STRAIGHTERLINE INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
FINAL STUDY LATEST COMPLETE 154 REAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (ACTUAL EXAM)
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Which of the following branches of philosophy does NOT involve questions related
to values?
Select one:
a. Moral
b. Metaphysics
c. Social
d. Political - ANSWER: B
In philosophy, what is an argument?
Select one:
a. a factual disagreement between people
b. giving reasons for a belief
c. a shouting match
d. any verbal attempt to persuade - ANSWER: B
The fallacy of _____ amounts to transferring the qualities of a spokesperson to his or
her insights, arguments, beliefs, or positions.
Select one:
a. red herring
b. begging the question
c. straw man
d. argumentum ad hominem - ANSWER: D
Thinking that a person's position is frightening because the person himself is
frightening would be an obvious mistake in reasoning. This is an example of the
fallacy of _____.
Select one:
a. argumentum ad hominem
b. switching the burden of proof
c. false dilemma
d. reductio ad absurdum - ANSWER: A
Thales, Anaximenes, and Anaximander are collectively known as the _____.
Select one:
a. Atomists
b. Pythagoreans
c. Milesians
d. Particle Theorists - ANSWER: C
, Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and
fundamental properties of _____.
Select one:
a. knowledge
b. god
c. beauty
d. being - ANSWER: D
Which of the following statements is true about Anaxagoras?
Select one:
a. He introduced into metaphysics an important distinction, that between matter
and mind.
b. He thought that basic particles were indivisible.
c. He held that there were four different kinds of particles.
d. He believed that particles were always in motion. - ANSWER: A
Who among the following were regarded as the Atomists?
Select one:
a. Leucippus and Democritus
b. Anaximander and Anaximenes
c. Pythagoras and Thales
d. Heraclitus and Parmenides - ANSWER: A
The most famous dialogue of Plato is _____, from the so-called middle period of
Plato's writings, during which Plato reached the peak of his genius.
Select one:
a. the Republic
b. the Apology
c. the Meno
d. the Gorgias - ANSWER: A
Plato's three famous theories are as follows:
Select one:
a. the Theory of Forms, the Theory of Knowledge, and the Theory of the Oracle.
b. the Theory of Fire and Becoming, the Tunnel Theory, and the Theory of
Knowledge.
c. the Theory of Becoming, the Theory of Relativity, and the Theory of the Absolute
Truth.
d. the Theory of Knowledge, the Theory of Love and Becoming, and the Theory of
Forms - ANSWER: D
When the Delphi Oracle pronounced Socrates to be the wisest of people, Socrates
thought the pronouncement referred to the fact that he:
Select one:
a. was aware of the ignorance of most other philosophers.
b. was aware of his ignorance.
c. was aware of everything and nothing.
FINAL STUDY LATEST COMPLETE 154 REAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (ACTUAL EXAM)
LATEST UPDATES |ALREADY GRADED A+
Which of the following branches of philosophy does NOT involve questions related
to values?
Select one:
a. Moral
b. Metaphysics
c. Social
d. Political - ANSWER: B
In philosophy, what is an argument?
Select one:
a. a factual disagreement between people
b. giving reasons for a belief
c. a shouting match
d. any verbal attempt to persuade - ANSWER: B
The fallacy of _____ amounts to transferring the qualities of a spokesperson to his or
her insights, arguments, beliefs, or positions.
Select one:
a. red herring
b. begging the question
c. straw man
d. argumentum ad hominem - ANSWER: D
Thinking that a person's position is frightening because the person himself is
frightening would be an obvious mistake in reasoning. This is an example of the
fallacy of _____.
Select one:
a. argumentum ad hominem
b. switching the burden of proof
c. false dilemma
d. reductio ad absurdum - ANSWER: A
Thales, Anaximenes, and Anaximander are collectively known as the _____.
Select one:
a. Atomists
b. Pythagoreans
c. Milesians
d. Particle Theorists - ANSWER: C
, Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature and
fundamental properties of _____.
Select one:
a. knowledge
b. god
c. beauty
d. being - ANSWER: D
Which of the following statements is true about Anaxagoras?
Select one:
a. He introduced into metaphysics an important distinction, that between matter
and mind.
b. He thought that basic particles were indivisible.
c. He held that there were four different kinds of particles.
d. He believed that particles were always in motion. - ANSWER: A
Who among the following were regarded as the Atomists?
Select one:
a. Leucippus and Democritus
b. Anaximander and Anaximenes
c. Pythagoras and Thales
d. Heraclitus and Parmenides - ANSWER: A
The most famous dialogue of Plato is _____, from the so-called middle period of
Plato's writings, during which Plato reached the peak of his genius.
Select one:
a. the Republic
b. the Apology
c. the Meno
d. the Gorgias - ANSWER: A
Plato's three famous theories are as follows:
Select one:
a. the Theory of Forms, the Theory of Knowledge, and the Theory of the Oracle.
b. the Theory of Fire and Becoming, the Tunnel Theory, and the Theory of
Knowledge.
c. the Theory of Becoming, the Theory of Relativity, and the Theory of the Absolute
Truth.
d. the Theory of Knowledge, the Theory of Love and Becoming, and the Theory of
Forms - ANSWER: D
When the Delphi Oracle pronounced Socrates to be the wisest of people, Socrates
thought the pronouncement referred to the fact that he:
Select one:
a. was aware of the ignorance of most other philosophers.
b. was aware of his ignorance.
c. was aware of everything and nothing.
