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Philosophy Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Filled with truths we need to unlock or remember

b)

blank slates

c)

tabula rasas

d)

incomplete

2.

The efficient cause

a)

What something is made of

b)

The agent that made the thing

c)

The goal or purpose of the thing

d)

What the thing is, the "shape" it takes

3.

The formal cause

a)

What something is made of

b)

The agent that made the thing

c)

The goal or purpose of the thing

d)

What the thing is, the "shape" it takes

4.

The final cause

a)

What something is made of

b)

The agent that made the thing

c)

The goal or purpose of the thing

d)

What the thing is, the "shape" it takes

5.

The material cause

a)

What something is made of

b)

The agent that made the thing

c)

The goal or purpose of the thing

d)

What the thing is, the "shape" it takes

6.

Was is a thing's telos?

a)

The end/purpose it is made for

b)

Its essence

c)

Its mystery

d)

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

7.

Which of the following best describe motion?

a)

Moving from one place to another

b)

Some with potential moves to actuality

c)

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

d)

A thing moves itself

8.

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

a)

He is pure act

b)

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

c)

He is set in motion before everything else

d)

God has "actualized" all his potential

9.

Which of the following things are absolutely necessary?

a)

God

b)

The universe

c)

Man

d)

Sin and grace

10.

Which of the following describe hedonism?

a)

Maximize pleasure

b)

Human beings make their own meaning

c)

Always do the thing that has the greatest possible outcome

d)

Minimize pain

11.

The two types of relativism

a)

Each person makes their own truth

b)

What is true depends on God

c)

Each society makes their own truth

d)

There is no such thing as truth

12.

Which of the following describe existentialism?

a)

Everything has a telos

b)

Things aren't created with any meaning

c)

Man has to create meaning for everything

d)

Everything has inherent worth

13.

The philosophy that bases a thing's worth on its usefulness

a)

Hedonism

b)

Relativism

c)

Utilitarianism

d)

Existentialism

14.

The efficient cause of the universe

a)

Man

b)

Gravity

c)

Particles

d)

God

15.

God is... (choose all that apply)

a)

Goodness itself

b)

Truth itself

c)

Everything

d)

The greatest being in the universe

16.

According to Aristotle, we first learn through our...

a)

minds

b)

love of things

c)

senses

d)

process of remembering

17.

The formal cause of man

a)

Rational being with a material body

b)

God

c)

Our body

d)

Our soul

18.

The final cause of man

a)

Vision of God

b)

Rational soul

c)

Our body

d)

Being a good person

19.

The material cause of man

a)

Rational soul

b)

God

c)

Body

d)

Soul

20.

God is... (choose all that apply)

a)

The great thing that can possibly be thought of

b)

Simple, perfect unity

c)

Outside of time and space

d)

Being itself