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Self, death and afterlife

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Plato was alive in...

a)

Ancient Greece

b)

Ancient Rome

c)

Ancient Egypt

d)

Ancient Britain

2.

Plato argued using the ____________ of the cave.

a)

allegory

b)

analogy

c)

example

d)

story

3.

The allegory of the cave showed that...

a)

the things we see in the world are 'shadows'

b)

the things we see in the world are real

c)

the things we see in the world are there to trick us

d)

everyone uses reason to explore the world

4.

For Plato, this means that there must be, somewhere, a perfect ________ of everything in the world.

a)

Form

b)

Object

c)

Copy

d)

Version

5.

Forms are... (select multiple options)

a)

perfect

b)

constant

c)

unchanging

d)

empirically verifiable

e)

in the world

6.

For Plato, what is our soul made up of?

a)

1 part

b)

2 parts

c)

3 parts

d)

4 parts

7.

The 3 parts are...

a)

Reason/logic

b)

Dark horse

c)

Light horse

d)

Evil horse

e)

Good horse

8.

Plato was a...

a)

dualist

b)

materialist

c)

realist

d)

trialist

9.

For Aristotle, a soul is...

a)

what gives something its essential nature

b)

separate from the physical body

c)

non-physical

d)

given by God

10.

The soul of a human is...

a)

intellect

b)

the brain

c)

spiritual

d)

impossible to decipher

11.

Descartes was a...

a)

dualist

b)

materialist

c)

scientist

d)

deist

12.

Descartes starts his argument by...

a)

doubting everything

b)

reading other people's ideas

c)

using scientific observation

d)

asking other people for their thoughts

13.

Descartes doubted... (select multiple options)

a)

other people's ideas/arguments

b)

his preconceived notions/opinions

c)

his body

d)

the world around him

e)

whether he had a soul

14.

Descartes then produces his most famous quote:

a)

"I doubt therefore I think; I think therefore I am."

b)

"I think therefore I doubt; I doubt therefore I am."

c)

"I doubt therefore I think; I am therefore I think."

d)

I doubt therefore I think. I think therefore I doubt."

15.

In Latin:

a)

"Dubito ergo cogito; cogito ergo sum"

b)

"Cogito ergo dubito; sum ergo cogito."

c)

"Dubito cogito ergo; cogito sum ergo"

16.

"I can doubt that I have a __________, but I cannot doubt that I exist. Therefore, I am not a _______."

a)

body

b)

brain

c)

sense

d)

truth

17.

For Descartes, he had a clear and distinct idea of himself as a...

a)

thinking, non-extended thing

b)

thinking, extended thing

c)

non-thinking, extended thing

d)

non-thinking, non-extended thing

18.

The mind (soul) is linked to the physical body through...

a)

a certain part of the brain

b)

the mind

c)

the heart

d)

the whole body

19.

Aristotle was a monist

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Who said Descartes view on substance dualism was a 'category mistake?'

a)

Hick

b)

Hume

c)

Ryle

d)

Dawkins