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PHILOSOPHY EXAM Part 1 (1-10)

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

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1.

Most social science concepts have an etymological background. Which of the following talks about the etymology or origin of the term philosophy?

a)

The term philosophy comes from two Greek words philo and sophia which means “to love” and “wisdom”, respectively.

b)

The term philosophy comes from Confucian idea which says that deep thinking is essential to one’s well-being.

c)

The term philosophy comes from two Greek words philo and sophia which means “to argue” and “agree”, respectively.

d)

The term philosophy was coined by early philosophers which means reasoning.

2.

IMAGO DEI is a Latin phrase which means.

a)

Image of God

b)

Mage of the Day

c)

Image of Day

d)

Freedom Day

3.

As Image Dei, we are bound to do____

a)

Things that we want to do because we are free.  

b)

What is needed to do even if it is bad?   

c)

Good and avoid evil.

d)

All that the people ask you to do.

4.

Minima maxima sunt means ____

a)

The smallest things are the most important.  

b)

The small efforts are the greatest.

c)

The minimum wage is the maximum we can get.

d)

The minimum standard of man is the maximum for humanity.

5.

Cogito ergo sum means___

a)

I am therefore you are  

b)

I know therefore I think

c)

I think therefore I am.

d)

I study therefore I know.

6.

What does philosophia ancilla theologiae mean?

a)

Philosophy is not like Theology.  

b)

Philosophy bothers Theology

c)

Philosophy is the handmaid of Theology.

d)

Philosophy contradicts Theology.

7.

The father of modern philosophy

a)

St. Thomas Aquinas 

b)

Aristotle

c)

Socrates  

d)

Descartes

8.

The father of existentialism is.

a)

S. Kierkegaard

b)

F. Nietzsche

c)

M. Merleau-Ponty

d)

J.P. Sartre

9.

What is the battle cry of existentialism?

a)

Existence precedes essence  

b)

Cogito Ergo Sum

c)

Essence precedes existence.

d)

Live life to the fullest

10.

Logic is not interesting with what we know. Rather, it concerns itself on the truth and validity of our arguments. Who was the philosopher who devised the first method of logic?

a)

Socrates 

b)

Plato

c)

Zeno  

d)

Aristotle