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Philosophy

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Rene Discartes

b)

Plato

c)

Socrates

d)

Jean- Paul Sarte

2.

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

3.

Philosophy comes from the Greek philosophia, meaning what?

a)

Lover of philosophy

b)

Love of wisdom

c)

Love of soapboxes

d)

Lover of questions

4.

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

a)

Platonism

b)

Existentialism

c)

Marxism

d)

Humanism

5.

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

6.

Plato was a student to which philosopher?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Xenophon

c)

Socrates

d)

Thomas Aquinas

7.
The reality that exists outside our human experience
a)
physics
b)
mathematics
c)
magnetics
d)
metaphysics
8.
The reality that exists outside our human experience
a)
physics
b)
mathematics
c)
magnetics
d)
metaphysics
9.
The _______ is the source of all human action. 
a)
soul
b)
breath
c)
mind
d)
heart
10.
The study of the human experience
a)
Anthropology
b)
Antarctica
c)
Astrology 
d)
Analogy 
11.
All of creation participates in God's Existence or Being in a limited way known as
a)
being
b)
ability 
c)
opportunity
d)
relation
12.
The study of Truth or Knowledge
a)
Epistemology
b)
Ecclesiology
c)
Ethnography
d)
Ecology
13.
Which is NOT a requirement of knowledge:
a)
Something that is
b)
Belief
c)
Justification
d)
Love
14.
The study of Truth or Knowledge
a)
Epistemology
b)
Ecclesiology
c)
Ethnography
d)
Ecology
15.
This branch of philosophy studies the concept of knowledge. 
a)
Metaphysics
b)
Empiricism 
c)
Epistemology 
d)
Theology 
16.
the study of knowledge, truth, and the nature of ultimate reality. 
a)
Philosophy 
b)
Theology
c)
Anthropology
d)
Hamartiology 
17.

What makes a bad decision bad? A question that falls under the branch of Philosophy called _________.

a)

Logic

b)

Epistemology

c)

Ethics

d)

Metaphysics

18.
_______________ emphasizes the importance of transferring knowledge, information, and skills from the older (wiser) generation to the younger one
a)
student centered philosophy
b)
teacher centered philosophy
19.

Who was China’s greatest thinker, teacher, and philosopher?

a)

Buddha

b)

Confucius

c)

Yao

d)

Shinto

20.

How many educational methods of Confucius?

a)

6

b)

5

c)

7

d)

4

21.

In the comments below, what is the ideal of karl marx?

a)

Means - force of production

b)

Determination of conditions has changed

c)

Determine the time of birth of the Communist Party

d)

The "old review method knows new“

22.

It is a science that literally means "love of wisdom"

a)

Psychology

b)

Philosophy

c)

Anthropology

d)

Sociology

23.

What branch of philosophy which deals with the problem on reasoning?

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Theodicy

c)

Logic

d)

Epistemology

24.

What branch of philosophy deals on the problem of God's existence?

a)

Metaphysics

b)

Sociology

c)

Politics

d)

Theodicy

25.

What branch of philosophy deals with the study of moral judgments?

a)

Aesthetics

b)

Ethics

c)

Cosmology

d)

Psychology

26.

From what philosophical category does political philosophy belongs?

a)

Philosophy of thought

b)

Philosophy of reality

c)

Philosophy of morality

d)

None of the above

27.

What is the meaning of the Greek word "Sophia"?

a)

Happiness

b)

Freedom

c)

Love

d)

Wisdom

28.
Who was a student of Aristotle?
a)
Plato
b)
Socrates
c)
Alexander the Great
d)
Zeus
29.
Which philosopher was known as the greatest scientist of the ancient world?
a)
Socrates
b)
Plato
c)
Hercules
d)
Aristotle
30.
Which philosopher started an Academy in Greece?
a)
Aristotle
b)
Socrates
c)
Plato
d)
Zeus