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Theory of Knowledge 12 Concepts Quiz

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

According to Pliny the Elder, what is the only certainty?

a)

Everything is certain

b)

Nothing is certain

c)

Some things are certain

d)

Certainty is subjective

2.

According to Christopher Hitchens, what can be dismissed without evidence?

a)

What can be asserted without evidence

b)

Everything

c)

Anything

d)

Nothing

3.

According to Albert Einstein, what indicates understanding?

a)

No understanding

b)

Simple explanations

c)

No explanations

d)

Complex explanations

4.

According to Elizabeth Thornton, what is required for objectivity?

a)

Mindfulness

b)

Judgment

c)

Distraction

d)

Bias

5.

According to Socrates, what is the beginning of wisdom?

a)

Knowledge

b)

Ignorance

c)

Education

d)

Experience

6.

According to Thomas Edison, what is genius?

a)

1% inspiration and 99% perspiration

b)

100% inspiration

c)

50% inspiration and 50% perspiration

d)

100% perspiration

7.

According to Benjamin Franklin, what is the second best thing after death?

a)

Life

b)

Liberty

c)

Love

d)

Learning

8.

________ is a term we use to describe knowledge that has been established beyond any reasonable doubt.

a)

Certainty

b)

Evidence

c)

Justification

d)

Truth

9.

_______ includes tradition, values, religion, language, habits of a society, etc...

a)

Culture

b)

Perspective

c)

Values

d)

Interpretation

10.

Any fact or claim that someone offers in support of another claim

a)

Evidence

b)

Truth

c)

Justification

d)

Explanation

11.

Accounts for why something is the way it is, but does not necessarily try to persuade the listener to believe what is being said

a)

Explanation

b)

Evidence

c)

Justification

d)

Truth

12.

To figure out what the facts mean

a)

Interpretation

b)

Perspective

c)

Truth

d)

Certainty

13.

A type of explanation that includes an attempt to persuade the listener that what is being said is correct.

a)

Justification

b)

Explanation

c)

Truth

d)

Certainty

14.

The ability to observe, interpret, analyze, and report something without the influence of personal wishes or opinions.

a)

Objectivity

b)

Perspective

c)

Responsibility

d)

Values

15.

The particular viewpoint from which an individual or group takes in information and decides what is important or what something means.

a)

Perspective

b)

Values

c)

Power

d)

Interpretation

16.

The ability to exercise one's will over others.

a)

Power

b)

Responsibility

c)

Values

d)

Certainty

17.

An obligation to do something.

a)

Responsibility

b)

Power

c)

Culture

d)

Values

18.

A statement or belief that accurately reflects one's reality

a)

Truth

b)

Perspective

c)

Culture

d)

Values

19.

What we consider to be important or beneficial.

a)

Values

b)

Truth

c)

Responsibility

d)

Objectivity