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Submitted for your amusement are some tautological maxims of confusion. Who uttered these riddles?

A multiple-choice quiz by thejazzkickazz. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
thejazzkickazz

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
14,591

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
5

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
2 / 5

Plays
1000

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 5

1. 'Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.' Who said this? Hint

Aeschylus

Hesiod

Theognis

Socrates

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Question 2 of 5

2. 'If I am Sophocles, I am not mad, and if I am mad, I am not Sophocles.' Who stated this odd maxim? Hint

Euripides

Plato

Sophocles

Socrates

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Question 3 of 5

3. 'What is yours is mine, and all mine is yours.' This was uttered by whom? Hint

Socrates

Xanthippe

Zeno

Plautus

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Question 4 of 5

4. 'A god could hardly love and be wise.' Probably a cynic, who delivered this quote? Hint

Socrates

Menander

Aristotle

Publius Syrus

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Question 5 of 5

5. 'To a reasonable creature, that alone is insupportable which is unreasonable but everything reasonable may be supported.' Confusing yet beautiful, this phrase was first stated by whom? Hint

Thales

Plato

Epictectus

Aristotle

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 'Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.' Who said this?

Answer: Aeschylus

2. 'If I am Sophocles, I am not mad, and if I am mad, I am not Sophocles.' Who stated this odd maxim?

Answer: Sophocles

3. 'What is yours is mine, and all mine is yours.' This was uttered by whom?

Answer: Plautus

4. 'A god could hardly love and be wise.' Probably a cynic, who delivered this quote?

Answer: Publius Syrus

5. 'To a reasonable creature, that alone is insupportable which is unreasonable but everything reasonable may be supported.' Confusing yet beautiful, this phrase was first stated by whom?

Answer: Epictectus

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