WorksheetsPhilosophy Foundations Worksheet - MCQs
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 24mins
When did philosophy arise?
8th–6th centuries BCE
3rd century CE
The 1840s of the 19th century
8th–6th centuries CE
Where did philosophy emerge earliest?
China, India, Russia
India, China, Greece–Rome
Greece–Rome, India, Russia
China, Greece, Egypt
Choose the most accurate definition of philosophy.
Knowledge about nature
Knowledge about society
Knowledge about human thinking
The most general theoretical system of human knowledge about the world and humanity’s position in that world
Choose the most accurate condition under which philosophy arose.
A society without class division
Human cognition only at a sensory level
A society without division of labor
When human thinking reached high levels of abstraction and generalization and an intellectual labor stratum capable of systematizing human knowledge appeared
The term “natural philosophy” designates the characteristic of philosophy in which historical period?
Ancient period
Medieval period
Renaissance
Marxist–Leninist philosophy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
The term “scholastic philosophy” designates the characteristic of philosophy in which historical period?
Ancient period
Medieval period
Renaissance
Marxist–Leninist philosophy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Which philosophical doctrine most fully embodied the ambition of philosophy to serve as the “science of all sciences”?
Plato’s philosophy
Hegel’s philosophy
Medieval philosophy
V. I. Lenin’s philosophy
What is the second aspect of the “basic question of philosophy”?
Whether humans can know the world
Whether the origin of the world is matter or consciousness
“The great basic problem of all philosophy, especially of modern philosophy, is the problem of the relationship between thinking and being” — this quotation is from which philosopher?
C. Marx
F. Engels
V. I. Lenin
G. W. F. Hegel
Which philosophical school denies the existence of the material world?
Dialectical materialism
Metaphysical materialism
Idealism
Ancient materialism
Acknowledging that humans have the capability to know the world is the content of which doctrine?
Agnosticism
Knowability doctrine
Skepticism and agnosticism
All of the answers
Humans do not have the capability to know the world is the content of which doctrine?
Knowability doctrine
Skepticism
Agnosticism
Knowability and skepticism
Elevating doubt to a principle in examining acquired knowledge and asserting that humans cannot attain objective truth is the content of which doctrine?
Knowability doctrine
Skepticism
Agnosticism
Unknowability doctrine
Denying the objective existence of reality and viewing sensation as the only existence belongs to which philosophical school?
Subjective idealism
Objective idealism
Metaphysical materialism
Dialectical materialism
Find the most correct, most positive aspect of ancient conceptions of matter.
Identifying matter with objects
Providing a foundation for the development of idealist conceptions
Kim hâm supporting the development of scientific thought about the world
Opposing religious idealism and promoting the development of scientific thought about the world
Which school of philosophy acknowledges the primacy of consciousness and considers it an objective spirit that exists prior to and independently of humans?
Subjective idealism
Objective idealism
Metaphysical materialism
Dialectical materialism
Which school of philosophy is characterized by naivety and heavy reliance on direct intuition?
Ancient materialism
17th–18th century metaphysical materialism
Dialectical materialism
Objective idealism
Identifying matter with only certain specific forms of matter is a feature of which doctrine?
Ancient materialism
17th–18th century metaphysical materialism
German classical philosophy’s materialism
Dialectical materialism
Which school of philosophy equates matter with mass?
Subjective idealism
Metaphysical materialism
Dialectical materialism
Objective idealism
What is the defining feature of the metaphysical method?
Understanding objects in a state of motion
Understanding objects in a state of development
Understanding objects within universal interconnections
Understanding objects as isolated and static
Which way of thinking dominated human cognition in the 17th–18th centuries?
Idealist dialectics
Materialist dialectics
Mechanical metaphysical method
Materialist dialectics and the mechanical metaphysical method
Identify the characteristic of the dialectical method.
Understanding objects in isolation
Understanding objects within universal, binding, determined, and mutually influencing interconnections
Separating objects from their relationships
Understanding objects in a static state
What is a characteristic of the dialectical method?
Seeing only the trees but not the forest
Seeing not only the trees but also the forest
Holding that causes of change lie outside things and phenomena
Perceiving objects as detached
The history of dialectics has sequentially gone through which forms?
Spontaneous dialectics, idealist dialectics, materialist dialectics
Spontaneous dialectics, materialist dialectics, idealist dialectics
Idealist dialectics, spontaneous dialectics, materialist dialectics
Materialist dialectics, spontaneous dialectics, idealist dialectics
The statement “Philosophers do not grow up from the earth; they are a product of their time, of the people of their time, but the finest, most costly, and priceless essence is concentrated in their philosophical doctrines” belongs to whom?
Karl Marx
Friedrich Engels
Vladimir I. Lenin
Georg W. F. Hegel
Which philosophy identifies matter only with a few specific forms of matter?
Metaphysical materialism
Ancient materialism
Materialism of the 17th–18th centuries
Dialectical materialism
The view “The essence of the world is consciousness” belongs to which philosophical school?
Metaphysical materialism
Idealism
Dualism
Dialectical materialism
What is the core question of philosophy?
Whether humans are capable of knowing the world
Whether the origin of the world is matter or consciousness
The role of matter with respect to consciousness
The role of consciousness with respect to matter
Marxist–Leninist philosophy was founded and developed by whom?
V. I. Lenin founded, Karl Marx developed
Karl Marx founded, V. I. Lenin developed
V. I. Lenin founded and Friedrich Engels developed, Karl Marx completed
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels founded, V. I. Lenin developed
Marxist philosophy emerged around which period of time?
The 1820s of the 19th century
The 1830s of the 19th century
The 1840s of the 19th century
The 1840s of the 20th century
Marxist–Leninist philosophy arose under which socio‑economic conditions?
The capitalist mode of production had become dominant
The capitalist mode of production had only newly appeared
The capitalist mode of production had turned into imperialism
The capitalist mode of production was in decline
Identify the theoretical sources of Marxist–Leninist philosophy.
The law of conservation and transformation of energy
Classical German philosophy, classical English political economy, French utopian socialism
Classical English political economy, classical German philosophy, the theory of evolution
The law of conservation and transformation of energy and classical English political economy
Identify the natural‑science premises for the birth of Marxist–Leninist philosophy.
Cell theory, the theory of evolution, the law of conservation and transformation of energy
Cell theory, atomic theory
The law of conservation and transformation of energy, atomic theory
The theory of evolution, atomic theory
Identify the defining feature of Marxist–Leninist philosophy.
It is the unity of a materialist worldview and a metaphysical method
It is the unity of an idealist worldview and the dialectical method
It is the unity of a materialist worldview and the dialectical method
It is the unity of an idealist worldview and a metaphysical method
Find the most accurate statement of the function of Marxist–Leninist philosophy.
It provides a materialist worldview and the dialectical method
It provides knowledge about nature to humans
It provides methods of human thinking
It provides social knowledge to humans
The relationship between philosophical laws and the laws of specialized sciences expresses the relation between which pair of categories?
The general and the particular
Cause and effect
Phenomenon and essence
Necessity and contingency
Fill in the blank in the sentence by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels: “... in the process of class domination during a certain epoch, it creates productive forces greater than the production forces of all previous classes combined ...” The class referred to is which?
Peasantry
Landlords
Working class
Bourgeoisie
In the history of formation and development of Marxist–Leninist philosophy, what characterizes the period 1841–1844?
The period of forming philosophical views, making a decisive break from idealism and bourgeois democracy to materialism and communism
The period of proposing new philosophical principles
The period of supplementing and comprehensively developing philosophical theory
The early years of the 20th century
In the history of formation and development of Marxist–Leninist philosophy, what characterizes the period 1844–1847?
The period of forming philosophical views
The period of proposing the principles of dialectical materialism and historical materialism
The period of supplementing and comprehensively developing philosophical theory
The early years of the 20th century
In the history of formation and development of Marxist–Leninist philosophy, what characterizes the period 1848–1895?
The period of proposing new philosophical principles
The period of shifting from materialism to idealism
The period of supplementing and comprehensively developing philosophical theory
The period of shifting from materialism to idealism and comprehensively developing philosophical theory
In the history of formation and development of Marxist–Leninist philosophy, which period marks the formation of thought from idealism and bourgeois democracy to materialism and communism?
1841–1844
1844–1847
1848–1895
1841–1847
In the history of formation and development of Marxist–Leninist philosophy, which period marks the supplement and comprehensive development of Marxist–Leninist philosophical theory?
1841–1844
1844–1847
1848–1895
1841–1847
In the history of formation and development of Marxist–Leninist philosophy, which period marks the proposal of principles of dialectical materialism and historical materialism?
1841–1844
1844–1847
1848–1895
The early years of the 20th century
During the period when V. I. Lenin developed Marxist philosophy, what characterizes the years 1893–1907?
Lenin protected and developed Marxist philosophy to establish the Marxist party in Russia and prepared for the first bourgeois revolution
Lenin comprehensively developed Marxist philosophy and led the Russian workers’ movement
Lenin completed Marxist philosophy, linked with research on building socialist society
Lenin summarized the achievements of the October Revolution
During the period when V. I. Lenin developed Marxist philosophy, what characterizes the years 1907–1917?
Lenin protected and developed Marxist philosophy
Lenin comprehensively developed Marxist philosophy and led the Russian workers’ movement, preparing for the socialist revolution
Lenin completed Marxist philosophy, linked with research on building socialist society
Lenin summarized the achievements of the October Revolution
During the period when V. I. Lenin developed Marxist philosophy, what characterizes the years 1917–1924?
Lenin defended Marxist philosophy and prepared for the October Revolution
Lenin developed Marxist philosophy while leading
After the October Revolution, Lenin summarized practical experience, supplemented and completed Marxist philosophy, linked with research on building socialist society
The period of shifting from materialism to idealism
Lenin’s protection and development of Marxist philosophy aiming to found the Marxist party and prepare for the first bourgeois‑democratic revolution in Russia took place in which period?
1893–1907
1907–1917
1917–1924
After World War I
The relationship between philosophical laws and the laws of specialized sciences expresses the relation between which pair of categories?
The general and the particular
Cause and effect
Phenomenon and essence
Necessity and contingency
