Test Bank for The Big Questions- A Short Introduction to Philosophy 10th Edition Solomon

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Chapter 01: Philosophical Questions
True / False

1. Important decisions may inspire philosophical questions, but trivial incidents usually do not.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

2. The point behind philosophical questions in general is to teach us how to arrive at answers that are so clear and
convincing that we will cease our questioning.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

3. A student with a true “gift” for philosophy will find it easy to take part in philosophical discussions from the start.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

4. Rene Descartes’s philosophical method was based on a clear authority structure that one already knows is reliable.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

5. If you pinch yourself and feel it, that’s sure proof that you are not dreaming, but are indeed awake.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

6. The philosopher Socrates did not willingly go to his death because he believed he had the right to life.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

7. The old quip “There are no atheists in foxholes,” seems to mean that when faced with death, we all search for some
ultimate source of support.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True

8. Unlike his contemporary, Pelagius, Augustine thought it was more important to have faith than to do good works.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True

9. Scientists tell us that we are wrong to believe that ordinary material objects, like chairs, are solid objects.
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Chapter 01: Philosophical Questions

a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True

10. It is impossible that only one person should know the meaning of a word in English; a word has meaning in English; a
word has meaning in English because English speakers basically agree on its meaning.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True

11. Because we almost always see ourselves from the inside, we may have trouble forming an adequate conception of
ourselves.

a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True

12. The point about imagining whether we’d step into the “happiness box” is to show that we might be dreaming even if
think we are awake.

a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

13. In the ancient Greek tragedy Iphigenia, the warrior Agamemnon believes he will be victorious in the Trojan
War if he sacrifices one innocent child.

a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True

14. Libertarians appear to embrace determinism because they believe that when a soldier panics, he has in some sense
chosen to panic and should be held responsible for his actions.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

15. It is impossible to imagine societies in which people are happy and prosperous while not being free.

a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

Multiple Choice

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