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1. Alexander the Great was king of Spain. True or False

2. Who was Alexander’s father? ______

3. Who was Alexander’s mother? ______

4. What year did the battle of Issus occur? ______

5. Alexander founded Alexandria, Egypt in 332 B.C. True or False

6. Alexander defeated Darius and the Persians at the battle of ______in October 1, 331 B.C.

7. Alexander never crossed the Indus River. True or False

8. Alexander married Roxana, a Persian wife. True or False

9. Aristotle was Alexander’s tutor. True or False

10. Alexander was a murderer. True or False

11. Olympias taught Alexander to do good and trust in God. True or False

12. How did Philip II die? ______

13. Aristotle was a Greek philosopher around 384-322 B.C. True or False

14. Aristotle studied at Plato’s Academy for about 20 years. True or False

15. Aristotle wrote a summary of the doctrines of . True or False

16. For Aristotle, ______was a study of the soul.

17. Aristotle’s works also influenced the Islamic world. True or False

18. Peripatetics were students of Aristotle who walked about while teaching. True or False

19. Plato was a disciple of ______

20. Who founded the Academy in Athens? ______

21. At the heart of Plato’s philosophy is his theory of forms, or ______

22. Plato’s major political work is the ______.

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23. Platonic ideas have had a crucial role in the development of Christian theology. True or False

24. Plato’s Academy was full of pagan teachings. True or False

25. Socrates influenced Plato. True or False

26. Socrates was influenced by the ______philosophers and the Sophists.

27. Sophists was the name applied to the Seven Wise Men of Bethlehem. True or False

28. Who was the goddess of corn and the harvest? ______

29. Orphism is a mystic cult of . True or False

30. Mysteries were secret rites and ceremonies connected with various religious worships of ancient Greece and Rome. True or False

31. Pythagoras’ doctrines strongly influenced Plato. True or False

32. Pythagoras was instructed in the teachings of what three early Ionian philosophers? A.______B. ______C. ______

33. Name the Seven Wise Men of Greece. 1.______2. ______3. ______4. ______5. ______6. ______7. ______

34. Matching:

____ of Athens A. ____ B. Forethought in all things ____ C. Nothing in excess ____ Bias of D. Know thine opportunity ____ of Lindos E. To bring surety brings ruin ____ Pittacus of Mytylene F. Too many workers spoil the work ____ of Corinth G. All moderation is impeccable

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35. Thales was the founder of Greek philosophy. True or False

36. Thales left many writings concerning astronomy. True or False

37. Thales was exposed to Egyptian mythology, astronomy, and mathematics. True or False

38. Thales believed that the transcendental god expresses himself through gods. True or False

39. Thales died by being burned alive. True or False

40. Thales believed that God created all things from water. True or False

41. What does eureka mean? ______.

42. Thales set the seasons of the year and divided the year into 365 days. True or False

43. The Greeks had oral and written traditions handed down to them from the 7 Sages. True or False

44. Who is accredited with introducing the sundial into Greece? ______

45. Who said “Nothing in excess.”? ______

46. Who sent young boys from Corcyra to Lydia to be castrated? ______

47. Xenophon was a disciple of Socrates. True or False

48. ______is usually one of the first books read by modern students of Greek.

49. The gods of Egypt took control of the mind of Alexander the Great. True or False

50. Later philosophers attempted to fuse the doctrines of Christianity with the ideals of Greek philosophy. True or False

51. Who founded the Library in Alexandria, Egypt? ______

52. It has been said that Aristotle’s personal library formed the initial collection of the Library at Alexandria. True or False

53. Aristarchus of Samothrace was a poet who worked at the Alexandrian Library. True or False

54. Callimachus is best known for his short ______and ______

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55. Who was the first superintendent of the Library of Alexandria? ______

56. Plotinus is considered the father of Neoplatonism. True or False

57. Plotinus studied at the Library in Alexandria. True or False

58. St. Augustine was influenced by Neoplatonism. True or False

59. Where was Philo Judaeus born? ______

60. What is theocrasia? ______

61. St. Paul was well versed in the Hellenic theologies of Alexandria. True or False

62. St. Paul studied at the Library in Alexandria. True or False

63. St. Paul never believed in a Trinity. True or False

64. St. Paul came face to face with Grecian philosophy at Athens. True or False

65. The people of Athens accepted St. Paul’ apostolic teachings. True or False

66. The early Christians of Rome were called atheists. True or False

67. St. Peter was the first pope and was killed in Rome. True or False

68. What year was Jerusalem destroyed? ______

69. The Alexandrian cults and Christian thought were fused together at Alexandria. True or False

70. Great scholars of Islam came to the Library at Alexandria, Egypt. True or False

71. Athanasius was born in Athens, Greece. True or False

72. The Syrian family of manuscripts originated at Antioch. True or False

73. Alexandrian philosophers altered the Scriptures and doctrines of St. Paul. True or False

74. Origen was a Bible critic. True or False

75. Who produced the Hexapla? ______

76. Constantine ordered his Bibles from St. Paul. True or False

77. The Council of Nicaea took place in ______A.D.

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78. Many rejected the doctrine of the Trinity at the Council of Nicaea. True or False

79. H.G. Wells calls the Trinity a mystery. True or False

80. The Catholic Church tried to burn all the Scriptures the Apostles had produced. True or False

81. The Trinity doctrine is attributed to Athanasius, a student of Alexandria, Egypt. True or False

82. The Western world has swallowed Grecian philosophy and puts it forth as modern philosophy. True or False