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philosophy

Total questions: 59

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who founded the psychoanalysis movement?
a)
Freud
b)
Jung
c)
Swinburne
d)
HUme
2.
Freud described religion as a 
a)
'method of collective unconscious'
b)
'universal obsessional neurosis'
c)
'being based on childhood trauma'
d)
'an example of instinctual impulses'
3.
Which theory of Freud's explains the origins of the Father complex?
a)
Obsessional Neurosis
b)
Primal Horde
c)
Oedipus Complex
d)
Wish Fulfilment
4.
What term did Jung give to mythical / religious figures that link to primordial images?
a)
Psyche Images
b)
Personal Unconscious
c)
Collective Unconscious
d)
Archetypes
5.
Which of the following is not one of the main archetypes?
a)
Persona
b)
Shadow
c)
Anima / Animus
d)
Wise Old Woman
6.
Jung called moving towards the achievement of the self . . .
a)
Eucharist
b)
Personal Unconscious
c)
Individuation
d)
Primordia
7.
Which religious symbol best represents an individual's journey to self consciousness?
a)
Mandala
b)
Aum
c)
Star of David
d)
Tefillin
8.
Which 'age' is seen as important in the development of atheism?
a)
Industry
b)
Revolution
c)
Enlightenment
d)
Reality
9.
Which countries have been classed as officially atheist?
a)
Indonesia & China
b)
France & Russia
c)
Russia & China
d)
Argentina & Russia
10.
Who coined the term 'new atheism'
a)
Richard Dawkins
b)
Alister McGrath
c)
Christopher Hitchens
d)
Charles Darwin
11.
'_________' atheism is where both the atheist and theist give reasons to defend their belief.
a)
Negative
b)
Positive
c)
Protest
d)
New
12.
The idea that it is impossible to know whether or not God exists is...
a)
Strong agnosticism
b)
Weak agnositicism
13.
A belief that claims to be an objective fact is
a)
belief that
b)
belief in
c)
belief about
d)
belief who
14.
Which Islamic festival celebrates when the Qur'an was revealed to Muhammad?
a)
Eid Ul-Fitr
b)
Eid Ul-Adha
c)
Ramadan
d)
Ashura
15.
Which is not a 'value for the community' impact of religious experience?
a)
Affirmation of belief system
b)
Promotion of faith value system
c)
Greater sense of unity
d)
Strengthening faith in face of opposition
16.
How many kinds of miracle did Aquinas distinguish?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
5
17.
Which book contains Hume's famous definition of a miracle?
a)
An investigation into miracles
b)
Varieties of Religious Experience
c)
Rejection of Religious Belief
d)
Enquiry concerning Human Understanding
18.
What analogy did Holland use to explain his view on miracles?
a)
Car
b)
Prisoner
c)
Train
d)
Charm
19.
What type of miracle is 'a remarkable and beneficial coincidence that is interpreted in a religious fashion.'
a)
Unnatural
b)
Natural
c)
Contingency
d)
Probability
20.
During which Christian festival do worshippers deprive themselves of something for 40 days and 40 nights, in order to develop a relationship with God.
a)
Advent
b)
Easter
c)
Lent
d)
Ascension
21.

Which philosopher is best known for his statement cogito ergo sum?

a)

Rene Discartes

b)

Plato

c)

Socrates

d)

Jean- Paul Sarte

22.

According to Plato, what is knowledge?

a)

A justified true belief

b)

There is no such thing as true knowledge

c)

Opinion

d)

That which can be proven

23.

Thomas Aquinas’s cosmological arguments argue for…

a)

The existence of God

b)

Nihilism

c)

The existence of other intelligent life

d)

The existence of knowledge

24.

Philosophy comes from the Greek philosophia, meaning what?

a)

Lover of philosophy

b)

Love of wisdom

c)

Love of soapboxes

d)

Lover of questions

25.

Which branch of philosophy is primarily concerned with the question of being?

a)

Platonism

b)

Existentialism

c)

Marxism

d)

Humanism

26.

Who is widely known as the first existentialist, despite never having used the word existentialism?

a)

Søren Kierkegaard

b)

Alan Watts

c)

Hannah Arendt

d)

Jean-Paul Sartre

27.

Transcendental idealism argues that…

a)

God is the ideal human

b)

There is an afterlife

c)

Our experience is based on our perceptions

d)

Knowledge has foundations

28.

What does tabula rasa mean?

a)

Red tablet

b)

New knowledge

c)

Rise tomorrow

d)

Clean slate

29.

The allegory of the cave argues what?

a)

We are born with infinite knowledge.

b)

There is value in ignorance.

c)

Perceptions are sources of absolute knowledge.

d)

Our perceptions may not be accurate.

30.

Plato was a student to which philosopher?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Xenophon

c)

Socrates

d)

Thomas Aquinas

31.

What is a Slippery Slope?

a)

Its an Unreliable form or reasoning as it isn’t and informal fallacy

b)

It’s a reliable form or reasoning as it is a informal fallacy

c)

It’s an unreliable form or reasonings as it a formal fallacy

32.

Which argument is sound?

a)

All Reptiles are cold blooded

lizards are reptiles

so lizards are cold blooded

b)

All Moons are squared

my book is square

my book is a moon

33.

What type of sentence can use do for philosophical Arguments?

a)

Command

b)

Questions

c)

Expression of Emotion

d)

Statement

34.

Which of these is a deductively example?

a)

Jupiter is Round

Jupiter is a planet

So all planets are round

b)

All planets are round

Jupiter is Round

So Jupiter’s a Planet

35.

Which of these is a statement?

a)

Get over here!

b)

I’m over there

c)

Can you come over?

36.

Philosophy comes from the Greek philosophia, meaning what?

a)

Lover of philosophy

b)

Love of wisdom

c)

Love of soapboxes

d)

Lover of questions

37.
What is the study of good reasoning?
a)
Logic
b)
Ethics 
c)
Metaphysics 
d)
Epistemology
38.
What is the study of the right, the good, and the valuable?
a)
Ethics 
b)
Logic 
c)
Epistemology 
d)
Metaphysics 
39.
What is study of nature, scope of knowledge, and belief?
a)
Ethics 
b)
Logic 
c)
Epistemology
d)
Metaphysics
40.
What is the theory of reality and physics?
a)
Ethics  
b)
Metaphysics
c)
 Epistemology
d)
 Logic
41.
I am a philosopher who believed in democracy so much that I drank poison when sentenced to death by my fellow Athenians.
a)
Plato
b)
Socrates
c)
Voltaire
d)
Aristotle
42.
I believe that a very good type of government is one ruled by an educated middle class.
a)
Voltaire
b)
Aristotle
c)
Mary Wollstonecraft
d)
Thomas Hobbes
43.
I am a Greek philosopher who believes that the best ruler would be a philosopher-king, a king who is wise.
a)
Baron de Montesquieu
b)
Jean Jacques Rousseau
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
Plato
44.
Who was the philosopher that taught by asking questions?
a)
Plato
b)
Socrates
c)
Aristotle
d)
Alexander
45.
Who was the philosopher that taught by asking questions?
a)
Plato
b)
Socrates
c)
Aristotle
d)
Alexander
46.
Which philosopher was a student of Socrates?
a)
Plato
b)
Aristotle
c)
Alexander
47.
Who was a student of Aristotle?
a)
Plato
b)
Socrates
c)
Alexander the Great
d)
Zeus
48.
What was the name of Plato's school?
a)
The Academy
b)
The Lyceum
c)
The School of Rock
d)
The Parthenon
49.

Which was not a written work of Aristotle?

a)

The Republic

b)

The Politics

c)

The Organon

d)

The Metaphysics

50.

Define a Deductive Argument:

a)

An argument where the conclusion is drawn from observed/empirical evidence.

b)

An argument where the conclusion is a logical consequence of the premises.

c)

An argument that is based on fundamental laws & principles.

d)

An argument that assumes the existence of God.

51.

Define an Inductive Argument:

a)

An argument where the conclusion is a logical consequence of the premises

b)

An argument where the conclusion is drawn from observed/empirical evidence.

c)

An argument that is based on fundamental laws & principles.

d)

An argument that assumes the existence of God.

52.

Which of the following is a deductive argument?

a)

All human beings are mortal

Peter is mortal

Therefore Peter is a human being

b)

All human beings are mortal

Peter is a human being

Therefore Peter is mortal

53.

What is the following statement an example of?


God is all good

God is all loving

God is all powerful

Therefore, there is no evil

a)

An inductive argument

b)

A deductive argument

54.

The Ontological Argument is... [Select 2]

a)

Inductive

b)

Deductive

c)

A priori

d)

A posteriori

55.

Who developed the original Ontological argument?

a)

Paley

b)

Anselm

c)

Aquinas

d)

Descartes

56.

What was Anselm's primary motive for developing the Ontological argument

a)

Converting non-believers

b)

To develop an argument based on pure logic, without the weaknesses of inductive reasoning.

57.

Which are the premises of Anselm's Ontological argument?

a)

God is greatest conceivable being…

An existent being is greater than a non-existent being...

Therefore God exists.

b)

God is the greatest conceivable being…

Necessary beings are greater than contingent beings…

Thus God is a necessary being and therefore exists.

c)

God is an unlimited being...

An unlimited being cannot depend on anything (even for its own existence)...

God's existence is necessary, therefore he exists.

d)

God is a a perfect being...

Existence is one of his necessary perfections...

Therefore God exists...

58.

Who were the supporters of the ontological argument

a)

Descartes

b)

Malcolm

c)

Aquinas

d)

Kant

e)

Guanilo

59.

"I clearly see that existence can no more be separated from the existence of God than can having its three angles equal to two right angles be separated from the essence of a triangle" Who made this argument?

a)

Descartes

b)

Malcolm

c)

Anselm

d)

Kant

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