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1. _______ held that the basic stuff from which everything comes cannot be a specific element.

A) Thales
B) Anaximander
C) Anaximenes
D) Thales and Anaximenes
E) Anaximander and Thales
F) Anaximenes and Anaximander
G) All of the above
H) None of the above

2. The birthplace of Greek philosophy was ______ .

A) Athens
B) Delphi
C) Ionia
D) Miletus
E) Athens and Delphi
F) Ionia and Miletus
G) All of the above
H) None of the above

3. _________ is known as the first philopher in western civilization.

A) Homer
B) Hesiod
C) Thales
D) Anaximander
E) Anaximenes
F) Zeus
G) Homer and Hesiod
H) Homer and Zeus
I) None of the above

4. __________ believed air to be the primary substance from which all things came.

A) Thales
B) Anaximander
C) Anaximenes
D) Hesiod
E) Homer
F) Zeus
G) Thales, Anaximenes, and Anaximander
H) None of the above

5. How does Hesiod's depiction of the Greek gods differ from Homer's depiction?

A) Homer depicts the gods as moral beings whereas Hesiod depicts the gods as petty and often cruel.
B) Homer depicts the gods as intrusive and powerful whereas Hesiod depicts the gods as moral.
C) Homer did not believe the gods to be real but Hesiod believed the gods lived at the top of Mount Olympus.
D) Homer believed the gods lived on Mount Olympus but Hesiod believed the gods were not actually real.