PHILOSOPHY FINAL-
STRAIGHTERLINE EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2026
What is the cause of change for Empedocles? - ANS Love and strife.
Three of Plato's more enlightening and well-known dialogs are: - ANS Apology, Republic and
Meno
What is a syllogism? - ANS A kind of inference
What did Aristotle say about all change? - ANS It is a movement from potentiality to actuality
If you want to say what a thing is, which of Aristotle's four causes must you provide? -
ANS The formal cause.
What fallacy is it when an argument attacks the person rather than the person's beliefs? -
ANS Argumentum ad Hominem
Where do the Forms exist, according to Plato? - ANS In a separate, immaterial realm.
What did Anaxagoras do? - ANS He introduced the matter\mind distinction to philosophy.
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, Plato had three famous theories: - ANS The Theory of Knowledge, The Theory of Love and
Becoming, The Theory of Forms.
What did the Atomists do? - ANS They distinguished between atomic properties and
relational properties.
What is a thing, according to Aristotle? - ANS A specific form in a particular hunk of matter.
What fallacy is it when an argument assumes only two options when in fact there are more? -
ANS False dilemma
When the Delphi Oracle pronounced Socrates to be the wisest of people, Socrates thought the
pronouncement referred to the fact that he: - ANS was aware of his own ignorance.
Which is a common characteristic of philosophical questions? - ANS They involve
fundamental concepts that are unavoidable by the thoughtful person.
What is reality according to a follower of Parmenides? - ANS One and unchanging.
What does the branch of philosophy called epistemology study? - ANS Knowledge
According to Theano, what did Pythagoras claim? - ANS Everything is in accordance with
number.
What are Thales, Anaximenes and Anaximander collectively known as? - ANS The Milesians
Which of the following is not one of the ten basic categories Aristotle used to describe the ways
in which humans think about things? - ANS Weight
Aristotle's primary area of interest was - ANS metaphysics.
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STRAIGHTERLINE EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+ 2026
What is the cause of change for Empedocles? - ANS Love and strife.
Three of Plato's more enlightening and well-known dialogs are: - ANS Apology, Republic and
Meno
What is a syllogism? - ANS A kind of inference
What did Aristotle say about all change? - ANS It is a movement from potentiality to actuality
If you want to say what a thing is, which of Aristotle's four causes must you provide? -
ANS The formal cause.
What fallacy is it when an argument attacks the person rather than the person's beliefs? -
ANS Argumentum ad Hominem
Where do the Forms exist, according to Plato? - ANS In a separate, immaterial realm.
What did Anaxagoras do? - ANS He introduced the matter\mind distinction to philosophy.
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, Plato had three famous theories: - ANS The Theory of Knowledge, The Theory of Love and
Becoming, The Theory of Forms.
What did the Atomists do? - ANS They distinguished between atomic properties and
relational properties.
What is a thing, according to Aristotle? - ANS A specific form in a particular hunk of matter.
What fallacy is it when an argument assumes only two options when in fact there are more? -
ANS False dilemma
When the Delphi Oracle pronounced Socrates to be the wisest of people, Socrates thought the
pronouncement referred to the fact that he: - ANS was aware of his own ignorance.
Which is a common characteristic of philosophical questions? - ANS They involve
fundamental concepts that are unavoidable by the thoughtful person.
What is reality according to a follower of Parmenides? - ANS One and unchanging.
What does the branch of philosophy called epistemology study? - ANS Knowledge
According to Theano, what did Pythagoras claim? - ANS Everything is in accordance with
number.
What are Thales, Anaximenes and Anaximander collectively known as? - ANS The Milesians
Which of the following is not one of the ten basic categories Aristotle used to describe the ways
in which humans think about things? - ANS Weight
Aristotle's primary area of interest was - ANS metaphysics.
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