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Philosophy Multiple Choice Questions

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras stated:

a)

All things are similar in number

b)

War is the father of everything and the mother of everything

c)

Know thyself

d)

I know that I don't know anything

e)

Everything flows, everything changes

2.

An ancient philosopher who believed that the material world consists of atoms:

a)

Aristotle

b)

Pyrrho

c)

Zeno

d)

Democritus

e)

Heraclitus

3.

Invisible, omnipresent law of nature, society, human behavior and thinking, the path:

a)

Lee

b)

Fa

c)

Siao

d)

Zhen

e)

Tao

4.

Teachings about Being:

a)

Epistemology

b)

Axiology

c)

Anthology

d)

Anthropology

e)

Ontology

5.

What philosophical direction “Space and time are forms of our perception” belong to:

a)

Materialism

b)

Objective idealism

c)

Subjective idealism

d)

Dialectical materialism

e)

Mechanistic materialism

6.

Is something that can be said to exist:

a)

Knowledge

b)

Category

c)

Being

d)

Notion

e)

Space

7.

In Hinduism, the absolute reality is designated by the concept:

a)

Atman

b)

Moksha

c)

Jinx

d)

Brahman

e)

Ahimsa

8.

In Taoism adherence to the principle of “naturalness” means:

a)

following to the law of nature and cosmos

b)

following to your own needs

c)

transforming the outer world for the better

d)

implementing the principle of love for the neighbour

e)

faith in God

9.

The author of the expression: “Thought and being are one and the same”

a)

Plato

b)

Pythagoras

c)

Heraclitus

d)

Aristotle

e)

Parmenides

10.

“Don’t harm the living, sentient beings” is the commandment of:

a)

ahimsa

b)

moksha

c)

samsara

d)

karma

e)

nirvana

11.

"Everything flows", there is nothing constant in the universe, considered:

a)

Thales

b)

Anaximander

c)

Democritus

d)

Heraclitus

e)

Protagoras

12.

The expression “One cannot enter into the same river even once” is…:

a)

relativism

b)

sophism

c)

skepticism

d)

pessimism

e)

agnosticism

13.

“Motion is unthinkable” – assumed:

a)

Thales

b)

Heraclitus of Ephesus

c)

Zeno of Elea

d)

Diogenes of Sinope

e)

Pythagoras of Samos

14.

According to Parmenides, being is:

a)

eternal, invariable, united

b)

ideal, eternal, multiple

c)

the unity of the spiritual and material

d)

material, variable, ultimate

e)

invariable, plural

15.

In ancient Greek philosophy, the impossibility of think about motion has been proven in:

a)

Aristotelian syllogisms

b)

Zeno’s paradoxes

c)

Pythagorean proves

d)

Socrates’ definitions

e)

Plato's dialogues

16.

Any change, transformation, and process is:

a)

motion

b)

evolution

c)

involution

d)

development

e)

progress

17.

Category, reflecting the external, sensibly perceived sides of objects and processes:

a)

phenomenon

b)

image

c)

configuration

d)

profile

e)

shape

18.

The negation of the causality principle:

a)

determinism

b)

agnosticism

c)

indeterminism

d)

fatalism

e)

idealism

19.

Ancient philosopher, who recognized water, earth, fire and air as a system of world’s eternal elements and forces:

a)

Epicurus

b)

Empedocles

c)

Anaximenes

d)

Anaximander

e)

Heraclitus

20.

Which Pre-Socratic philosopher claimed everything was made of atoms?

a)

Parmenides

b)

Thales

c)

Pythagoras

d)

Democritus

e)

Heraclitus

21.

According to .. all phenomena in the world are planned in advance and the possibility of change is rejected:

a)

fatalism

b)

determinism

c)

formalism

d)

indeterminism

e)

providentialism

22.

Immanence idea are known as:

a)

Innate ideas

b)

Adventitious ideas

c)

Factitious ideas

d)

Beliefs

e)

rational thoughts

23.

This philosophy calls for enduring what cannot be changed and for maintaining abstinence from temptation:

a)

stoicism

b)

epicureanism

c)

quietism

d)

quakerism

e)

providentialism

24.

The arche of things is apeiron, according to:

a)

Anaximander

b)

Thales

c)

Plato

d)

Socrates

e)

Abai

25.

Democritus is belonging to … school:

a)

atomistic

b)

ionian

c)

idealist

d)

elean

e)

hellenistic

26.

Idea of separation into the world of things and the world of ideas belong to:

a)

Plato

b)

Pythagoras

c)

Thales

d)

Descartes

e)

Richard Rorty

27.

Who distinguished world of ideas and physical world?

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Descartes

d)

Richard Rorty

e)

Romans

28.

Eternal Ideas beyond the physical world, according to Aristotle, is:

a)

Forms

b)

Dialectics

c)

Phenomenon

d)

Episteme

e)

no answer

29.

The relativist philosopher:

a)

Thomas Aquinas

b)

Protagoras

c)

Anaximander

d)

Socrates

e)

Alexander

30.

The term for "the extinction of consciousness," a state of absolute calm and complete imperturbability in Hinduism is:

a)

Nirvana

b)

Karma

c)

Dharma

d)

Ahimsa

e)

Jiva

31.

Dualism in the consideration of the principle of Prakriti and Purusha was presented in the schools:

a)

Samkhya and Yoga

b)

Buddhism and Yoga

c)

Charvaka and Lokayaca

d)

Nyaya and Vaisheshika

e)

Vedanta and Nyaya

32.

The author of the book "The World as Will and Representation", whose teaching became the source of the philosophy of life:

a)

A. Schopenhauer

b)

Z. Freud

c)

F. Nietzsche

d)

M. Scheler

e)

A. Gehlen

33.

What is the nature of the Platonic idea?

a)

The idea is immaterial and inconceivable

b)

The idea is material but inconceivable

c)

The idea is material and conceivable

d)

The idea is immaterial but conceivable

e)

None of the above

34.

The existence of many original foundations and principles of being affirms:

a)

Agnosticism

b)

Empiricism

c)

Relativism

d)

Pluralism

e)

Rationalism