PHIL101 Practice Questions with Verified
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Which of the following branches of philosophy does not involve questions related to
values?
Select one:
a. Moral
b. Metaphysics
c. Social
d. Political
Metaphysics
"I don't agree with Jones when she says we should wait for a trial, and I'll tell you why.
I don't approve of letting someone get away with murder! That's why I say let's hang
him now!" What fallacy does this most clearly illustrate?
Select one:
a. Straw Man
b. Black or White Fallacy
c. Argumentum ad Hominem
d. Red Herring
Red Herring
What is reality according to a follower of Parmenides?
Select one:
a. One and changing.
b. One and unchanging.
,c. Many and changing.
d. Many and unchanging.
One and unchanging.
Plato had three famous theories:
Select one:
a. The Theory of Forms, The Theory of Knowledge, The Theory of the Oracle.
b. The Theory of Fire and Becoming, The Tunnel Theory, The Theory of Knowledge.
c. The Theory of Becoming, The Theory of Relativity, The Theory the Absolute Truth.
d. The Theory of Knowledge, The Theory of Love and Becoming, The Theory of Forms.
The Theory of Knowledge, The Theory of Love and Becoming, The Theory of Forms.
Which ancient philosophical tradition did Plotinus represent?
Select one:
a. Stoicism
b. Epicureanism
c. Skepticism
d. Neoplatonism
Neoplatonism
How are the Forms apprehended, according to Plato?
Select one:
a. By reason.
b. By the senses.
c. By intuition.
d. By mystical experience.
, By reason.
How did St. Thomas Aquinas distinguish philosophy from theology?
Select one:
a. Philosophy is limited to the natural world and theology is limited to the supernatural
world.
b. Philosophy is based on reason while theology is based on divine revelation and faith.
c. Philosophy is a source of ignorance, error, and illusion while only theology can give us
truth.
d. Theology is dependent on philosophy but not vice versa.
Philosophy is based on reason while theology is based on divine revelation and faith.
What was clarity and distinctness a mark of, for Rene Descartes?
Select one:
a. God
b. Goodness
c. Truth
d. Rationality
Truth
Who is a philosopher, in the original sense of the world?
Select one:
a. Someone who studies the stars and planets.
b. A person primarily interested in the truth about moral matters.
c. A lover and pursuer of wisdom, regardless of the subject matter.
d. A clever and tricky arguer.
A lover and pursuer of wisdom, regardless of the subject matter.
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Which of the following branches of philosophy does not involve questions related to
values?
Select one:
a. Moral
b. Metaphysics
c. Social
d. Political
Metaphysics
"I don't agree with Jones when she says we should wait for a trial, and I'll tell you why.
I don't approve of letting someone get away with murder! That's why I say let's hang
him now!" What fallacy does this most clearly illustrate?
Select one:
a. Straw Man
b. Black or White Fallacy
c. Argumentum ad Hominem
d. Red Herring
Red Herring
What is reality according to a follower of Parmenides?
Select one:
a. One and changing.
b. One and unchanging.
,c. Many and changing.
d. Many and unchanging.
One and unchanging.
Plato had three famous theories:
Select one:
a. The Theory of Forms, The Theory of Knowledge, The Theory of the Oracle.
b. The Theory of Fire and Becoming, The Tunnel Theory, The Theory of Knowledge.
c. The Theory of Becoming, The Theory of Relativity, The Theory the Absolute Truth.
d. The Theory of Knowledge, The Theory of Love and Becoming, The Theory of Forms.
The Theory of Knowledge, The Theory of Love and Becoming, The Theory of Forms.
Which ancient philosophical tradition did Plotinus represent?
Select one:
a. Stoicism
b. Epicureanism
c. Skepticism
d. Neoplatonism
Neoplatonism
How are the Forms apprehended, according to Plato?
Select one:
a. By reason.
b. By the senses.
c. By intuition.
d. By mystical experience.
, By reason.
How did St. Thomas Aquinas distinguish philosophy from theology?
Select one:
a. Philosophy is limited to the natural world and theology is limited to the supernatural
world.
b. Philosophy is based on reason while theology is based on divine revelation and faith.
c. Philosophy is a source of ignorance, error, and illusion while only theology can give us
truth.
d. Theology is dependent on philosophy but not vice versa.
Philosophy is based on reason while theology is based on divine revelation and faith.
What was clarity and distinctness a mark of, for Rene Descartes?
Select one:
a. God
b. Goodness
c. Truth
d. Rationality
Truth
Who is a philosopher, in the original sense of the world?
Select one:
a. Someone who studies the stars and planets.
b. A person primarily interested in the truth about moral matters.
c. A lover and pursuer of wisdom, regardless of the subject matter.
d. A clever and tricky arguer.
A lover and pursuer of wisdom, regardless of the subject matter.
