Philosophy Quiz

When we are born (according to Aristotle) our minds are... (choose all that apply)

• Filled with truths we need to unlock or remember

• blank slates

• tabula rasas

• incomplete

The efficient cause

• What something is made of

• The agent that made the thing

• The goal or purpose of the thing

• What the thing is, the "shape" it takes

The formal cause

• What something is made of

• The agent that made the thing

• The goal or purpose of the thing

• What the thing is, the "shape" it takes

The final cause

• What something is made of

• The agent that made the thing

• The goal or purpose of the thing

• What the thing is, the "shape" it takes

The material cause

• What something is made of

• The agent that made the thing

• The goal or purpose of the thing

• What the thing is, the "shape" it takes

Was is a thing's telos?

• The end/purpose it is made for

• Its essence

• Its mystery

• The "blank slate" of a thing that needs to be written on

Which of the following best describe motion?

• Moving from one place to another

• Some with potential moves to actuality

• Some that is actually some way has to move something with potential in order for it to be actualized.

• A thing moves itself

What does Aquinas mean when he says God is the first mover?

• He is pure act

• He made everything with some potential and sets them all in motion

• He is set in motion before everything else

• God has "actualized" all his potential

Which of the following things are absolutely necessary?

• God

• The universe

• Man

• Sin and grace

Which of the following describe hedonism?

• Maximize pleasure

• Human beings make their own meaning

• Always do the thing that has the greatest possible outcome

• Minimize pain