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Philosophy 1 Diagnostic Test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
Date
1.

Philosophy came from two (2) Greek words which are _________ & __________.

a)

philo, sophein

b)

philos, sophos

c)

philein, sophia

d)

philein, sophos

2.

Which philosopher claimed that everything came from water?

a)

Heraclitus

b)

Thrasymachus

c)

Thales

d)

Zeno

3.

Philosophy literally means __________.

a)

study of wisdom

b)

love of knowledge

c)

study of knowledge

d)

love of wisdom

4.

Which of the following is not a branch of Philosophy?

a)

Language

b)

Aesthetics

c)

Logics

d)

Ethics

5.

Which philosopher is considered as the gadfly of Athens?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Socrates

c)

Plato

d)

Protagoras

6.

Which branch of Philosophy is concerned about the study of knowledge?

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Ethics

c)

Logic

d)

Epistemology

7.

What is the metaphor used by Plato to illustrate one's journey in the pursuit of knowledge?

a)

Allegory of the Prisoner

b)

Allegory of the Cave

c)

Metaphor of the Flame

d)

Metaphor of Enlightenment

8.

According to Aristotle, it is the greatest good in which everything is aimed at.

a)

telos

b)

elenchus

c)

eudaimonia

d)

arete

9.

What do you call the method used by Socrates in furthering one's knowledge?

a)

Symposium

b)

Dialogue

c)

Forum

d)

Self-reflection

10.

Who is the philosopher who mainly influenced Saint Augustine’s thought and faith?

a)

Plato

b)

Protagoras

c)

Aristotle

d)

Socrates

11.

Who is the philosopher who mainly influenced Saint Thomas Aquinas' thought and faith?

a)

Plato

b)

Protagoras

c)

Aristotle

d)

Socrates

12.

According to Thomas Hobbes, human nature is originally ________.

a)

good

b)

evil

c)

satisfying

d)

NOTA

13.

Who is the political philosopher who thought that it is better to be feared than loved?

a)

Jean Jacques Rousseau

b)

Rene Descartes

c)

Bertrand Russell

d)

Niccolo Machiavelli

14.

According to Anaximander, what is the primary substance from which everything came from?

a)

fire

b)

air

c)

infinite

d)

water

15.

He said that goodness depends on the happiness of the greatest number of people.

a)

Jeremy Bentham

b)

Immanuel Kant

c)

Friedrich Nietzsche

d)

Karl Marx

16.

The term used by Nietzsche to refer to a value-creating individual and a master of morality.

a)

Ubermensch

b)

Philosopher-king

c)

Daimon

d)

Logos

17.

Cogito ergo sum means __________________.

a)

God is with us.

b)

Liberty is freedom.

c)

I am what I think.

d)

I think therefore I am.

18.

Which of these is a deontologist and is famous for the formulation of categorical imperatives?

a)

Immanuel Kant

b)

David Hume

c)

Soren Kierkegaard

d)

NOTA

19.

She is a feminist philosopher who based inequality among sexes to education.She is a feminist philosopher who based inequality among sexes to education.

a)

Mary Wollstonecraft

b)

Nel Noddings

c)

Virgina Woolf

d)

Hannah Arendt

20.

The philosopher who said that we no longer need a divine being and thus God is dead.

a)

Friedrich Nietzsche

b)

Soren Kierkegaard

c)

Ludwig Wittgenstein

d)

Jean Paul Sartre