Ancient Greek Medicine Exam #3 (MC) Newest
2026 Questions and Correct Detailed Answers
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True or False, the Hippocratic Epidemics contain disease narratives which are
chronological accounts of the changes in the weather in respect to the seasons
and their effects on a given group of people.
* True
* False - CORRECT ANSWER-True
In Acute and Chronic Diseases, Aurelianus suggests that incubus is a forerunner of
epilepsy, is not a disease unless it occurs continually, it is a result of continuous
intoxication/ indigestion, and that, though serious, it is never fatal
* True
* False - CORRECT ANSWER-False
In Hubbard's chapter about homosexuality in the later Greco-Roman world, which
of the following statements is true regarding homosexuality?
,* The Stoics argue that homosexuality is a disruption of the natural order
* Caelius Aurelianus adopts a negative and Stoic view of homosexuality, which he
sees as a disease of the mind rather than of the body, not something that can be
blamed on nature.
* The perception of homosexuality was that it is something fixed and incurable
* In the 2nd and 3rd centuries, Greek romance glorified heterosexual marriage,
but the hero/heroine typically faces sexual threats or temptations; the works
reveal a heterosexual norm contrasted with a homosexual "alternative."
* All of the above. - CORRECT ANSWER-All of the above
According to Rosenburg's text, which of the following is FALSE concerning the
social function of diagnosis?
* Diagnosis is a mode of communication between the physician and patient which
facilitates particular clinic decisions and providing culturally agreed upon
meanings for individual experience.
* Even an absence of diagnosis can shape expectations and becomes part of a
necessarily altered narrative.
* Diagnosis is a bureaucratic and emotional necessity, for records,
reimbursements, and the coordination of complex intra-professional
relationships.
, * Diagnosis does not play a role in society beyond determining the disease and
leading up to a course of treatment.
* None of these answers are false - CORRECT ANSWER-Diagnosis does not play
a role in society beyond determining the disease and leading up to a course of
treatment.
Which of the following is FALSE concerning Aurelianus' discussion of
hydrophobia?
* Hydrophobia was considered by some Dogmatist physicians to be a new disease
* Hydrophobia was considered to be a curable disease
* Ancient physicians recognized that hydrophobia was transmitted to person by
the bite of a rabid dog
* Hydrophobia was the agreed upon term for this disease, and therefore, there
was a consensus as to the cause and treatment of this disease - CORRECT
ANSWER-Hydrophobia was the agreed upon term for this disease, and therefore,
there was a consensus as to the cause and treatment of this disease
According to Aurelianus' text, what is stated about the disease state of flux
[catarrh]?
2026 Questions and Correct Detailed Answers
Already Graded A+
True or False, the Hippocratic Epidemics contain disease narratives which are
chronological accounts of the changes in the weather in respect to the seasons
and their effects on a given group of people.
* True
* False - CORRECT ANSWER-True
In Acute and Chronic Diseases, Aurelianus suggests that incubus is a forerunner of
epilepsy, is not a disease unless it occurs continually, it is a result of continuous
intoxication/ indigestion, and that, though serious, it is never fatal
* True
* False - CORRECT ANSWER-False
In Hubbard's chapter about homosexuality in the later Greco-Roman world, which
of the following statements is true regarding homosexuality?
,* The Stoics argue that homosexuality is a disruption of the natural order
* Caelius Aurelianus adopts a negative and Stoic view of homosexuality, which he
sees as a disease of the mind rather than of the body, not something that can be
blamed on nature.
* The perception of homosexuality was that it is something fixed and incurable
* In the 2nd and 3rd centuries, Greek romance glorified heterosexual marriage,
but the hero/heroine typically faces sexual threats or temptations; the works
reveal a heterosexual norm contrasted with a homosexual "alternative."
* All of the above. - CORRECT ANSWER-All of the above
According to Rosenburg's text, which of the following is FALSE concerning the
social function of diagnosis?
* Diagnosis is a mode of communication between the physician and patient which
facilitates particular clinic decisions and providing culturally agreed upon
meanings for individual experience.
* Even an absence of diagnosis can shape expectations and becomes part of a
necessarily altered narrative.
* Diagnosis is a bureaucratic and emotional necessity, for records,
reimbursements, and the coordination of complex intra-professional
relationships.
, * Diagnosis does not play a role in society beyond determining the disease and
leading up to a course of treatment.
* None of these answers are false - CORRECT ANSWER-Diagnosis does not play
a role in society beyond determining the disease and leading up to a course of
treatment.
Which of the following is FALSE concerning Aurelianus' discussion of
hydrophobia?
* Hydrophobia was considered by some Dogmatist physicians to be a new disease
* Hydrophobia was considered to be a curable disease
* Ancient physicians recognized that hydrophobia was transmitted to person by
the bite of a rabid dog
* Hydrophobia was the agreed upon term for this disease, and therefore, there
was a consensus as to the cause and treatment of this disease - CORRECT
ANSWER-Hydrophobia was the agreed upon term for this disease, and therefore,
there was a consensus as to the cause and treatment of this disease
According to Aurelianus' text, what is stated about the disease state of flux
[catarrh]?
