LAIYA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

FIRST / SECOND SEMESTER SY 2019-2020
FIRST/SECOND PERIODICAL EXAMINATION
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THE INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF MAN
G-12 KPLUS PIETY, OBEDIENCE, LOVE

NAME: DATE:

SECTION/ STRAND: SCORE: / 35

Parent’s Signature over Printed Name

TEST A. Directions: Read each item carefully and do as each item require. For multiple choice
items, write the letter of your choice on the space provided before each number. Otherwise,
do as indicated.

________ 1. Which of the following statements is true about philosophizing in the medieval ages.
a. Philosophy was cosmocentric. c. Philosophy was anthropocentric.
b. Philosophy was theocentric. d. Philosophy was choice-centric.

________ 2. Which of the following philosophical formulations may attributed to Rene Descartes?
a. God is love. c. I think therefore I am.
b. Choice is central to human existence. d. God’s existence is reflected in nature.

________ 3. Which of the following medieval philosophers borrowed from Plato to explain the existence and
movement of God?
a. St. Augustine of Hippo c. Pope Benedict XVI
b. St. Thomas Aquinas d. Immanuel Kant

________ 4. St. Thomas Aquinas used Socrates’ realism to explain the Divine. Which of the following
statements reflects this?
a. God is love. c. I think therefore I am.
b. Choice is central to human existence. d. God’s existence is reflected in nature.

________ 5. Which of the following reflects Aquinas’ argument of motion to explain the existence of God?
a. Everything is an effect of a cause. God is First Cause, the Uncaused Cause.
b. Everything in the world is impermanent. But there must be something that does not perish. That is
God.
c. Everything moves and changes. They are affected/changed by something. God is the Unmoved
Mover.
d. Nothing is perfect in the world. There are only degree of skill or development. But something has to
be perfect. That Perfection is God.

________ 6. Which of the following reflects Aquinas’ argument of causality to explain the existence of God?
a. Everything is an effect of a cause. God is First Cause, the Uncaused Cause.
b. Everything in the world is impermanent. But there must be something that does not perish. That is
God.
c. Everything moves and changes. They are affected/changed by something. God is the Unmoved
Mover.
d. Nothing is perfect in the world. There are only degree of skill or development. But something has to
be perfect. That Perfection is God.

________ 7. Which of the following reflects Aquinas’ argument of degree to explain the existence of God?
a. Everything is an effect of a cause. God is First Cause, the Uncaused Cause.
b. Everything in the world is impermanent. But there must be something that does not perish. That is
God.
c. Everything moves and changes. They are affected/changed by something. God is the Unmoved
Mover.
d. Nothing is perfect in the world. There are only degree of skill or development. But something has to
be perfect. That Perfection is God.

________ 8. Which of the following reflects Aquinas’ argument of impermanence to explain the existence of
God?
a. Everything is an effect of a cause. God is First Cause, the Uncaused Cause.
b. Everything in the world is impermanent. But there must be something that does not perish. That is
God.
c. Everything moves and changes. They are affected/changed by something. God is the Unmoved
Mover.
d. Nothing is perfect in the world. There are only degree of skill or development. But something has to
be perfect. That Perfection is God.

________ 9. Which of the following is NOT true about the philosophy of St. Augustine of Hippo?
 a. It is theocentric.
b. It is based on the philosophy of Plato.
c. It is based on the philosophy of Aristotle.
d. It focused on the difference between mundane and the eternal.

________ 10. St. Augustine led a sinful life before he converted to the Catholic faith with the help of St.
Ambrose of Milan. During those years when he was leading a sinful life, Augustine realized that he was
chasing the
a. World of forms c. world of gambling
b. World of shadows d. world of drunkenness

________ 11. Which of the following should we be chasing, according to St. Augustine?
a. World of forms c. world of gambling
b. World of shadows d. world of drunkenness

________ 12. Joseph Ratzinger warns us about the dangers of the dictatorship of relativism. Which of the
following statements reflect this dictatorship?
a. Cogito ergo sum. c. Walang basagan ng trip.
b. Choice is central to existence. d. Man is thrown in the world to die.

________ 13. Rene Descartes is famous for which quotation?

a. Cogito ergo sum. c. Walang basagan ng trip.
b. Choice is central to existence. d. Man is thrown in the world to die.

________ 14. Which of the following is the implication of your answer to #13?
a. That God is the center of human existence.
b. That man himself is the center of human existence.
c. That choice is at the center of human existence.
d. That there is no one “truth” anymore but many “truths”.

________ 15. Who among the philosophers below highlighted the importance of subjectivity in choosing
one’s belief, especially in God?
a. Soren Kierkegaard c. Jean Paul Sartre
b. Martin Heidegger d. Immanuel Kant

________ 16. Helena does not know which course to choose. She is afraid choosing one over another might
change the course of her life for good. Kierkegaard called this:
a. Anxiety c. Da-sein
b. Thrown-ness d. Simulacra

________ 17. Cecil has three suitors but she decided not to commit to any of the three. Which of the
following adages is exemplified in this case.
a. Man is thrown in the world to die.
b. Choice is central to human existence.
c. There is no such thing as no choice; not to choose is also a choice.
d. Act only is such a way that you treat humanity never as means, but always as ends.

________ 18. Which of the following concepts is Martin Heidegger known for?
a. Anxiety c. Da-sein
b. Thrown-ness d. Simulacra

________ 19. What does your answer to #18 mean?

a. Being for oneself b. being there c. inauthentic d. fakery
________ 20. The ultimate goal of Heidegger’s philosophy is the achievement of:
a. Authenticity b. Freedom c. Fakery d. Employment

________ 21. In which of the following scenarios is an authentic life lived?

a. Caesar obeys the law because he is afraid of the punishments.
b. Alfredo kept Julia, her ex, in mind even after marrying his fiancée Esperanza.
c. Russell wanted to be a computer engineer but chose to obey his parents’ wish for him to become a
seafarer.
d. Julius knew his parents could not support his education but he enrolled himself in college
nonetheless as a working student.

_______ 22. Which of the following did Jean Paul Sarte claim?
a. Essence precedes existence.
b. Existence precedes essence.
c. Existence and essence develop together.
d. Essence and existence cannot play out together.

_______ 23. The obvious moral weakness of putting choice at the center of human existence is
a. Man’s choices are limited.
b. Man’s choices are not always correct or ethical.
c. Not all humans are able to choose rationally, for some reason or another.
 d. Man is prone to changing his choices from time to time.

_______ 24. Which of the following philosophers proposed the idea of categorical imperatives?
a. Soren Kierkegaard c. Immanuel Kant
b. Jean Paul Sartre d. Albert Camus

_______ 25. Which is the first categorical imperative?

a. Universalization Formula c. Autonomy Formula
b. Means vs. Ends Formula d. Kingdom of Ends formula

_______ 26. Which of the following reflects the means vs. ends formulation of the categorical imperative?
a. Act only in accordance with that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it
become a universal law.
b. We should never act in such a way that we treat humanity, whether in ourselves or in others, as
a means only but always as an end in itself.
c. The Idea of the will of every rational being as a will that legislates universal law.
d. Act in accordance with the maxims of a member giving universal laws for a merely possible
kingdom of ends.

_______ 27. Which of the following reflects the universalization formulation of the categorical imperative?
a. Act only in accordance with that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it
become a universal law.
b. We should never act in such a way that we treat humanity, whether in ourselves or in others, as
a means only but always as an end in itself.
c. The Idea of the will of every rational being as a will that legislates universal law.
d. Act in accordance with the maxims of a member giving universal laws for a merely possible
kingdom of ends.

_______ 28. Which of the following reflects the kingdom of ends formulation of the categorical imperative?
a. Act only in accordance with that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it
become a universal law.
b. We should never act in such a way that we treat humanity, whether in ourselves or in others, as
a means only but always as an end in itself.
c. The Idea of the will of every rational being as a will that legislates universal law.
d. Act in accordance with the maxims of a member giving universal laws for a merely possible
kingdom of ends.

_______ 29. Which of the following reflects the autonomy formulation of the categorical imperative?
a. Act only in accordance with that maxim through which you can at the same time will that it
become a universal law.
b. We should never act in such a way that we treat humanity, whether in ourselves or in others, as
a means only but always as an end in itself.
c. The Idea of the will of every rational being as a will that legislates universal law.
d. Act in accordance with the maxims of a member giving universal laws for a merely possible
kingdom of ends.

_______ 30. Last month, a confession was submitted to a national newspaper wherein an anonymous
woman related her experiences of having a sugar daddy. According to her, she entered the relationship
because she needed funding for her college education and because her family also needed financial help.
Which categorical imperative does the woman in this story violate?
a. Universalization Formula c. Autonomy Formula
b. Means vs. Ends Formula d. Kingdom of Ends formula

_______ 31. Delia, 22, finds herself unexpectedly pregnant. Her boyfriend of 7 months does not want to
have the baby yet because having a child will hinder their respective careers. Should the two decide to
have the baby aborted, which categorical imperative will they violate?
a. Universalization Formula c. Autonomy Formula
b. Means vs. Ends Formula d. Kingdom of Ends formula

_______ 32. YES or NO. Kant believed that under the Kingdom of Ends formula, the government (as a
member giving universal laws) should only approve laws which pass the categorical imperatives.

_______ 33. Which of the following is the ultimate end of the categorical imperatives?
a. Respect for each person as a self-governing/autonomous will.
b. Legislate laws that will guide the socialization of human beings.
c. Promote the subjective desires of each individual as self-governing will.
d. Protect humans whose rationality is suspended because of one reason or another.

_______ 34. Which of the following schools of thought is Jean Baudrillard associated with?
a. Existentialism b. Postmodernism c. Romanticism d.
Postcolonialism

_______ 35. Which of the following is NOT true about your answer to #34?
 a. It generally avoids metanarratives.
b. It favors the recognition of little narratives.
c. It is highly subjective and recognizes non-traditional views.
d. It promotes conservatism and seeks to preserves traditional values.

10-point Bonus: Sa hindi lalampas sa limang pangungusap, ipaliwanag ang mga panganib na
dulot ng “diktadurya ng relatibismo” na nilalabanan ni Santo Papa Benito XVI:

Prepared by: Noted by: Approved by:

Mr. MELVIN L. VIAÑA Miss Criza Jean L. Sulit Josephine D. Rosales, PhD
Subject Teacher Master Teacher I Principal II
Duc in altum!