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De Anima by Aristotle - Test
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  • 1. What is the primary subject matter of Aristotle's 'De Anima'?
A) Political governance
B) The nature of the soul
C) The structure of the universe
D) Ethical virtues
  • 2. Which faculty of the soul is unique to human beings according to Aristotle?
A) Rational thought
B) Locomotion
C) Nutrition
D) Perception
  • 3. What are the three types of souls Aristotle identifies?
A) Mortal, immortal, divine
B) Vegetative, sensitive, rational
C) Physical, mental, spiritual
D) Animal, human, angelic
  • 4. Which faculty is shared by all living things according to Aristotle?
A) Rational soul
B) Imaginative soul
C) Sensitive soul
D) Nutritive soul
  • 5. What does Aristotle call the faculty that receives sensory information?
A) Rational soul
B) Common sense
C) Sensitive soul
D) Vegetative soul
  • 6. According to Aristotle, what is the relationship between perception and the perceived object?
A) Perception receives the form without matter
B) Perception distorts reality
C) Perception is identical to the object
D) Perception creates the object
  • 7. What is the 'active intellect' according to Aristotle?
A) The part that makes potential knowledge actual
B) The emotional center
C) The sensory apparatus
D) The physical brain
  • 8. How does Aristotle define the soul?
A) A material substance
B) A psychological state
C) A supernatural entity
D) The first actuality of a natural body with organs
  • 9. What is the 'passive intellect'?
A) The unconscious mind
B) The emotional responses
C) The sensory organs
D) The capacity to receive forms
  • 10. How does Aristotle describe imagination?
A) A random mental event
B) A divine inspiration
C) A movement resulting from actual perception
D) A form of dreaming
  • 11. What does Aristotle mean by 'potentiality' and 'actuality'?
A) Good vs. evil
B) Temporary vs. permanent
C) Physical vs. mental
D) Capacity to become vs. realized state
  • 12. How does Aristotle distinguish between different types of perception?
A) By emotional content
B) By proper, common, and incidental objects
C) By accuracy levels
D) By sensory organs used
  • 13. What role does the heart play in Aristotle's psychology?
A) An unimportant organ
B) The source of blood flow only
C) The central organ of sensation
D) The seat of rational thought
  • 14. Which type of change does perception involve according to Aristotle?
A) Qualitative change
B) Quantitative change
C) Local motion
D) Substantial change
  • 15. What is the object of desire according to Aristotle's psychology?
A) The apparent good
B) Material wealth
C) Social status
D) Physical pleasure
  • 16. What is the relationship between soul faculties for Aristotle?
A) Higher faculties include lower ones
B) They are completely separate
C) They conflict with each other
D) Lower faculties control higher ones
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