Worksheets Name

From the Perspective of Philosophy

Class
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 7mins
Date
Instructor name: Francis Mangahas

1. This is the goal of the Socratic Method

a) To make the person accept that he is wrong b) To reach a definition of an object/concept that
cannot be refuted

c) To bring the person closer to a final

understanding of the object/concept

2. This was how the world came to know the philosophy of Socrates

a) Through Socrates' Writings b) Through Aristotle's Writings

c) Through Plato's Writings

3. In his explanation of the search for knowledge, which illustration was used by Plato

a) The Allegory of the Cave b) The Theory of Forms

c) The Two Realms

4. The manner the ancient athenians settle their arguments in the 5th century BCE was

a) Through a show of strength b) Through a show of skill in debates

c) Through a show of skill in using weapons

5. This is composed of eternal things which are permanent and perfect. It is the source of all reality and
true knowledge

a) Realm of Forms b) Realm of Shadows

c) Realm of Perfectness
6. One of the three components of the soul that was described by Plato that is irrational and lean towards
the desire for pleasures of the body

a) The Reason b) The Spirited

c) The Appetites

7. Which of the below statement is not true about Christianity

a) Christian Philosophers held faith supreme over b) They see man as basically good and becomes
reason and logic evil through ignorance of what is good

c) Man is a sinner who reject/go against a loving

God's commands

8. The one who named Socrates as the wisest of all men

a) Plato b) Delphi Oracle

c) Sophists

9. They are considered as the people who are skilled in doing debates and discussion. They are also called
the first teachers of the West

Ans.

10. This is Plato's Metaphysics, he refers to this as to what are real. They are not objects that are
encountered with the senses but can only be grasped intellectually.

Ans.

11. This was how John Locke described the human mind at birth

Ans.

12. What made Christian Philosophers different from the Greeks in their view of human nature?

a) They view man as basically good but becomes b) They view man as sinners who do not follow
evil through ignorance God's will

c) They view man as either good or bad based on

how he uses his free will
13. According to Hume, these are the contents of the Human Mind

a) Intuition and Deduction b) Impressions and Ideas

c) Reason and appetites

14. The Philosopher who stated that there is no permanent/unchanging self, what people have are just a
bundle of impressions

Ans.

15. The latin word for Descartes "I think therefore I am"

Ans.

16. He was the Philosopher that said "nothing exists in the mind that was not first in the senses"

Ans.

17. According to him, the cause of sin or evil is an act of man's freewill

Ans.

18. The Philosopher who said that "The unexamined life is not worth living"

Ans.

19. These are ideas that do not rely on some experiences because they are innate in the human mind

a) A posteriori b) A priori

20. According to John Locke, this is the law that pertains to the actions that are praiseworthy and which
are called virtues not vices

a) Civil Law b) Law of Opinion

c) Divine Law
Answer Keys

1. c) To bring the person closer 2. c) Through Plato's Writings 3. a) The Allegory of the Cave
to a final understanding of
the object/concept

4. b) Through a show of skill in 5. a) Realm of Forms 6. c) The Appetites

debates

7. b) They see man as basically 8. b) Delphi Oracle 9. Sophists, Sophist, The

good and becomes evil Sophist, The Sophists
through ignorance of what
is good

10. Theory of Forms, Forms, 11. Tabula Rasa, Blank Slate 12. b) They view man as
Realm of Forms sinners who do not
follow God's will

13. b) Impressions and Ideas 14. David Hume, Hume, David 15. Cogito Ergo Sum

16. John Locke, Locke, John 17. St. Augustine, Saint 18. Socrates
Augustine, Augustine, St.
Augustine of Hippo, Saint
Augustine of Hippo

19. b) A priori 20. b) Law of Opinion