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11.

Which is not one of the categories of Aristotle's ponderance?

A.	Logic	B.	An Immortal Soul
C.	Women	D.	Ethics

12.

What did Aristotle see as the sentral tension in ethical decisions?

A.	Continence	B.	Desire
C.	Ignorance	D.	Complacence

13.

What are the two imperishable entities?

A.	Motion and space	B.	Space and time
C.	Mtion and time	D.	Fire and water

14.

Which nephew of Aristotle was executed by Alexander?

A.	Hermeias	B.	Callisthenes
C.	Xenocrates	D.	Speusippus

15.

In which year Aristotle died?

A.	322 B.C.	B.	321 B.C.
C.	320 B.C.	D.	318 B.C.

16.

Which is not a reason that Aristotle thought that women were 'unfinished men'?

A.	Women are passive and receptive	B.	Women only contribute 'substance'
C.	Children receive only male characteristics	D.	Women have little appreciation for the arts and sciences

17.

Whose niece did Aristotle marry?

A.	Callisthenes'	B.	Hermeias's
C.	Alexander's	D.	Plato's

18.

What is the final cause of rainfall according to Aristotle?

A.	It rains so plants and creatures can survive	B.	It rains because it is water's nature to fall
C.	It rains because there is moisture in the air	D.	It rains because moisture cools

19.

The Poetics deals primarily with what genre?

A.	Epic	B.	Comedy
C.	Tragedy	D.	Lyric Poetry

20.

What two works are considered preliminary to Aristotle's logical treatises?

A.	Categories and Philosophy	B.	Protrepticus and Philosophy
C.	Categories and On interpretation	D.	Protrepticus and On interpretation