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Philoquiz

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If it is indeed true that, according to some, man is made of _______, then we’ve fallen quite a long way from our heavenly origins.

a)

Ashes

b)

Stardust

c)

Soil

d)

Big bang Theory

2.

Nowadays, it isn’t uncommon to live life seemingly

on _____, spending our waking moments following a worn-out routine: wake up, eat, study

or work, sleep, rinse and repeat.

a)

Mechanical

b)

Automatic

c)

Autopilot

d)

Dictated

3.

Many of the greatest _____in the past grappled with questions and ideas that still concern

us today.

a)

Greeks

b)

god and goddesses

c)

Thinkers

d)

Scientist

4.

philosophy is about—an _______ into the nature of

the world we live in and our place in it.

a)

Inquiry

b)

asking

c)

questioning

d)

talking

5.

philosophy starts with a little bit of ______

a)

Thinking

b)

Amazement

c)

questioning

d)

Wonder

6.

For a start, it’s important to note that

philosophy is not unique to the Western world. In fact, regions such as India, East Asia, and

the ________boast philosophical traditions which are just as rich and insightful.

a)

Greece

b)

Middle East

c)

Europe

d)

South Korea

7.

Philosophy started in ________?

a)

Greece

b)

Middle East

c)

Europe

d)

South Korea

8.

For the very first time in history, man was ____ to think leisurely and ask so-called “deep”

questions about the world and his place in it.

a)

Free

b)

Hindered

c)

Prohibited

d)

Banned

9.

‘philosophy’ is derived from the

Greek words- philo ____ and Sophia_____. Literally, the word philosophy means the love

of/for wisdom .

a)

Love and Wisdom

b)

Wisdom and Love

c)

Knowledge and Power

d)

Thinking and understanding

10.

_____________is considered as the mother of all sciences

a)

Biology

b)

Astronomy

c)

Ethics

d)

Philosophy

11.

In Philosophy, question is more important than_____

a)

Investigation

b)

Answer

c)

another question

d)

solution

12.

Philosophical questions don’t

have ready and clear-cut ______ .

a)

Investigation

b)

Answer

c)

another question

d)

solution

13.

A Branch of Philosophy which (literally, “what is beyond physics or

nature”) deals with the nature of the world and everything that exists.

a)

Epistemology

b)

Ethics

c)

Metaphysics

d)

Value Theory

14.

A Branch of Philosophy which (literally, “what is beyond physics or nature”) deals with the nature of the world and everything that exists.

a)

Epistemology

b)

Ethics

c)

Metaphysics

d)

Value Theory

15.

He was the first Greek philosopher, proposed that everything was made of water.

a)

Heraclitus

b)

Plato

c)

Thales

d)

Socrates

16.

He claimed that everything was in a state of flux or perpetual movement, and that everything would start and end with fire.

a)

Heraclitus

b)

Plato

c)

Thales

d)

Socrates

17.

it is the branch of philosophy which deals with knowledge and knowing.

a)

Epistemology

b)

Metaphysics

c)

Logic

d)

Ethics

18.

It deals more with how we live and act and, as the name implies, place value on certain things.

a)

Epistemology

b)

Metaphysics

c)

Value Theory

d)

Ethics

19.

What made it possible to philosophize and think about life’s “deep” questions?

a)

Man was free to have leisure time to think about some of life's deep questions

b)

Man was not free to think because they where of their strong belief in gods and goddessess

c)

Man was not endowed with the capacity to think of himself

20.

How are philosophical questions different from scientific questions?

a)

Philosophical questions have ready made answers

b)

Philosophical questions don't have ready clear-cut answers

c)

Philosophical questions use laboratory equipments

21.

Which branch(es) of philosophy deal(s) with the study of religion?

a)

Epistemology

b)

Metaphysics

c)

Logic