Question 1

The concept of __________ allowed Plato to explain what it was that one came to understand when one learned that two or more things were of the same kind.

Accepted Answer

A)   Form
B)   definition
C)   substance
D)   causal interdependence A

Question 2

In his allegory of the cave, Plato advanced the notion that ___________.

Accepted Answer

A)   the world as we see it is false and illusory; it is therefore an "intelligible realm"
B)   the world as we see it is all there is: the intelligible realm
C)   there are two realms: one of change and becoming, the other of being and eternal truth
D)   there is one realm, consisting of being and eternal truth
E)   philosophers are lovers of "sights and sounds" C

Question 3

Plato postulated the pre-existence of the soul to account for our knowledge of Forms.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

Inherent in philosophical systems of the Middle Ages was the confidence that the world was ultimately __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   benevolent
B)   absurd
C)   intelligible
D)   unintelligible

Question 5

How do Leibniz's monads come into being?

Accepted Answer

A)   through friction
B)   birth
C)   from a previous cause
D)   God creates them

Question 6

Causal explanations seek to understand how something came about rather than why it came about.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Write a dialogue between Descartes and Aristotle on the Question of substance and our knowledge of substance.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Write a dialogue between Descartes and Aristotle...

Question 8

"The realm of the visible should be compared to the prison dwelling, and the fire inside it to the power of the sun. If you interpret the upward journey and the contemplation of things above as the upward journey of the soul to the intelligible realm, you will grasp what I surmise … . Whether it is true or not God only knows, but this is how I see it, namely that in the intelligible world the Form of the Good is the last to be seen, and with difficulty … ."
The passage concludes Plato's __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   first definition of justice, as in paying what is due
B)   famous allegory of the cave
C)   dialogue Crito
D)   argument for social contract theory
E)   attack on Thrasymachus's argument in Book 1

Question 9

Monism is the attempt to reduce all the things in the world to things of one kind.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Spinoza argued that God, substance, and the cause-of-itself were all identical.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Descartes thought that human existence could be reduced through science to the functioning of a mere machine.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Socrates was human. What type of property is "being human"?

Accepted Answer

A)   Essential
B)   Accidental
C)   Quantitative
D)   Aristotelian

Question 13

Who, in Plato's allegory of the cave, were the people sitting in the cave?

Accepted Answer

A)   Slaves
B)   The Bronze caste
C)   The Silver caste
D)   All of us
E)   Only philosophers

Question 14

Confucius, a Chinese thinker in the sixth century BCE, believed that each individual has an impact on the well-being of society by fulfilling his or her role in relation to other people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

At the center of Descartes's metaphysics is Aristotle's conception of __________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of At the center of Descartes's metaphysics is...

Question 16

Teleology explains something by looking for its purpose, goal, or end.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

For Plato what aspects of the "intelligible realm" is controlled by the Form of the Good?

Accepted Answer

A)   mathematics
B)   the constellations
C)   truth and intelligence
D)   art and creativity
E)   emotions

Question 18

How do Buddhists explain the causal interdependence of all things, if all things are insubstantial? How can insubstantial things, that is, nothing, interact or relate to anything?

Accepted Answer

The answer of How do Buddhists explain the causal interdependence...

Question 19

How does Plato's theory of the forms drastically distinguish him from the pre-Socratics? Furthermore, explain Aristotle's response to Plato's theory of Forms.

Accepted Answer

The answer of How does Plato's theory of the forms...

Question 20

The god of Zoroastrianism is Ahura Mazda.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 1: Reality

The concept of __________ allowed Plato to explain what it was that one came to understand when one learned that two or more things were of the same kind.

In his allegory of the cave, Plato advanced the notion that ___________.

Plato postulated the pre-existence of the soul to account for our knowledge of Forms.

Inherent in philosophical systems of the Middle Ages was the confidence that the world was ultimately __________.

How do Leibniz's monads come into being?

Causal explanations seek to understand how something came about rather than why it came about.

Write a dialogue between Descartes and Aristotle on the Question of substance and our knowledge of substance.

Monism is the attempt to reduce all the things in the world to things of one kind.

Spinoza argued that God, substance, and the cause-of-itself were all identical.

Descartes thought that human existence could be reduced through science to the functioning of a mere machine.

Socrates was human. What type of property is "being human"?

Who, in Plato's allegory of the cave, were the people sitting in the cave?

Confucius, a Chinese thinker in the sixth century BCE, believed that each individual has an impact on the well-being of society by fulfilling his or her role in relation to other people.

At the center of Descartes's metaphysics is Aristotle's conception of __________.

Teleology explains something by looking for its purpose, goal, or end.

For Plato what aspects of the "intelligible realm" is controlled by the Form of the Good?

How do Buddhists explain the causal interdependence of all things, if all things are insubstantial? How can insubstantial things, that is, nothing, interact or relate to anything?

How does Plato's theory of the forms drastically distinguish him from the pre-Socratics? Furthermore, explain Aristotle's response to Plato's theory of Forms.

The god of Zoroastrianism is Ahura Mazda.