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Philosophy Worksheet - Multiple Choice Questions

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 50mins

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1.

The specificity of the mythological worldview:

a)

The unity of man and the world

b)

Logical representation of the world

c)

Believing in one God

d)

Reasoning and proving

e)

Expressing inner side of the man

2.

Philosophical worldview has its own specifics:

a)

based on the logical method of cognition

b)

based on the rational level of knowledge

c)

has its own set of concepts, categories, special terms

d)

is a system of knowledge

e)

all answers are correct

3.

The object of philosophy:

a)

the man and society

b)

the nature and the god

c)

the being and reality

d)

the world and the man

e)

mind and thinking

4.

The subject of philosophy is:

a)

the most general laws and patterns of development and functioning of human society, thinking and the universe

b)

the fundamental principles of being

c)

the Arche

d)

the man in the world

e)

space and time

5.

The main divisions of philosophy:

a)

Sociology, culture, myth, religion

b)

Physics, psychology, chemistry

c)

Science, art, moral, politics

d)

Gnoseology, ontology, ethics, aesthetics

e)

Worldview, religion, mythology

6.

Which function doesn’t belong to philosophy:

a)

Worldview

b)

Scientific

c)

Ideological

d)

Critical

e)

Methodological

7.

The basic question of philosophy:

a)

What is primary: consciousness or matter?

b)

What is primary: egg or hen?

c)

What is primary: man or nature?

d)

To be or not to be?

e)

What is the essence of life?

8.

The other side of the basic question of philosophy:

a)

Relation of thinking to being

b)

Is there the God?

c)

What is the meaning of life?

d)

Who created the man?

e)

What is reality?

9.

Solution of the basic question of philosophy:

a)

Gnosticism and agnosticism

b)

Dualism and monism

c)

Materialism and idealism

d)

Naturalism and sociologism

e)

Theism and atheism

10.

Solution of the other side of the basic question of philosophy:

a)

Gnosticism and agnosticism

b)

Dualism and monism

c)

Materialism and idealism

d)

Naturalism and sociologism

e)

Theism and atheism

11.

Metaphysics in philosophy states:

a)

the world is unreal

b)

the world is flux

c)

the world is static, unchanging

d)

the world is real

e)

the world is complex

12.

Dialectics in philosophy states:

a)

the world is unreal

b)

the world is flux

c)

the world is static, unchanging

d)

the world is real

e)

the world is complex

13.

Consciousness is state of:

a)

mental

b)

perception

14.

The central problem of Consciousness:

a)

Ideality

b)

Reality

c)

Mind and body

d)

Truth

e)

Qualia

15.

What does NOT belong to Sensory knowledge?

a)

sensations

b)

perceptions

c)

representations

d)

reasoning

e)

imagination

16.

What does NOT belong to Rational knowledge?

a)

concepts

b)

judgments

c)

conclusions

d)

intuition

e)

theories

17.

True being according to Plato:

a)

atoms

b)

ideas

c)

things

d)

souls

e)

god

18.

Being according to Aristotle:

a)

substance

b)

predicate

c)

quality

d)

quantity

e)

idea

19.

Being according to Heidegger:

a)

essence

b)

substance

c)

existence

d)

reality

e)

ideality

20.

Human according to Social Darwinism is:

a)

symbolic animal

b)

organism

c)

sentient being

d)

moral being

e)

social being

21.

Human according to Marxism:

a)

symbolic animal

b)

organism

c)

sentient being

d)

moral being

e)

social being

22.

Human according to Descartes:

a)

symbolic animal

b)

organism

c)

rational being

d)

moral being

e)

social being

23.

Moral is an object of study of:

a)

axiology

b)

epistemology

c)

aesthetics

d)

ethics

e)

logics

24.

“Things-in-itself” by Kant is:

a)

Things we can cognize

b)

Things we cannot cognize

c)

Things existing

d)

Things non-existing

e)

Ideal things

25.

“Noumena” by Kant is:

a)

a) Unknowable world

b)

b) Knowable world

c)

c) Reality

d)

d) Sensual images of objects

e)

e) Existence

26.

“Phenomena” by Kant is:

a)

World

b)

Reality

c)

Sensual images of objects

d)

Essence

e)

Existence

27.

Tengrism can be defined as:

a)

Monotheism

b)

Deism

c)

System of beliefs

d)

Philosophy

e)

Theism

28.

Shamanism is a form of:

a)

Spiritualism

b)

Totemism

c)

Magic

d)

Mythology

e)

Religion

29.

Combination of different beliefs, faiths, thoughts in one unique thinking system is called:

a)

Syncretism

b)

Natural philosophy

c)

Science

d)

Mythology

e)

Religion

30.

Levy-Bruhl explained the “law of participation”. What did he mean?

a)

Animism

b)

Totemism

c)

Mythology

d)

Magic

e)

Spiritualism

31.

Kazakh nomads had various cults and rites. Which one was essential for Kazakh worldview?

a)

Cult of ancestors

b)

Cult of the Sun

c)

Cult of the fire

d)

Cult of the earth

e)

Cult of the sky

32.

What is the name of philosophical system of Marxism?

a)

Objective idealism

b)

Subjective idealism

33.

The central category of Marx's Historical materialism:

a)

Politics

b)

Economics

c)

Forms of social consciousness

d)

Social-economic formation

e)

Industrial relations

34.

Freedom in accordance with the teachings of Baruch Spinoza is:

a)

Human will

b)

God's will

c)

Human action

d)

Recognized necessity

e)

Natural law

35.

In the irrational philosophy of Søren Kierkegaard, the central problem is:

a)

The essence of man

b)

Rational thinking

c)

The problem of truth

d)

Human existence

e)

Knowledge of God

36.

The ethical ideal of Nietzsche's philosophy is:

a)

Hedonist

b)

Christian

c)

Muslim

d)

Stoick

e)

Superman

37.

The main philosophical categories of Albert Camus:

a)

Being and thinking

b)

Absurdity and rebellion

c)

Existence and non-existence

d)

Essence and existence

e)

Life and death

38.

Why does Jean Paul Sartre believe that Existentialism is humanism?

a)

Man is a free creature

b)

Man himself determines his existence

c)

Man loves

d)

Man is a god-like creature

e)

Man creates

39.

What layer of the human psyche was discovered by Sigmund Freud?

a)

Thinking

b)

Unconscious

c)

Archetypes

d)

Imagination

e)

Memory

40.

What ancient Greek philosopher believed that the main task was self-knowledge?

a)

Plato

b)

Socrates

c)

Aristotle

d)

Thales

e)

Plotinus

41.

Translation of word “axiology”:

a)

Study of values

b)

Cosmo centrism

c)

Love Theo

d)

Pantheism

e)

Love Humanity

42.

“There are only two substances in the beginning of the world – thinking and extended substances (dualism)” is from philosophy of:

a)

E. Kant

b)

D. Hume

c)

R. Descartes

d)

J.-P. Sartre

e)

Protagoras

43.

Theory of scientific knowledge is called as:

a)

Cognition

b)

Epistemology

c)

Social philosophy

d)

Feeling

e)

Axiology

44.

The object of philosophy is:

a)

Cognition process and the place of man in this world

b)

World in whole and the place of man in this world

c)

Human being

d)

Truth, unconcealment

e)

Mind at whole

45.

Ethic is:

a)

A study of nature, origin and limits of human cognition

b)

A study of wisdom

c)

A study of morality and moral behaviour

d)

Branch of physics

e)

World religion

46.

Aesthetics is:

a)

A study of nature, origin and limits of human cognition

b)

A philosophical study of principles, moral and human behaviour

c)

A study of beauty and art

d)

One of the directions of Buddhism

e)

Philosophy as a system

47.

The first historical type of outlook that is considered as a system of ancient legends is:

a)

Philosophy

b)

Science

c)

Ethics

d)

Mythology

e)

Theology

48.

Faith in the supernatural force(-s), which is based on a strong system of moral norms and the special organization of people, is:

a)

Religion

b)

Ontology

c)

Physics

d)

Epicureanism

e)

Substantialism

49.

The Socratic ethical rationalism was formulated as:

a)

Virtue is religion

b)

Virtue is arts

c)

Virtue is knowledge

d)

Virtue is war

e)

Virtue is interests

50.

One of the outstanding French existentialists:

a)

David Hume

b)

Georg Hegel

c)

Albert Camus

d)

Francis Bacon

e)

Martin Heidegger

51.

Division into Subjective spirit, Objective spirit, Absolute spirit comes from philosophy of:

(a)  

52.

Who among the following is associated with the dialectical method?

a)

Hegel

b)

Kant

c)

Schelling

d)

Marx

53.

Ancient eastern philosophy developed mainly in:

a)

India and China

b)

India and Japan

c)

Persia and China

d)

Egypt and China

e)

India and Korea

54.

“Act only on that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law” is:

a)

the Hegel’s Categorical imperative

b)

the Kant’s Categorical imperative

c)

the Kant’s Hypothetical imperative

d)

the Fichte’s Hypothetical imperative

e)

the Hegel’s Hypothetical imperative

55.

The famous Descartes’s formula “Cogito, ergo sum” is translated from Latin as:

a)

I think, therefore, I have truth

b)

I think, therefore, I have power

c)

I think, therefore, I have faith

d)

I think, therefore, I exist

e)

I think, therefore, I have values

56.

Universal law in Indian philosophy, which operates in the past, present and future, is called:

a)

Thinking

b)

Experience

c)

Analysis

d)

Induction

e)

Karma

57.

The first Francis Baconian idol of the human mind is:

a)

Cave

b)

Marketplace

c)

Tribe

d)

Theatre

e)

Mind

58.

The second Francis Baconian idol of personal mind is:

a)

Cave

b)

Marketplace

c)

Tribe

59.

The third Francis Baconian idol of mind referred to using terms and words is:

a)

Cave

b)

Marketplace

c)

Tribe

d)

Theatre

e)

Mind

60.

The fourth Francis Baconian idol of mind referred to authorities is:

a)

Cave

b)

Marketplace

c)

Tribe

d)

Theatre

e)

Mind

61.

The doctrine that knowledge is based on experience is:

a)

Empiricism

b)

Rationalism

c)

Agnosticism

d)

Abstract general ideas

e)

Complexity

62.

E. Kant’s categorical imperative is about:

a)

There’s no place like home

b)

The world is round

c)

Moral problems

d)

Everybody everywhere is pretty much the same

e)

Physical problems

63.

The translation of the word “philosophy”:

a)

Pantheism

b)

Love of wisdom

c)

Cosmo centrism

d)

Love Theo

e)

Love Human

64.

The word “Sophist” is translated from Greek as:

a)

Wise man

b)

Warrior

c)

Judge

d)

Man

e)

Thinker

65.

He was called “the first teacher”:

a)

Socrates

b)

Aristotle

c)

Plato

d)

Diogenes

e)

Heraclitus

66.

What beginning (Arche) did Heraclitus recognize?

a)

Logos (fire)

b)

Virtue

c)

Intelligence

d)

Honor

e)

Pleasure

67.

What beginning did Pythagoras recognize?

a)

Numbers

b)

Dialectical argument

c)

Rational instruction

d)

Learning from our mistakes

e)

Breathing

68.

A teaching of Aristotle is called as:

a)

Academicism

b)

Peripatetism

c)

Buddhism

d)

Atheism

e)

Pantheism

69.

Under the Renaissance human was considered to be as:

a)

Man is a political creature

b)

Man is a thinking being

c)

Man is a religious being

d)

Human is a creator, artist, enriched microcosm

e)

Man is a sinner

70.

“I know that I know nothing” was proclaimed by:

a)

Thales

b)

Pythagoras

c)

Democritus

d)

Seneca

e)

Socrates

71.

Who among the following is known for his theological works?

a)

Erasmus of Rotterdam

b)

Thomas Aquinas

c)

Machiavelli

d)

Abelard

72.

Myth of the Cave was developed by:

a)

Augustine

b)

Erasmus of Rotterdam

c)

Plato

d)

Machiavelli

e)

Abelard

73.

Theocentrism provides that in the center of the universe is:

a)

God

b)

Something mystical

c)

Poetics

d)

Human

e)

Science

74.

Defining characteristic of the religious outlook is:

a)

Belief in art of superstitions

b)

Belief in contemptuous attitude to science

c)

Belief in wisdom

d)

Belief in the supernatural, otherworldly forces influencing the course of world events

e)

Belief in denial of human freedom

75.

One of the main characteristics of the Renaissance is:

a)

Atheism

b)

Theology

c)

Sociocentrism

d)

Cosmocentrism

e)

Anthropocentrism

76.

Creationism is the idea that the world and mankind were created by:

a)

God

b)

Something mystical

c)

Poetics

d)

Human

e)

Science

77.

Searching human individuality is the specific feature of philosophy of:

a)

Conventionalism

b)

Life

c)

Existentialism

78.

The idea that destinies of the world and people are determined by God is:

a)

Freedom

b)

Desire

c)

Canon

d)

Providentialism

e)

Emotions

79.

Who offered psychoanalytic theory in human nature?

a)

Leonardo da Vinci

b)

Nicholas of Cusa

c)

Lorenzo Valla

d)

Tommaso Campanella

e)

Sigmund Freud

80.

“Thus Spoke Zarathustra” is a work of:

a)

R. Descartes

b)

Nietzsche

c)

Albert Camus

d)

Karl Marx

e)

Martin Heidegger

81.

Branch of philosophy that studies historical knowledge and interpretation of historical process:

a)

Philosophy of history

b)

Logics

c)

Ontology

d)

History of philosophy

e)

Epistemology

82.

The definition of social economic formation in materialism was first developed by:

a)

Engels

b)

Stalin

c)

Marx

d)

Rousseau

e)

Lenin

83.

Who is the author of the books “Either/Or”, “Fear and Trembling”?

a)

Rousseau

b)

Lenin

c)

Kierkegaard

d)

Marx

e)

Sartre

84.

Who indicated the difference between conscious and unconscious in human mind?

a)

Plato

b)

Freud

c)

Hume

d)

Marx

e)

Sartre

85.

Aesthetical values are:

a)

Love, friendship

b)

Beauty, art, harmony, style

c)

Civil rights

d)

Freedom of word and personality

e)

Social justice

86.

“God is dead” was said by:

a)

Nietzsche

b)

Heraclitus

c)

Plato

d)

E. Kant

e)

F. Hegel

87.

What are the main founders of philosophy of existentialism?

a)

Camus, Freud, Florensky

b)

Camus, Sartre, Kierkegaard

c)

Sartre, Spengler, Schelling

d)

B. Russell, Kant, Freud

e)

Russell, Popper, Adler

88.

“The man of absurd” according to Albert Camus is one who understands:

a)

Essence of life

b)

Meaning of life

c)

Meaninglessness of existence

d)

Philosophy

e)

Others

89.

“The man of rebellion” according to Albert Camus is one who states:

a)

I think, therefore I exist

b)

I rebel, therefore I exist

c)

I doubt, therefore I exist

d)

I agree, therefore I exist

e)

I argue, therefore I exist

90.

According to Sartre, man is:

a)

A project of himself

b)

A social animal

c)

Microcosmos

d)

Symbolic animal

e)

God’s project

91.

According to Sigmund Freud “Neurotic” is:

a)

A crazy man

b)

A healthy person with neurotic symptoms

c)

A schizophrenic person

d)

An anxious man

e)

A sick person

92.

According to Sigmund Freud “The Unconscious” is:

a)

Ego

b)

Super Ego

c)

Id

d)

Other Ego

e)

Animus

93.

According to Carl Gustav Jung “Archetypes” are:

a)

Symbols of individual unconscious

b)

Dreams

c)

Symbols of collective unconscious

d)

Myths

e)

Spirits

94.

According to Carl Gustav Jung human behaviour is determined by:

a)

Individual unconsciousness

b)

Environment

c)

Education

d)

Parents

e)

Collective unconsciousness

95.

According to Sigmund Freud human behaviour is determined by three authorities:

a)

Mind, will, desire

b)

Ego, Id, Super Ego

c)

Body, mind, soul

96.

Man is tormented by:

a)

Problems

b)

Conflicts

c)

The meaning of his life

d)

His coming death

97.

According to S. Kierkegaard the main problem of philosophy is:

a)

Human essence

b)

Human existence

c)

Human origin

d)

Human mind

e)

Human body

98.

S. Kierkegaard wanted to understand why:

a)

Man is an animal

b)

Man is social

c)

Man was thrown into the world

d)

Man is evil

e)

Man is kind

99.

According to F. Nietzsche human manifests themselves in:

a)

Will to die

b)

Will to live

c)

Will to power

d)

Will to kill

e)

Will to know

100.

According to F. Nietzsche, Superman is a person who:

a)

Does not like people

b)

Does not suffer

c)

Does not like moral

d)

Does not die

e)

Does not believe in God