Ise Grand Shrine
B) Alvin
C) Guerriere
D) USS Constitution

11. Which philosopher proposed the theory of temporal parts?

A) David Lewis
B) Noam Chomsky
C) John Locke
D) Theseus

12. According to cognitive science, why does the Ship of Theseus puzzle arise?

A) Biological evolution
B) Historical misinformation
C) Extreme externalism
D) Mathematical error

13. What is extreme externalism?

A) The study of external physical environments
B) The theory that only external parts define an object
C) The belief that objects exist independently of our perception
D) The assumption that what is true in our minds holds true in the world

14. According to Noam Chomsky, why is the assumption of extreme externalism flawed?

A) The world does not exist
B) Human minds are incapable of logic
C) Language is not a natural science
D) Human intuition is often mistaken

15. From the perspective of cognitive science, what does the puzzle reveal?

A) The physical nature of ships
B) The history of shipbuilding
C) How the human mind operates
D) The absolute truth of the material world

16. Who is the Greek biographer that described the Ship of Theseus paradox?

A) Thomas Hobbes
B) Demetrius Phalereus
C) Socrates
D) Plutarch

17. Which English philosopher expanded the paradox by introducing a second ship made of old parts?

A) Demetrius Phalereus
B) John Locke
C) Thomas Hobbes
D) Plutarch

18. In what year was Thomas Hobbes's 'De Corpore' published?

A) 1600
B) 1565
C) 1755
D) 1655

19. What mythical creature did Theseus slay before returning on the ship?

A) The Hydra
B) The Minotaur
C) The Medusa
D) The Chimera

20. How many oars did the ship of Theseus have according to Plutarch?

A) Twenty
B) Fifty
C) Forty
D) Thirty

21. According to Hobbes, if a ship is built from all the original discarded parts, it is considered the same based on what?

A) Age
B) Function
C) Matter
D) Form

22. What does the ship that maintains the same structure despite replaced parts represent?

A) Matter
B) The Minotaur
C) Form
D) The original planks

23. What is another name for the Ship of Theseus paradox?

A) Theseus's Paradox
B) The Athenian Dilemma
C) The Hobbesian Puzzle
D) The Minotaur's Voyage

24. Who preserved the ship of Theseus for an extended period?

A) The Romans
B) The Athenians
C) The Minotaur's followers
D) The Spartans

25. What is the Hungarian variant of the knife story called?

A) Trigger's knife.
B) The family knife.
C) Jeannot's knife.
D) Lajos Kossuth's pocket knife.

26. In the American version of the axe story, whose axe does the museum claim to own?

A) George Washington.
B) Abraham Lincoln.
C) Jason.
D) Theseus.

27. Which sitcom character is associated with the broom story in Britain?

A) Trigger.
B) Boycie.
C) Rodney.
D) Del Boy.

28. In Roland Barthes' work, what is the name of the ship he describes?

A) The Jason.
B) The Theseus.
C) The Argo.
D) The Cretan.

29. What philosophical principle does Roland Barthes associate with the persistence of the ship's form?

A) Utilitarian principle.
B) Existentialist principle.
C) Structuralist principle.
D) Nihilist principle.

30. Who famously asserted that logical primitives have a multitude of different uses?

A) Roland Barthes.
B) Kate and Ernest.
C) Hilary Putnam.
D) Plutarch.

31. How many times had the handle of the axe in the American museum story been replaced?

A) Three.
B) Seventeen.
C) Two.
D) Fourteen.

32. What is the Spanish version of the knife story typically called?

A) The royal cutter.
B) The Spanish blade.
C) The Aragon knife.
D) The family knife.

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