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Philosophy Quiz

Total questions: 113

Worksheet time: 59mins

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1.

The word "Philosophy" in Greek means:

a)

love of wisdom

b)

knowing the truth

c)

higher knowledge

d)

divine gift

e)

search for the truth

2.

Historical type of worldview:

a)

religion

b)

science

c)

history

d)

moral

e)

humanism

3.

A philosophical direction that solves the main question of philosophy in favor of the primary spirit, consciousness, ideas:

a)

idealism

b)

materialism

c)

agnosticism

d)

solipsism

e)

freudianism

4.

What is a worldview?

a)

a set of views assessments, norms and attitudes of a person in relation to the world

b)

the totality of the worldview of individual people

c)

the totality of self-knowledge

d)

the totality of a person's practical experience

e)

a set of ideas that reflect a person's views on the existence of God

5.

The religious worldview is based on:

a)

faith

b)

kindness

c)

knowledge

d)

wisdom

e)

love

6.

What is a myth?

a)

specific figurative syncretic worldview

b)

a worldview based on scientific experience

c)

a worldview based on a story about the past

d)

a worldview based on self-belief

e)

a worldview based on predicting the future

7.

The principle of a holistic view of man and the universe:

a)

cosmocentrism

b)

materialism

c)

theocentrism

d)

anthropocentrism

e)

idealism

8.

A necessary attribute for a philosophical worldview?

a)

rationality

b)

sensuality

c)

visibility

d)

consistency

e)

dynamic

9.

Indicate the thinkers of the "Zar-Zaman" movement in Kazakh philosophy:

a)

Dulat, Shortanbay

b)

Abay, Shakarim

c)

Al-Farabi, Ibn Sina

d)

M.Dulatov, M. Zhumabaev

e)

Kh.A. Yassaui, S. Bakirgan

10.

A teaching in philosophy that recognizes two substances as the beginning of being:

a)

dualism

b)

realism

c)

monism

d)

solipsism

e)

legism

11.

The direction in philosophy that recognizes matter as the basis:

a)

materialism

b)

nominalism

c)

agnosticism

d)

hedonism

e)

idealism

12.

The philosopher who claimed that religion and philosophy coincide?

a)

Hegel

b)

Marx

c)

Shelling

d)

Feuerbach

e)

Fichte

13.

The main question of philosophy:

a)

What is the relation of thinking and being?

b)

Is the Universe expanding?

c)

What is artificial intelligence?

d)

What is the meaning of life?

e)

How did life come to be on Earth?

14.

Specify the historical first form of materialism:

a)

Spontaneous materialism

b)

French materialism

c)

Vulgar materialism

d)

Dialectical materialism

e)

Mechanical-metaphysical materialism

15.

In the ideas of the ancient Chinese, man:

a)

should follow the natural course of things

b)

has a precarious position in the world

c)

must lead a hermit lifestyle

d)

strives to get the greatest benefit

e)

must engage in meditation

16.

A trend in philosophy that declares the world to be a collection of sensations, perceptions, and representations and denies the existence of the external world?

a)

Subjective idealism

b)

Objective idealism

c)

Spontaneous materialism

d)

Dialectical materialism

e)

Vulgar materialism

17.

Moral philosophy:

a)

Ethics

b)

Aesthetics

c)

Axiology

d)

Logic

e)

Ontology

18.

Specify the second side of the main question of philosophy:

a)

About the cognoscibility of the world

b)

The question of the meaning of life

c)

About the subject of philosophy

d)

On the unity of being and consciousness

e)

On the essence of the philosophical worldview

19.

A science that studies the most general laws of the development of nature, society, and thought?

a)

Philosophy

b)

Aesthetics

c)

Ethics

d)

Psychology

e)

Right

20.

The principle that explains the essence of the universe through the existence of God:

a)

Theocentrism

b)

Cosmocentrism

c)

Anthropocentrism

d)

Rationalism

e)

Empiricism

21.

A worldview centered on the human problem:

a)

Anthropocentrism

b)

Theocentrism

c)

Cosmocentrism

d)

the Hylozoism

e)

Realism

22.

Which of the concepts is directly related to existentialism:

a)

Absurd

b)

Logos

c)

Eidos

d)

Nirvana

e)

Zhen

23.

The author of the words "Religion is the opium of the people":

a)

Marx

b)

Shelling

c)

Fichte

d)

Engels

e)

Hegel

24.

What together form the worldview, world perception, world attitude?

a)

worldview

b)

science

c)

religion

d)

art

e)

policy

25.

What answer does empiricism give to the question of what is the source of knowledge?

a)

The source of knowledge is experience

b)

The only source of knowledge is intuition

c)

The source of knowledge is the mind

d)

The source of knowledge is sensations

e)

The source of knowledge is the mind and the senses

26.

Ethical category ar-ugdan in the works of Shakarim means:

a)

conscience

b)

mercy

c)

honest work

d)

patience

e)

humanity

27.

When and where did philosophy reach its classical form?

a)

2000 years ago in Greece

b)

500 years ago in Persia

c)

1000 years ago in China

d)

1500 years ago in Egypt

e)

2500 years ago in India

28.

The method of philosophy where the perception of the surrounding world is perceived through the prism of dogmas:

a)

dogmatics

b)

sophistry

c)

eclecticism

d)

the dialectic

e)

metaphysics

29.

A term that characterizes the development of consumer society:

a)

Consumerism

b)

Altruism

c)

the Hylozoism

d)

Naturalism

e)

Determinism

30.

Sensory cognition differs from rational cognition in that:

a)

The first is based on sensations, the second-on the arguments of reason

b)

The first operates with facts, the second-with rational arguments

c)

The first is emotional, the second is neutral

d)

The first is more adequate than the second

e)

The first is more rational, the second is nominal

31.

A method of philosophy based on an arbitrary combination of disparate facts that do not have a single creative principle:

a)

eclecticism

b)

sophistry

c)

dogmatics

d)

the dialectic

e)

metaphysics

32.

Founder of Buddhism:

a)

Gautama

b)

Plato

c)

Confucius

d)

Lao Tzu

e)

Mo-Tzu

33.

The guiding principles of Confucianism: etiquette, philanthropy, ......

a)

Debt

b)

Cognition

c)

Meditation

d)

Beauty

e)

True

34.

Types of idealism:

a)

objective, subjective

b)

rational, irrational

c)

dialectical, metaphysical

d)

the statistics, dynamic

e)

ideal, material

35.

What is the name of the famous Egyptian book, which describes the ideas of the Egyptians about the posthumous imprisonment of souls, about the dangers that threaten them and ways to get rid of them:

a)

book of the dead

b)

book of the living

c)

the book of spirits

d)

book of the young

e)

book of elders

36.

A method of philosophy based on the deduction from false, but artificial and incorrectly presented as true premises:

a)

sophistry

b)

dogmatics

c)

eclecticism

d)

the dialectic

e)

metaphysics

37.

A method of philosophy based on the deduction from false, but artificial and incorrectly presented as true premises:

a)

sophistry

b)

dogmatics

c)

eclecticism

d)

the dialectic

e)

metaphysics

38.

An extremely materialistic approach to the problem of consciousness, according to which consciousness as an independent substance does not exist:

a)

physicalism

b)

solipsism

c)

idealism

d)

materialism

e)

humanism

39.

The doctrine that Western culture is the center of the formation of culture and civilization:

a)

eurocentrism

b)

asiacentric

c)

africanism

d)

cosmocentrism

e)

anthropocentrism

40.

In Egyptian mythology, the main symbol is:

a)

the sphinx

b)

lion

c)

dragon

d)

the bear

e)

tiger

41.

The statement: "Number is the essence and meaning of everything in the world", belongs to the Greek thinker:

a)

Pythagoras

b)

Socrates

c)

Protagoras

d)

Euclid

e)

Plato

42.

The meaning of the concept of "Tao" in Chinese philosophy:

a)

The root cause and source of creation

b)

Native land

c)

Heavenly Path

d)

The cosmic mind

e)

Universal cosmos, absolute

43.

In Buddhism, the concept means the extinction:

a)

Nirvana

b)

Samsara

c)

Dharma

d)

Ahimsa

e)

Shunya

44.

The Chinese concept of the "Way" or the natural order of the universe is:

a)

Li

b)

Dao

c)

Ren

d)

Qi

e)

Su

45.

The key point of the dialectical concept is the principle of:

a)

Controversies

b)

Consistency

c)

Additionality

d)

of the ban

e)

Coherence

46.

An approach to the problem of consciousness, according to which the individual's consciousness is the only reliable reality, and the material world is its product:

a)

solipsism

b)

physicalism

c)

idealism

d)

materialism

e)

humanism

47.

Who first used the term "philosophy of history"?

a)

Voltaire

b)

Rousseau

c)

Lamettrie

d)

Diderot

e)

Spinoza

48.

An approach to the problem of consciousness, according to which it recognizes the presence of both consciousness and matter, but assigns the primary (creative) role to consciousness:

a)

idealism

b)

physicalism

c)

solipsism

d)

materialism

e)

humanism

49.

An approach to the problem of consciousness, according to which consciousness is a special manifestation of matter, the ability of highly organized matter to reflect itself:

a)

materialism

b)

physicalism

c)

solipsism

d)

idealism

e)

humanism

50.

The law of moral cause and effect, where actions determine future fate, is:

a)

Samsara

b)

Dharma

c)

Karma

d)

Ahimsa

e)

Li

51.

The property of consciousness where the focus is on the subject:

a)

intentionality

b)

ideality

c)

ideation

d)

tightness

e)

elasticity

52.

The property of consciousness where the ability to create and reproduce ideas:

a)

ideation

b)

intentionality

c)

ideality

d)

tightness

e)

elasticity

53.

What teaching in the Ancient East consists of the four sacred truths:

a)

buddhism

b)

hinduism

c)

taoism

d)

jainism

e)

confucianism

54.

In the twentieth century, the problem of the method of scientific knowledge in a new context was interpreted by representatives of:

a)

Neopositivism

b)

Existentialism

c)

Neotomism

d)

Freudianism

e)

Personalism

55.

The author of the expression "Being only when it is threatened with non-existence"?

a)

Dostoevsky

b)

Fichte

c)

Marx

d)

Hegel

e)

Kant

56.

The author of the expression "Being determines consciousness"?

a)

Marx

b)

Fichte

c)

Hegel

d)

Kant

e)

Dostoevsky

57.

The concept of "ren" in the philosophy of Confucius means:

a)

Mercy

b)

Enjoyment

c)

Idea

d)

Cruelty

e)

Friendship

58.

The ideological foundation of the state ideology of China was the teaching of:

a)

Confucius

b)

Chin-Mo

c)

Mo-Tzu

d)

of the Buddha

e)

Lao Tzu

59.

What is the function of philosophy related to the theoretical, conceptual explanation of the world:

a)

Worldview

b)

Axiological

c)

Futurological

d)

Methodological

e)

Educational

60.

Who in his work divided being into "being for himself" and "being for another"?

a)

Sartre

b)

Camus

c)

Hegel

d)

Kant

e)

Dostoevsky

61.

The philosopher who lived in a barrel considered himself a "citizen of the world" and called for poverty, ignorance:

a)

Diogenes

b)

Epicurus

c)

Aristarchus

d)

Xenophanes

e)

Zeno

62.

A being that exists really and independently of consciousness?

a)

noumenal being

b)

phenomenal being

c)

human existence

d)

material existence

e)

existential being

63.

Philosophy in the Middle Ages occupied a subordinate position in relation to:

a)

theology

b)

to science

c)

to art

d)

etiquette

e)

medicine

64.

Who introduced the concept of "futurology"?

a)

O. Flechtheim

b)

F. Fukuyama

c)

D. Dewey

d)

Z. Brzezinski

e)

G. Lukac

65.

Formal being, i.e., being, as it appears to the subject of cognition:

a)

phenomenal being

b)

human existence

c)

noumenal being

d)

material existence

e)

existential being

66.

The mystical way of knowing God in Sufism is called:

a)

tariqat

b)

maripat

c)

tasauf

d)

jihad

e)

hakikat

67.

The Renaissance in spiritual terms is characterized by domination:

a)

of art

b)

science

c)

religions

d)

of philosophy

e)

policies

68.

Method where does the deduction of truth proceed from pure consciousness, that is, by scholastic reasoning?

a)

The Spider's Path

b)

The path of the ant

c)

The Bee's Way

d)

The Way of the Snake

e)

The Lizard's Way

69.

In psychoanalysis, Z. Freud's instinct that pushes a person to destruction?

a)

thanatos

b)

eros

c)

paidea

d)

ludus

e)

dharma

70.

The philosophical doctrine of beauty:

a)

Aesthetics

b)

Axiology

c)

Logic

d)

Ethics

e)

the Dialectic

71.

Method where does the systemless set of facts come from?

a)

The path of the ant

b)

The Spider's Path

c)

The Bee's Way

d)

The Way of the Snake

e)

The Lizard's Way

72.

Method where does the unification of theory and practice come from?

a)

The Bee's Way

b)

The Spider's Path

c)

the path of the ant

d)

The Way of the Snake

e)

The Lizard's Way

73.

The founder of ancient Skepticism:

a)

Pyrrhon

b)

Anaximander

c)

Socrates

d)

Heraclitus

e)

Anaximenes

74.

Under the influence of what science was the modern education system formed?

a)

pedagogy

b)

theology

c)

rhetoric

d)

right

e)

math

75.

The main two trends of modern education:

a)

diversification and internationalization

b)

sublimation, agony

c)

analysis, synthesis

d)

induction and deduction

e)

migration, population

76.

In psychoanalysis, Z. Freud's instinct that pushes a person to desire?

a)

eros

b)

paidea

c)

ludus

77.

In psychoanalysis, Z. Freud's instinct that pushes a person to desire?

a)

eros

b)

paidea

c)

ludus

d)

thanatos

e)

dharma

78.

A form of sensory cognition that reflects individual properties of external objects in a person's consciousness:

a)

sensations

b)

perception

c)

view

d)

the concept

e)

judgment

79.

A form of sensory cognition that reflects objects and phenomena of the surrounding world in a person's consciousness when they are directly affected:

a)

perception

b)

sensations

c)

view

d)

the concept

e)

judgment

80.

A form of sensory cognition that reflects in a person's consciousness images of objects and phenomena of the external world or their properties?

a)

representation

b)

sensations

c)

perception

d)

the concept

e)

judgment

81.

"Man is the measure of all things", name the author:

a)

Protagoras

b)

Parmenides

c)

Plato

d)

Zeno

e)

Xenophanes

82.

A form of rational cognition that reflects objects in their essential features?

a)

concept

b)

sensations

c)

perception

d)

view

e)

judgment

83.

A form of rational cognition in which a person expresses a thing in its connections and relationships:

a)

judgment

b)

sensations

c)

perception

d)

view

e)

the concept

84.

Who is the first dialectician in the history of philosophy?

a)

Heraclitus

b)

Democritus

c)

Epicurus

d)

Zeno

e)

Socrates

85.

"I know I don't know anything", name the author:

a)

Socrates

b)

Aristotle

c)

Plato

d)

Epicurus

e)

Cicero

86.

The term "philosophy" is first found in the works.....

a)

Plato

b)

of Pythagoras

c)

Confucius

d)

of Aristotle

e)

of Thales

87.

A form of rational cognition by which a new judgment is extracted from one or more judgments:

a)

inference

b)

sensations

c)

perception

d)

view

e)

the concept

88.

The process of education, in which there is the formation of new educational institutions, the introduction of new areas of study, new courses and disciplines:

a)

Diversification

b)

Sublimation

c)

Broadcast

d)

Intensification

e)

Migration

89.

The process of education, which is aimed at bringing together national learning systems, finding and developing universal concepts and components in them:

a)

internationalization

b)

sublimation

c)

diversification

d)

broadcast

e)

migration

90.

The main task of Christian apologists was to:

a)

Justify the advantages of Christianity

b)

In the proof of the existence of God

c)

In the translation of the Holy Scriptures into European languages

d)

In creating a holistic Christian worldview

e)

In the denial of Christian values

91.

Philosophical teaching about values:

a)

axiology

b)

logic

c)

ethics

d)

aesthetics

e)

the dialectic

92.

According to what concept is man created in the "image and likeness of God":

a)

creationism

b)

nominalism

c)

agnosticism

d)

hedonism

e)

idealism

93.

Who claimed that man is not a biological perfection, something failed, biologically flawed:

a)

Nietzsche

b)

Marx

c)

Shelling

d)

Feuerbach

e)

Fichte

94.

The world is not based on the principles of reason - this is the main thesis:

a)

Irrationalism

b)

of Rationalism

c)

of Empiricism

d)

of Sensualism

e)

of pragmatism

95.

The art of correct interpretation and explanation of Biblical texts is called:

a)

exegesis

b)

eclecticism

c)

heuristic

d)

hermeneutics

e)

casuistry

96.

"You can't enter the same river twice", name the author:

a)

Heraclitus

b)

Pythagoras

c)

Thales

d)

Parmenides

e)

Socrates

97.

The secular worldview of the Renaissance, which opposed scholasticism and the spiritual domination of the church:

a)

humanism

b)

clericalism

c)

theocentrism

d)

idealism

e)

deism

98.

Who at the end of the XX century proclaimed «the death of man»:

a)

Foucault

b)

Marx

c)

Shelling

d)

Feuerbach

e)

Fichte

99.

A philosophical teaching that denies the cognoscibility of the external world:

a)

agnosticism

b)

dualism

c)

idealism

d)

materialism

e)

monism

100.

The irrational is a form of cognition:

a)

intuition

b)

feeling

c)

the concept

d)

judgment

e)

inference

101.

The philosophical concept of the meaning of life where it is stated «to live is to enjoy, to have fun»:

a)

hedonism

b)

asceticism

c)

utilitarianism

d)

pragmatism

e)

eudaemonism

102.

The philosophical concept of the meaning of life where it is stated that «life is the renunciation of the earthly share, the struggle with sinful aspirations, the mortification of the flesh in the name of eternal life in union with God»:

a)

asceticism

b)

hedonism

c)

utilitarianism

d)

pragmatism

e)

eudaemonism

103.

The philosophical concept of the meaning of life where it is stated that «one should live striving for happiness - the true purpose of man»:

a)

eudemonism

b)

hedonism

c)

asceticism

d)

utilitarianism

e)

pragmatism

104.

The philosophical concept of the meaning of life where it is stated that «to live is to benefit from everything»:

a)

utilitarianism

b)

hedonism

c)

asceticism

d)

pragmatism

e)

eudaemonism

105.

The author of the ethical principle «I do not do to people what you do not wish for yourself»:

a)

Confucius

b)

the Buddha

c)

Lao Tzu

d)

Manu

e)

Shan Yan

106.

Nietzsche divided the Western Christian value into the morality of "slaves" and ..............:

a)

owners

b)

lackeys

c)

merchants

d)

subjects

e)

adaptants

107.

The main question of axiology:

a)

What is good?

b)

What do I know?

c)

What can I hope for?

d)

Who is a person?

e)

Where is the limit of knowledge?

108.

Who coined the term "morality":

a)

Cicero

b)

Seneca

c)

Lao Tzu

d)

Epicurus

e)

Democrit

109.

Author of the principle "art is imitation":

a)

Plato

b)

Seneca

c)

Lao Tzu

d)

Epicurus

e)

Democritus

110.

Specify two philosophical trends of the Middle Ages:

a)

realism and nominalism

b)

realism and scientism

c)

nominalism and neo-positivism

d)

phenomenology and nominalism

e)

realism and technicism

111.

The area of the Christian faith, which according to the teachings of Aquinas is beyond the philosophical mind:

a)

divine revelations

b)

houstonian sketches

c)

divine practice

d)

divine passions

e)

divine realities

112.

Representative of the Kazakh philosophy of the XIX century:

a)

A. Kunanbayev

b)

D. Shortanbay

c)

A. Kaigy

d)

A. Baitursynov

e)

B. Kalkamanuly

113.

What is the teaching aimed at protecting and justifying the Christian faith:

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