Maasin City National High School

Combado, Maasin City, So. Leyte

Final Examination
INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN PERSON

Name: _______________________ Section: ___________ Date: ________ Score: _______

I. Identify the following. Write your answers on the space provided before the number.
________________ 1. This form of society is composed mainly of families who spend most of their time
searching for food and thus, have no permanent territory.
________________ 2. This society is marked by the establishment of societies based on knowledge,
information, and the sale of services.
________________ 3. This society is based on the use of specialized machinery in the production of
goods and services.
________________ 4. This society is based on the ownership of land.
________________ 5. This society is characterized by improved technology and the use of tools to aid in
farming.
________________ 6. A form of society that engages in the small-scale cultivation of plants, fruits, and
vegetables and the domestication of animals.
________________ 7. This type of society is characterized by the domestication of animals for food for a
more stable and predictable food supply.
________________ 8. An organized group of people whose members interact frequently and have a
common territory and culture.

II. Direction. Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

9. How do we as human persons relate valuably with others?

a. I really do not care about what other people think of me and how they see my behavior.
b. I am only nice to people I know and I tend to ignore strangers.
c. I always treat the people I meet with respect.
d. None of the above
10. How does empathy enable persons to establish genuine relationships with others?
a. Empathy makes the person feels the feelings of others.
b. Empathy values respect and justice, thus, makes the person a man of virtue.
c. Empathy recognizes others as persons with thoughts and feelings, thus, enables him/her to
experience other’s emotions.
d. None of the above
11. What drives human beings to establish societies?
a. Human being, by nature, is a social animal.
b. No man is an island, thus, he cannot survive unless s/he is with other human beings.
c. Human being desires for safety thus by establishing societies s/he is in good hands.
 d. None of the above
12. In what way society influenced our growth?
a. Society meets all our wants and needs, thus, ensuring our development.
b. Society has nothing to do with our growth because growth is biological not societal.
c. Society nurtures our development for each belongs to a particular society.
d. All of the above
13. Why do you think some people have such a negative view regarding death?
a. Death means assuming new life with God.
b. Death takes everything from us.
c. The only way to enter heaven is through death.
d. For death has a negative meaning.
14. What does living a meaningful life mean to you?
a. Eat and drink today because tomorrow you will die.
b. You live only once thus don’t bother yourself doing good.
c. Make your passion your profession
d. I don’t believe that there is such thing as meaningful life.
15. What would result if we don’t accept our individual differences?
a. It doesn’t matter for every individual is unique.
b. It makes the world a beautiful place to live in.
c. Life will be destroyed.
d. I can live alone, so I don’t care.
16. How would you classify intersubjectivity?
a. Intersubjectivity includes everyone and everything outside of the self.
b. Intersubjectivity happens when the self becomes aware of the other.
c. Intersubjectivity is concerned with the I and It relationship.
d. a and b, except c.

III. Constructive Essay. Answer the following questions comprehensively.

17-18. What is the one thing that, if taken from you, would take away the meaning of your life?
Answer.

19-20. How can you improve your life as a son/daughter, student, and Filipino? Cite a concrete examples.
Answer.