Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person

First Quarterly Examination

I. Multiple Choices. Choose the letter of the correct answer.

1. Philosophy means love of wisdom. A philosopher therefore is a:

a.Lover of Knowledge b. Lover of Forever c. Lover of Wisdom d. Lover of the Wise

2. The Philosopher who said that the primary principle is water.

a. Anaxagoras b. Pythagoras c. Thales d. Parmenides

3. This philosopher believed that everything is made up of spermatocytes and there was a nous or the mind that controls everything.
a. Anaxagoras b. Anaximander c. Anaximenes d. Aristotle

4. He is known to be the Philosopher Par Excellence, a scientist, and a teacher of Alexander the Great.
a. Plato b. Socrates c. Aristotle d. St. Thomas Aquinas

5. Socrates principle Wisest is he who knows he does not know means;

a. The wise knows everything. b. The man who does not know is not wise.
c. The wise knows he does not know and learns d. The man who knows everything is wise.

6. Nothing is Being means :

a. Nothing is everything b. Everything is nothing
c. Everything returns to nothing d. Once you say nothing, then there is nothing.

7. Entia nun sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem when translated in English means:
a.Entities are not to be multiplied beyond necessity. b. Entities are not to be complicated beyond necessity.
c. Entities are not to be implicated beyond necessity.d. Entities are not to be divided beyond necessity.

8. Which of the following examples best show the dictum It is impossible for a thing to be and not to be at the same time ;
a. A thing can be something and at the same time not it is. b. An Electric fan is also an electric stove at the same time.
c. The egg cannot be a chicken at the same time. d. You can be the person whom you idolize.

9. He who knows well, distinguishes well means;

a. The one who knows to spot the difference among things knows well. b. The one who knows to apply knowledge knows well.
c. The one who knows to accept failure knows well. d. The one who eats well, knows well.

10. The method by which Hegel sees the course of history as a series of Thesis, Antithesis and Synthesis:
a. Dyad Method b. Dialogical Method c. Diabolical Method d. Dialectical Method

11. In an excerpt of the article entitled Sapagkat ang Pilosopiya ay Ginagawa by Fr. Roque Feriols, the students of the swimming class did not
dive into the pool inspite of the coachs instruction. This is a metaphor which means:
a. Philosophy, like swimming, must not remain in lectures but must be acted out in life. b. Philosophy must be studied carefully.
c. Philosophy must be in heart and mind. d. Philosophy is as exciting as swimming.

12. Mang Vic, from a Dumagat Triibe from Casiguran Aurora said to the former president Noynoy Aquino, "We also want progress, but our idea of progress is
different from your idea of progress." This means:
a. We all have the same idea of progress. b. The idea of progress varies from person to person.
c. The idea of progress is modernization through technological advancement. d. The idea of progress for Mang Vic is the harmony of environment and community.

13. Dikoy Magdaraog, a PWD, succeeded in life. He started by thinking about his disability to this-ability. In the reciprocity of the body and consciousness, this is
a. Acting b. Consenting c. Deciding d. Becoming

14. Dikoy eventually became an inspiration to everyone because of his success in life. In the reciprocity of the body and consciousness, this is
a. Acting b. Consenting c. Deciding d. Becoming

15..Dikoy concretized his decision when he studied, graduated, worked and eventually, owned a business. In the reciprocity of the body and consciousness, this is
a. Acting b. Consenting c. Deciding d. Becoming

16. According to Aristotle, mans life is a constant practice of virtue to control his appetite in moderation. This is in view of his doctrine called:
a. Doctrine of the Means b. Doctrine of the Main c. Doctrine of the Mean d. Doctrine of the Mane

17. Karl Marx is known for his dictum Religion is the opium of the people. This mean;
a. Religion makes people experience heaven. b. Religion appeases the pain of the poor people.
c. Religion makes the poor people believe that they are blessed. d. Religion makes the people believe that it is good to remain poor.

18. For Karl Marx, man is not an object but an end itself. This means:
a. Man is the end of everything. b. Man is the measure of all things.
c. Man meets his end at death. d. Man cannot be used to reach an end.

19. According to Martin Heidegger, Man is a being thrown in the world. The world for him means;
a. The paradise where man lives well. b. The world where harmony and healing begins.
c. The field where man realizes his existential possibilities. d. The place where man gets his necessities in life.

20. Pope Benedict believes that man has to build for himself a human ecology to respect environment. Human ecology means:
a. Man respects his environment only when he has the meaning of life in his heart. b. Man has to clean his own environment.
c. Man is shaped by his environment. d. Man shapes his environment.

II.TRUE OR FALSE. Write T if the statement s are True and F if the statements are false on the space provided.

__________21. Philosophy begins with wonder.

__________22. Plato believed in the existence of two worlds: World of Ideas and World of Forms.
__________23. Christian Philosophers were also theologians in Medieval period.
__________24. Philosophy is the handmade of theology.
__________25. The 4 Cardinal Virtues are: Prudence, Justice, Fortitude, Perseverance.
__________26. Plato built the Lyceum while Aristotle built the Academy.
__________27. Virtues are good habits while vices are bad habits.
__________28. Aristotle is the Philosopher par Excellence.
__________29. In philosophy, questions are more important than answers.
__________30. Philosophy is basically the love of wisdom.

TEST III. IDENTIFICATION:

__________ 31. The term for the universal or primary principle of things.
__________ 32. Anaximenes primary principle.
__________ 33. Fire is the primary principle.
__________ 34. Water is the primary principle.
__________35. Anaximanders primary principle.
__________36. The group of Philosophers who dealt with the question of is the urstaff changing or permanent?
__________37. He believes that there is one only self- evident truth: It is.
__________38. This philosopher who is known for his Love and Strife.
__________39. Anaxagoras primary principle.
__________40. The meaning of the Greek term atomon.

TEST IV. MATCHING TYPE

 A B
______41. Martin Heideggger a. Lighting up process
______42. Dasein b. I think therefore I am
______43.Pope Benedict XVI c. Father of Skepticism/Rationalism
______44.Pope Francis I d. The field of possibilities
______45.Pope John Paul II e. Human Ecology
______46.Aristotle f. There-Being
______47. World g. Man as Being in the World.
______48.Rene Descartes h. If we destroy creation, it will destroy us
______49.Cogito Ergo Sum i. The Philosopher par Excellence.
______50.Aletheia j. We are like Cain when we reject our brother and
creation.

A man of knowledge lives by acting, not thinking about acting

- Carlos Castaneda

PREPARED BY : ARVIC O. BALDOZA

Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person
First Quarterly Examination
ANSWER KEY

I. MULTIPLE CHOICES
1.C
2.C
3.A
4.C
5.C
6.D
7.A
8.C
9.A
10.D
11.A
12.B
13.C
14.B
15.A
16.C
17.D
18.D
19.C
20.A

II. MODIFIED MATCHING TYPE.

21.J
22.H
23.F
24.G
25.I
26.L
27.O
28.N
29.M
30.K
31.Q
32.R
33.P
34.T
35.S
36.E
37.A
38.C
39.D
40.B
41.F2
42.F1,O1
43.O2
44.F2
45.O2
46.O1,F1
47.F2/O2
48.O1,F1
49.O2
50.O2