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Ship of Theseus - Quiz
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  • 1. What percentage of the original 1797 USS Constitution is estimated to remain?
A) Sixty percent
B) Eight percent
C) Zero percent
D) Twenty 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) Hull
C) Charles Joseph Bonaparte
D) The museum's curator
  • 3. What is the threshold set by the Antique and Classic Boat Society for a boat to be considered preserved?
A) Sixty percent of original deck and topsides
B) Thirty percent of the original wood
C) Fifty percent of the hull
D) Eighty percent of total mass
  • 4. How does the Antique and Classic Boat Society classify the current USS Constitution?
A) As an original vessel
B) As a modern replica
C) As Old Ironsides, not a replica
D) As a completely new ship
  • 5. How often is the deep-submergence vehicle Alvin disassembled?
A) Every year
B) Every 3-5 years
C) Every 20 years
D) Every 10 years
  • 6. What is the state of the components of the Alvin after its regular maintenance?
A) None of the parts are original
B) Every component has been changed at least once
C) The main hull is never replaced
D) Only the electronics are replaced
  • 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) Salvaged wood from the old shrine
B) Imported lumber
C) Metal and synthetic materials
D) An adjoining sacred forest
  • 9. What provides the continuity for the Ise Grand Shrine according to the text?
A) The spiritual source of the wood
B) The architects who design it
C) The use of original metal fasteners
D) The physical structure remaining the same
  • 10. Which vessel is mentioned as having less than ten percent of its original material remaining?
A) Ise Grand Shrine
B) Guerriere
C) USS Constitution
D) Alvin
  • 11. Which philosopher proposed the theory of temporal parts?
A) David Lewis
B) Noam Chomsky
C) Theseus
D) John Locke
  • 12. According to cognitive science, why does the Ship of Theseus puzzle arise?
A) Historical misinformation
B) Biological evolution
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) Language is not a natural science
C) Human minds are incapable of logic
D) Human intuition is often mistaken
  • 15. From the perspective of cognitive science, what does the puzzle reveal?
A) The history of shipbuilding
B) The absolute truth of the material world
C) The physical nature of ships
D) How the human mind operates
  • 16. Who is the Greek biographer that described the Ship of Theseus paradox?
A) Demetrius Phalereus
B) Thomas Hobbes
C) Socrates
D) Plutarch
  • 17. Which English philosopher expanded the paradox by introducing a second ship made of old parts?
A) Thomas Hobbes
B) John Locke
C) Demetrius Phalereus
D) Plutarch
  • 18. In what year was Thomas Hobbes's 'De Corpore' published?
A) 1655
B) 1755
C) 1565
D) 1600
  • 19. What mythical creature did Theseus slay before returning on the ship?
A) The Minotaur
B) The Chimera
C) The Medusa
D) The Hydra
  • 20. How many oars did the ship of Theseus have according to Plutarch?
A) Thirty
B) Forty
C) Fifty
D) Twenty
  • 21. According to Hobbes, if a ship is built from all the original discarded parts, it is considered the same based on what?
A) Matter
B) Age
C) Form
D) Function
  • 22. What does the ship that maintains the same structure despite replaced parts represent?
A) Matter
B) The original planks
C) The Minotaur
D) Form
  • 23. What is another name for the Ship of Theseus paradox?
A) Theseus's Paradox
B) The Hobbesian Puzzle
C) The Minotaur's Voyage
D) The Athenian Dilemma
  • 24. Who preserved the ship of Theseus for an extended period?
A) The Romans
B) The Athenians
C) The Spartans
D) The Minotaur's followers
  • 25. What is the Hungarian variant of the knife story called?
A) The family knife.
B) Trigger's knife.
C) Lajos Kossuth's pocket knife.
D) Jeannot's knife.
  • 26. In the American version of the axe story, whose axe does the museum claim to own?
A) Jason.
B) George Washington.
C) Theseus.
D) Abraham Lincoln.
  • 27. Which sitcom character is associated with the broom story in Britain?
A) Boycie.
B) Rodney.
C) Trigger.
D) Del Boy.
  • 28. In Roland Barthes' work, what is the name of the ship he describes?
A) The Theseus.
B) The Argo.
C) The Cretan.
D) The Jason.
  • 29. What philosophical principle does Roland Barthes associate with the persistence of the ship's form?
A) Nihilist principle.
B) Existentialist principle.
C) Utilitarian principle.
D) Structuralist principle.
  • 30. Who famously asserted that logical primitives have a multitude of different uses?
A) Roland Barthes.
B) Kate and Ernest.
C) Plutarch.
D) Hilary Putnam.
  • 31. How many times had the handle of the axe in the American museum story been replaced?
A) Two.
B) Three.
C) Seventeen.
D) Fourteen.
  • 32. What is the Spanish version of the knife story typically called?
A) The royal cutter.
B) The Spanish blade.
C) The family knife.
D) The Aragon knife.
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