1. Epistemological skepticism primarily challenges which of the following assumptions?
A. That belief requires language
B. That knowledge is possible with certainty
C. That reason precedes experience
D. That truth is socially constructed
Answer: B

2. Global skepticism differs from local skepticism in that global skepticism:
A. Targets only moral knowledge
B. Accepts probabilistic beliefs
C. Denies the possibility of any knowledge whatsoever
D. Applies only to scientific claims
Answer: C

3. Local skepticism is best characterized as skepticism about:
A. All domains of knowledge
B. Specific domains of inquiry
C. Only sensory experience
D. Only mathematical truths
Answer: B

4. The core epistemological concern of skepticism relates most directly to:
A. Political authority
B. Aesthetic judgment
C. Justification of belief
D. Linguistic meaning
Answer: C

5. Pyrrho of Elis is historically significant because he:
A. Defended rationalism
B. Founded Stoicism
C. Developed Pyrrhonian skepticism
D. Argued for innate ideas
Answer: C

6. The Pyrrhonian practice of suspending judgment is known as:
A. Ataraxia
B. Epoché
C. Logos
D. Apatheia
Answer: B

7. According to Pyrrhonian skepticism, suspension of judgment leads to:
A. Knowledge
B. Certainty
C. Ataraxia
D. Dogmatism
Answer: C

8. Equipollence in Pyrrhonian skepticism refers to:
A. Logical contradiction
B. Moral neutrality
C. Equal strength of opposing arguments
D. Probable belief
Answer: C

9. Academic skepticism differs from Pyrrhonian skepticism in that it:
A. Suspends all judgment
B. Rejects probability
C. Claims knowledge is impossible
D. Accepts revelation
Answer: C

10. Which philosophical school is associated with Arcesilaus and Carneades?
A. Stoicism
B. Epicureanism
C. Academic skepticism
D. Cynicism
Answer: C