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Philosophy

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

2.

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

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.

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

a)

Platonism

b)

Existentialism

c)

Marxism

d)

Humanism

6.

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

7.

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

8.

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

9.

What does tabula rasa mean?

a)

Red tablet

b)

New knowledge

c)

Rise tomorrow

d)

Clean slate

10.

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.

11.

Plato was a student to which philosopher?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Xenophon

c)

Socrates

d)

Thomas Aquinas

12.
The _______ is the source of all human action. 
a)
soul
b)
breath
c)
mind
d)
heart
13.
The _______ is the source of all human action. 
a)
soul
b)
breath
c)
mind
d)
heart
14.
To set things apart for a particular purpose
a)
salient
b)
profane
c)
sacred
d)
certainty 
15.
The reality that exists outside our human experience
a)
physics
b)
mathematics
c)
magnetics
d)
metaphysics
16.
The study of the human experience
a)
Anthropology
b)
Antarctica
c)
Astrology 
d)
Analogy 
17.
In Christianity, God is known as being pure, perfect 
a)
Elasticity
b)
Electricity
c)
Essence
d)
Existence
18.
All of creation participates in God's Existence or Being in a limited way known as
a)
being
b)
ability 
c)
opportunity
d)
relation
19.
Humans have a ______ ________.
a)
sensitive soul
b)
nutritive soul
c)
rational soul
d)
heavy soul
20.
The study of Truth or Knowledge
a)
Epistemology
b)
Ecclesiology
c)
Ethnography
d)
Ecology
21.
The theory that truth, knowledge, and morality are relative to culture ans society. 
a)
Relationism
b)
Rationalism
c)
Relativism
d)
Relaxism
22.
Which is NOT a tool used for obtaining knowledge?
a)
Intellect
b)
Free Will
c)
Senses
d)
Emotions
23.
Awareness of understanding particular aspects of reality. 
a)
Acceptance
b)
Truth
c)
Knowledge
d)
Love
24.

Philosophy comes from the two Greek words philo meaning “love” or “friendship” and sophia meaning “wisdom.” Thus, philosophy means “love of wisdom.”

a)

Etymological Definition

b)

Technical Definition

c)

Scientific Definition

d)

Descriptive Definition

25.

“the science of beings in their ultimate reasons, causes, and principles acquired by the aid of human reason alone

a)

Etymological Definition

b)

Technical Definition

c)

Scientific Definition

d)

Descriptive Definition