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