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Diagnostic Test in Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person

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MULTIPLE CHOICES: Encircle the letter that corresponds to the BEST answer. (50pts)
1. The four main divisions of philosophy are metaphysics, epistemology, axiology, and _____.
a. Bioethics
b. Logic
c. Aesthetics
d. Categorical logic
2. For Socrates, an unexamined life is a tragedy because it results in grievous harm to _____.
a. The state
b. The justice system
c. The body
d. The soul
3. For Socrates, the soul is harmed by lack of _____.
a. Knowledge
b. Wealth
c. Community
d. Courage
4. A question-and-answer dialogue in which propositions are methodically scrutinized to
uncover the truth is known as _____.
a. An argument
b. The Socratic Method
c. The Socratic jest
d. A debate
5. If you assume that a set of statements is true, and yet you can deduce a false or absurd
statement from it, then the original set of statements as a whole must be false. This kind of
argument is known as _____.
a. Modus tollens
b. Modus ponens
c. Hpothetical syllogism
d. Reductio ad absurdum *
6. The systematic use of critical reasoning to try to find answers to fundamental questions
about reality, morality, and knowledge is called _____.
a. The argumentative method
b. The philosophical method
c. Propositional logic
d. Syllogistic reasoning
7. The famous statement “An unexamined life is not worth living” is attributed to _____.
a. Aristotle
b. John Locke
c. Socrates
d. Plato
8. The study of reality in the broadest sense, an inquiry into the elemental nature of the
universe and the things in it, is known as _____.
a. Metaphysics
b. Epistemology
c. Quantum physics
d. Axiology
9. Questions like “What is knowledge?” and “What is truth?” are mainstays in the branch of
philosophy known as _____.
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a. Logic
b. Metaphysics
c. Epistemology
d. Aesthetics
10. According to Socrates, a clear sign that a person has _____ is her exclusive pursuit of social
status, wealth, power, and pleasure.
a. Philosophical ambition
b. Worldly wisdom
c. Exceptional desires
d. An unhealthy soul
11. Which is the branch of philosophy that studies issues concerning reasoning?
a. Aesthetic
b. Epistemology
c. Logic
d. Metaphysics
12. Questions like “What is knowledge?” and “What is truth?” are mainstays in the branch of
philosophy known as _____.
a. Logic
b. Metaphysics
c. Epistemology
d. Aesthetics
13. Etymologically, what does Philo means?
a. Wisdom
b. Love
c. Love of Wisdom
d. Cares
14. What are the four things to be considered in philosophy are Science, Natural Light of
Reason, Study of All Things and _____.
a. Aesthetics
b. Diversity
c. Highest Principle
d. Logic
15. “Virtual Reality vs The Real Thing” is under which branch of philosophy?
a. Ethics
b. Metaphysics
c. Logic
d. Aesthetic
16. Which of the following would be most important to the work of a Phenomenologist?
a. Appearance
b. Mental
c. Consciousness
d. Behavior
17. What Flower is commonly associated with Buddhism?
a. Rose Flower
b. Gumamela Flower
c. Lotus Flower
d. Daisy Flower
18. What is the oldest Indian Sacred Texts?
a. Moksha
b. Mahabharata
c. Upanishads
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d. Vedas
19. Which belief holds that humanity’s life is a continuous cycle of birth or rebirth?
a. Samsara
b. Moksha
c. Transmigration
d. Karma
20. Which Greek Philosopher employed the term “boundless”?
a. George Mead
b. Immanuel Kant
c. Anaximander
d. Aristotle
21. According to Thales, reality is ________________.
a. water
b. air
c. fire
d. none of the above
22. _______________ is the Father or Founder of Western Philosophy
a. Aristotle
b. Plato
c. Anaximaner
d. Socrates
23. He claims that reality is infinite.
a. Anaximanes
b. Thales
c. Anaximander
d. Democritus
24. The First Philosopher who devise a logical method.
a. Socrates
b. Hippocrates
c. Aristotle
d. Plato
25. They believed that the primary constituents of reality are atoms.
a. Democritus
b. Thales
c. Pythagoras
d. Hippocrates
26. He believed that the primary constituent of reality consists of numbers.
a. Pythagoras
b. Heraclitus
c. Anaximander
d. Thales
27. A defect in an argument other than its having false premises.
a. Fallacy
b. Argument
c. Logic
d. Both a and b
28. He is the former Father of Existentialism.
a. Immanuel Kant
b. Jean Paul Sartre
c. Aristotle
d. None of the above
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29. According to Socrates, the value or quality of one's life depends on understanding the
principles of, or basic rationale for human existence. Without such knowledge (he suggests) life
lacks virtue, because:
a. acting virtuously means acting in way that is informed about what one is doing and why
b. someone who does not understand existence philosophically could never do anything right
c. to have the power or ability to do anything at all requires that we know what we are doing
d. not only is virtue knowledge but also the unexamined life is not worth living
30. He is a French Philosopher who emphasized the importance of free individual choice
regardless of the power of other people.
a. Nietzsche Friedrich
b. Jean Paul Sartre
c. Immanuel Kant
d. Karl Jasper
31. Wisdom seeker who came to be called The Buddha.
a. Mahatma Gandhi
b. Siddhartha Gautama
c. Maharashi
d. None of the above
32. The “OM” symbol represents the religion of ______________.
a. Buddhism
b. Islam
c. Hinduism
d. Taoism
33. Following the Eightfold Path and Four Noble Truths to achieve enlightenment is associated
with which religion?
a. Hinduism
b. Buddhism
c. Christianity
34. The belief that the soul never dies but is continually reborn or reincarnated is associated
with which religion?
a. Islam
b. Judaism
c. Hinduism
d. Buddhism
35. The sacred text (holy book) of the Christian is the _________________.
a. Qu’ran or Koran
b. Bible
c. The Vedas
d. Upanishads
36. The Buddha means ________________.
a. The Choosen One
b. The Enlightened One
c. The Annointed One
d. All of the above
37. This is the branch of philosophy that study beauty and arts.
a. Metaphysics
b. Logic
c. Aesthetic
d. Ethics
38. He was known for the Mystical Nature of his Philosophy, especially his idea on changed.
a. Democritus
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b. Anaximander
c. Hippocrates
d. Heraclitus
39. He is famous for the Maxim: Man is the Measure of all things.
a. Protagoras
b. Pythagoras
c. Democritus
d. None of the above
40. According to Socrates, an unexamined life is not worth living; and it certainly could not be a
virtuous life. Why not?
a. Because if someone did not know how to act virtuously, he or she would still be considered
virtuous by others who also did not know the principles for good living
b. Because since Socrates was a philosopher, he of course thought that people who examined
their lives philosophically were more virtuous than those who did not
c. Because without knowing the rationale for why one should act in a particular way, one does
not know whether actions are justified and ought to be repeated
d. Because a virtuous life would be one in which someone does what the rest of the society says
is right, and that means examining views other than one's own
41. The Filipino attitude as part of life which literally means to leave everything to God which is
Bathala?
a. Bahala na
b. Bayanihan
c. Pakikisama
d. Kalooban
42. Which is the philosophy of “living in harmony with nature”?
a. Bahala na
b. Bayanihan
c. Pakikisama
d. Kalooban
43. Which Filipino value is helping others in times of need?
a. Bahala na
b. Bayanihan
c. Pakikisama
d. Kalooban
44. Which is reciprocating debts of gratitude between coordinates and subordinates holds the
whole group together?
a. Bahala na
b. Bayanihan
c. Pakikisama
d. utang na loob
45. A term that show sharing of one’s self to others?
a. Bahala na
b. Bayanihan
c. Pakikisama
d. Kalooban
46. Aristotle established his own school called __________-
a. The Academy
b. The Lycans
c. The Lyceum
d. The Academe
47. This is the branch of philosophy that studies the morality of the human person.
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a. Ethics
b. Metaphysics
c. Aesthetics
d. Epistemology
48. One of the famous Greek philosopher and the founder of the School of Academy.
a. Plato
b. Socrates
c. Aristotle
d. Pythagoras
49. He is the first Philosopher known to use the word Cosmos.
a. Democritus
b. Hippocrates
c. Heraclitus
d. None of the above
50. He invented one of the most fundamental concepts of physic—the center of gravity.
a. Pythagoras
b. Archimedes
c. Thales
d. Aristotle

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