History of Ancient Philosophy

The exam will take place on Moodle in the computer lab. It will consist of three parts and the allotted time will be of 90 minutes.

1) The first part consists of 20 multiple choice questions, with the goal of assessing the acquisition of the fundamentals of the history of the discipline and the historiographical problems connected with it. Every correct answer will get a score of 0.5 point for a maximum of 10 points. 7 points is the minimum score required to past this first test (14 correct answers out of 20). Failure to achieve this minimum will determine the end of the exam with the grade "Failed" (F).

2. The second part consists of 5 concepts or terms to be defined appropriately, with a maximum of 80 words. This part has the goal of assessing the comprehension of the fundamental vocabulary and the awareness of the semantic changes that the different concepts have undergone in the historical development of ancient thought. Every answer will receive a score between 0 and 2 point, according to the following scheme: 0 point = completely wrong or no answer; 1 point = partially correct answer or answer expressed only in a partially appropriate way; 2 points = answer correct and appropriately expressed.

3) The third part consists of two open questions on the themes and texts discussed in class. Students are required to answer with a maximum of 200 words. This third part has the goal of assessing the capacity of discussing the most relevant themes of the course or commenting on the texts studied in class Every answer ill receive a score between 0 and 6 according to the following scheme: 0 = completely wrong answer, or no answer; 1 point = insufficient answer, or answer largely inadequate; 2 points = barely sufficient answer or superficially argued answer; 3 points = sufficient answer and barely sufficient argued; 4 points = good and correctly argued answer; 5 points = very good answer, showing rigor both with respect to the lexicon and the argument; 6 points = excellent answer, showing full awareness of the theme and topic under discussion with an excellent critical capacity in the filed of history of ancient philosophy.

Please note that two outstanding answers in the third part allow the student to compensate for four inadequate or wrong answers in the first part. The final grade, expressed on a 30/30basis, consists in the sum of the scores from the three parts. if the score exceeds 30, the student will recvceie full mark with distinction (cum laude)