Question 1

John Locke
-Which of the following is an example of a primary quality?

Accepted Answer

A) color 
B) size 
C) shape 
D) weight

Question 2

René Descartes
-Descartes calls into doubt everything which he had formerly held as true because

Accepted Answer

A) he realized that all of his former beliefs were false. 
B) he is suffering from anxiety after his former beliefs were questioned. 
C) he thinks that the current society has out-dated social views. 
D) he hopes to establish a firm basis for determining what is true and what is false.

Question 3

Immanuel Kant
-For Kant,to tell the truth is a duty for

Accepted Answer

A) Him who has a right to the truth. 
B) all persons. 
C) persons with altruistic motives 
D) persons who would otherwise cause harm to others.

Question 4

According to Wollstonecraft,what is the main teaching of a woman's education?

Accepted Answer

A) A woman should be virtuous,for they are "the more moral sex." 
B) A woman should develop a distinctive sense of taste. 
C) A woman's purpose is to be pleasing to a man. 
D) All of the above.

Question 5

George Berkeley
-According to Philonous,the concept of "material substance" or "pure substance" is disproved for all of the following reasons except

Accepted Answer

A) it is impossible for it to exist,because it cannot be sensed. 
B) we don't sense things,merely ideas of things. 
C) material substance has no qualities,and therefore could not possess all qualities which things in the world do. 
D) it is impossible to prove a connection between "material substance" and ideas,if material substance did,in fact,exist.

Question 6

Socrates and Plato 
-Socrates argues that women may act as guardians because

Accepted Answer

A) their maternal instincts make them more qualified than men to protect the community. 
B) women have a duty to serve. 
C) the natural gifts needed to rule are distributed to men and women. 
D) although their minds are totally different,education can overcome those differences.

Question 7

George Berkeley
-In the analogy of the fire,Philonous shows Hylas that the heat is a perception and not a thing because

Accepted Answer

A) heat is subjective to people and pain is not. 
B) a fire radiates heat,and humans then feel that heat. 
C) a senseless object like the fire cannot give off a sensation like heat. 
D) heat is the effect of a fire,not the fire itself.

Question 8

G.W.F. Hegel
-What is the true purpose of the finite spirit according to Hegel?

Accepted Answer

A) The finite spirit is without spirit. 
B) The finite spirit conveys the thoughts of the individual. 
C) The finite spirit pursues the infinite and absolute spirit. 
D) The finite spirit seeks to pervert the teachings of the infinite spirit.

Question 9

Charles Sanders Peirce
-Which of the following is an advantage of the scientific method?

Accepted Answer

A) It leads to answers that are easy to discover. 
B) It frees one's mind from doubts on religious topics. 
C) It results in the continuation of important traditions. 
D) It allows one to criticize beliefs as either true or false.

Question 10

George Berkeley
-What happened at the creation,according to Philonous?

Accepted Answer

A) God thought up a world and created it out of nothing,using matter. 
B) God thought up finite creatures and they imagined a world. 
C) There was no creation,since God's ideas have no beginning and no end. 
D) God created minds and a world of ideas which they perceive.

Question 11

George Berkeley
-If matter is non-existent,then perceived objects

Accepted Answer

A) do not really exist. 
B) exist only in abstract concepts. 
C) are made up of perceptions and not matter. 
D) are made up of an indescribable "something," which is a mode of matter.

Question 12

Socrates and Plato 
-According to the description of the society,children would be

Accepted Answer

A) cared for only by wet nurses. 
B) cared for only by their blood parents. 
C) shared by male members of the community. 
D) eliminated from society.

Question 13

Jean-Paul Sartre
-According to Sartre,if I decide to become a vegetarian I am

Accepted Answer

A) making the choice that everyone ought to become a vegetarian. 
B) doing what is morally right,since I will that all people make the same decision as I. 
C) making a choice for myself only,since all other people must choose for themselves. 
D) choosing vegetarianism because it has the most practical value.

Question 14

René Descartes
-Descartes doubts all of the following except that

Accepted Answer

A) he is awake and not dreaming. 
B) he exists. 
C) his opinions are correct. 
D) a little devil is sitting on his shoulder and deceiving him.

Question 15

Aristotle 
-If a bee suddenly stung Aristotle,Aristotle would say that

Accepted Answer

A) the bee stung him by chance. 
B) by careful study and consideration he could determine the multiple factors that caused the bee to sting him at that very moment. 
C) he was the cause of the bee's stinging him. 
D) this particular case of bee stinging has no relation to bee stinging in general.

Question 16

Aristotle 
-According to Aristotle,there must be a first mover which

Accepted Answer

A) created the world out of non-being. 
B) intervenes on behalf of humans. 
C) exists necessarily. 
D) is pure potentiality.

Question 17

Anselm (and Gaunilo)
-According to Gaunilo,to grant real existence to anything would be foolish without

Accepted Answer

A) unquestionable and certain proof of actual existence. 
B) guarantee of one's perceptive and sensory abilities. 
C) consulting laws of science. 
D) specimens or examples of the thing(s).

Question 18

Immanuel Kant
-Which of the following actions would Kant consider the result of Good Will?

Accepted Answer

A) A mother disciplines her child in order to be thought a good parent. 
B) A man regularly gives money to his church because it is his duty. 
C) A student finds a job which pays less,but it means she will be doing social work,which she enjoys. 
D) A friendly child invites "the new kid" to sit with him at lunch.

Question 19

John Locke
-Locke believes that language/words,most closely represent

Accepted Answer

A) a game which children play,with no set rules or boundaries. 
B) secondary qualities,which represent the world,but their accuracy is unknown. 
C) labels,one of which is placed on each object. 
D) simple ideas are like words,and complex ideas are like the sentences formed from them.

Question 20

THOMAS AQUINAS 
-Thomas believes that perfect happiness

Accepted Answer

A) is an act of the will. 
B) comes both from external circumstances and from living a good life. 
C) comes from reasoning about God. 
D) comes only from a vision of the divine essence.

Exam 1: Ancient Greek Philosophy

John Locke -Which of the following is an example of a primary quality?

René Descartes -Descartes calls into doubt everything which he had formerly held as true because

Immanuel Kant -For Kant,to tell the truth is a duty for

According to Wollstonecraft,what is the main teaching of a woman's education?

George Berkeley -According to Philonous,the concept of "material substance" or "pure substance" is disproved for all of the following reasons except

Socrates and Plato -Socrates argues that women may act as guardians because

George Berkeley -In the analogy of the fire,Philonous shows Hylas that the heat is a perception and not a thing because

G.W.F. Hegel -What is the true purpose of the finite spirit according to Hegel?

Charles Sanders Peirce -Which of the following is an advantage of the scientific method?

George Berkeley -What happened at the creation,according to Philonous?

George Berkeley -If matter is non-existent,then perceived objects

Socrates and Plato -According to the description of the society,children would be

Jean-Paul Sartre -According to Sartre,if I decide to become a vegetarian I am

René Descartes -Descartes doubts all of the following except that

Aristotle -If a bee suddenly stung Aristotle,Aristotle would say that

Aristotle -According to Aristotle,there must be a first mover which

Anselm (and Gaunilo) -According to Gaunilo,to grant real existence to anything would be foolish without

Immanuel Kant -Which of the following actions would Kant consider the result of Good Will?

John Locke -Locke believes that language/words,most closely represent

THOMAS AQUINAS -Thomas believes that perfect happiness