SUBJECT: INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN

PERSON
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Direction: Choose the letter and encircle the best/correct answer.

1. The original and real name of Pope John Paul II?

a. Karol Wojtla c. Edmund Husseri
b. Alan Turing d. Martin Buber

2. According to this philosopher, knowing oneself is a condition to solve the

present problems.
a. Socrates b. Aristotle c. Plato d. Marcel

3. Who is the first German to question the cruelty of Germany’s Holocaust

pertaining to justice?
a. Gabriel Marcel c. Martin Heidegger
b. Jean Paul Sartre d. Karl Jaspers

4. It is referred to as the “Dark Ages” in European history.

a. Industrial Period b. Modern c. Medieval d. Computer Period

5. What philosophical method used by Gabriel Marcel looking at the

openness of the world?
a. Fallacy b. Existentialism c. Analytic tradition d.
Phenomenological

6. The purpose of human being is to be happy.

a. It is Pythagoras philosophy c. it is Plato’s saying
b. Socrates famous line d. Aristotle’s philosophy

7. Defining justice in Plato’s Republic, which citizenry is not applied in this

principle? a. elite b. Soldiers c. Guardians d. common
people

8. The main idea of Socrates in good living:

a. “I am who I am” b. “I-I” c.“I-Thou” d. “Know the self”
9. Jean Paul Sartre’s existentialism stem from this principle: “Existence
precedes essence”.
a. A person first exists, surges up in the word and defines himself.
b. A person gives meaning to one’s life.
c. A person’s freedom is the very core and the door of authentic
existence.
d. All statements above are the defining factors.
10. Which one is not included in the Industrial Revolution?
a. Invention of machines c. Embracing of factory system
b. The use of steam engine d. Wide proliferation of computers

11. Karol Wojtyla theorized the “I-You” philosophy. He was popularly

called:
a. Pope Paul VI c. Pope John Paul II
b. Pope Francis d. Pope Benedict

12. According to World Bank, two dollars living condition a day is

knowingly called income poverty.
a. Beggar b. middle class c. extremely poor d. poor

13. This philosopher believed the question: “What am I” cannot fully

answer on a human level.
a. Karl Jaspers c. Gabriel Marcel
b. Jean Paul Sartre d. Martin Heidegger

14. He had been credited with the policy of development “The Philippines
for the Filipinos”.
a. Bongbong Marcos c. Manny Pacquiao
b. William Howard Taft d. Douglas MacArthur

15. Following the Four Noble Truths of Buddha, Arthur Schopenhauer

contends that all of life is suffering.
a. We can alleviate suffering
b. We sacrifice because of suffering
c. We can ignore suffering
d. We continue to suffer because we are human

16. He searched the proof of a continuous struggle between class

exploiters and the oppressed working people. Who is this philosopher?
a. Karl Marx c. Mahatma Gandhi
 b. Martin Luther d. Franklin Roosevelt

17. Our spirituality separates us from animals according to St. Thomas

Aquinas.
a. We get a physical body c. We have freedom
b. We have conscience d. We get an eternal soul

18. A movement in which machines changed people ways of life as well as

methods of manufacturing.
a. agricultural revolution c. cultural revolution
b. green revolution d. industrial revolution

19. Christopher Columbus discovered the New World. What continent or

country represents the New World?
a. America b. South America c. West Indies d. The Caribbean

20. One of these philosophers is not part of the Modern Period. Who is this
man of great thinking?
a. Plato b. Copernicu c. Galileo d. Kepler

21. Human existence is exhibited care according to Martin Heidegger.

Which theory is this?
a. It reaches with death c. It brings us to eternity
b. It creates immortality d. It solves mystery

22. This is the branch of science where an intelligent agent is a system

that perceives its environment takes actions that maximizes its changes
of masses.
a. artificial intelligence c. online data base
b. Multiple intelligence d. information technology

23. Which one of them owned this philosophical quotations: “Unfree man is
a disgrace to nature”?
a. Karl Jaspers c. Friedrich Nietzsche
b. Arthur Schopenhauer d. Martin Heidegger

24. The advance of science during the 15th to 18th Centuries inspired the
growth of philosophy. Which one is true statement?
a. The states are tolerable during those times
b. There was no growth of great cities
 c. Rationalism was the predominant feature
d. The period didn’t need social philosophy

25. In simple phrase, what is Karl Jaspers’ belief in existence?

a. limit-situation c. dual existence
b. care existence d. phenomenological existence

26. The complex and interrelated series of changes in humanity’s way of

life.
a. Globalization b. Modernization c. industrialization d. unification

27. Who was this philosopher believed that all human got its own
potential?
a. Plato b. Aristotle c. Socrates d. Galileo

28. Among the fourfold of St. Thomas Aquinas, which law is the function of
Theology?
a. divine law b. natural law c. eternal law d. human law
29. What is the greatest happiness according to St. Thomas Aquinas?
a. The love of God c. Love of the world
b. Love of our parents d. love of Neighbors

30. Philosopher Jean Jaques Rousseau was very influential in 18 th century.

What was the similar nature related to the Philippines?
a. Famine c. cold war
b. EDSA Revolution d. European pestilence

31. Rousseau and Hobbes were proponents of the Theory of Social

Contact. Which one is a good example of a social contract?
a. marriage contract c. verbal contract
b. bank agreement d. the Bill of Rights

32. For Aristotle, a human being is a rational being. What does it mean?
a. It has only free will c. It has no intellect and free will
b. It has only intellect d. It has intellect and free will

33. Jean Jaques Rousseau believed that intellectual rights are not merely
numbers. Who was the other philosopher who believed the same?
a. Ayn Rand c. Jean Paul Sartre
b. Thomas Hobbes d. Friedrich Nietzche
34. Who said so: “Human person desires to be God”?
a. Jean Paul Sartre c. F. B. Skinner
b. Thomas Hobbes d. Jean Jacques Rousseau

35. Who didn’t recognize the meaning of one’s life?

a. Socrates b. Aristotle c. Plato d. Hitler

36. The Confucius “jen” is similar with Christian love.

a. It instructs us to love others and ourselves
b. It develops us to fall in love with someone
c. It makes us believed that love is beautiful
d. It makes us to love ourselves first

37. Indian philosopher Ayn Rand’s view on individual freedom should be

aligned with what kind freedom?
a. Social b. economic c. mental d. physical

38. Galileo convinced the correction of the new way of seeing the world.
a. automobile b. telescope c. microscope d. airplane

39. Gabriel Marcel believed that philosophy has the tension and what it is
the harmony?
a. dance b. music c. drama d. movie

40. According to this philosopher, freedom should not merely have

controlled by reward and punishment.
a. John Stuart Mill b. F. B. Skinner c. Aristotle d. Plato
41. Amid turmoil, which institution stood out for common good in the
Middle-Ages?
a. the church b. the government c. the school d. the military
42. Socrates described true knowledge is wisdom. Which one below him
was referring it?
a. intelligence b. prudence c. virtue d. morality

43. He is the sublime paralytic and a good example of inter-subjectivity.

Who is this Filipino philosopher?
a. Apolinario Mabini c. Gregorio del Pilar
b. Emilio Aguinaldo d. Jose Rizal
44. Filipinos OFW are modern day heroes because they support the
government through their remittances.
They try their follow their dreams even though to fall into this modern
slavery.
a. drug cartel c. human trafficking
b. terrorism d. political prisoners

45. The EDSA Revolution inspired counties around the world.

“Perestroika” was the term coined this modern struggle in this county.
a. Sweden b. Russia c. Latvia d. Germany

46. For Socrates, a person to be happy, he has to do something.

a. To enjoy life to the fullest.
b. To accumulate a lot of money
c. To live a virtuous life
d. To have the worldly possessions in the world.

47. What value we learned in F. B. Skinner on behavioural philosophy

when it comes to freedom?
a. honesty b. humility c. good works d. responsibility

48. What essayed Martin Heidegger that human kind is a conversation?

a. speech b. monologue c. public debate d. dialogue

49. Martin Buber and Karol Wojtyla believed in social dimension of notion.
a. Notion of concrete experience c. notion of rationality
b. Notion of animosity d. notion of intelligence

50. Best way to describe Ayn Rand’s view of individualism. Which one
below is this?
a. It passes the power of learning the truth
b. It should go to spirituality
c. It is aligned with economic freedom
d. It is all about academic freedom