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