Test bank for Introduction to Philosophy
d d d d d
,1. Whatdisdthedetymologicaldmeaningdofdthedtermdphilosophy?
a. Searchdfordmeaning
b. Waydofdthedsage
c. Lovedofdone’sdowndview
d. LovedofdwisdomdCorrec
t:dd.dLovedofdwisdom
2. Whichdofdthedfollowingdinvolvesdthedstudydofd“ultimatedreality”?
a. Ethics
b. Metaphysics
c. Epistemology
d. Socialdanddpoliticaldphilosophyd
Correct:db.dMetaphysics
3. Whatdisdthednamedfordthedbranchdofdphilosophydthatdstudiesdthednature,dorigin,danddevendp
ossibility,dofdknowledge?
a. Metaphysics
b. Socialdanddpoliticaldphilosophy
c. Ethics
d. EpistemologydCorrec
t:dd.dEpistemology
4. Whichdofdthesedtermsdisdthednamedfordthedstudydofdmoraldproblems,dthedstudydofdq
uestionsdofdrightdanddwrong,dgooddanddbad?
a. Epistemology
b. Metaphysics
c. Socialdanddpoliticaldphilosophy
, d. EthicsdCorrect:
d.dEthics
5. Pantheismdisdthedviewdthat
a. TheredisdonedthingdanddthatdthingdisdGod.
b. Thedunderlyingdrealitydisdbetterdcharacterizeddbydnothingnessdthandbydbeing.
c. Thedworlddconsistsdofdtwodbasicdprinciples,donedmanifestingdgood,dthedotherd
manifestingdevil.
d. Goddisdthedcreatordofdthedworld.
Correct:da.dTheredisdonedthingdanddthatdthingdisdGod.
6. Throughoutdmostdofdearlydhumandhistoryditdisdthoughtdthatdpeopledwere
a. Materialists
b. Polytheists
c. Atheists
d. MonotheistsdCorre
ct:db.dPolytheists
7. Thedperioddbetweendthed6thdCenturydBCEdanddthed3rddcenturydBCEdwhendmanydofdthed
world’sdfirstdwell-developeddphilosophicaldsystemddevelopeddisdknowndas
a. Thedagedofdreason
b. Thedaxialdage
c. Thedponderingdage
d. ThedagedofdbeliefdCor
rect:db.dThedaxialdage
8. Lao-tzudliterallydmeans
a. Thedwanderingdone
b. Emptiness
d d d d d
,1. Whatdisdthedetymologicaldmeaningdofdthedtermdphilosophy?
a. Searchdfordmeaning
b. Waydofdthedsage
c. Lovedofdone’sdowndview
d. LovedofdwisdomdCorrec
t:dd.dLovedofdwisdom
2. Whichdofdthedfollowingdinvolvesdthedstudydofd“ultimatedreality”?
a. Ethics
b. Metaphysics
c. Epistemology
d. Socialdanddpoliticaldphilosophyd
Correct:db.dMetaphysics
3. Whatdisdthednamedfordthedbranchdofdphilosophydthatdstudiesdthednature,dorigin,danddevendp
ossibility,dofdknowledge?
a. Metaphysics
b. Socialdanddpoliticaldphilosophy
c. Ethics
d. EpistemologydCorrec
t:dd.dEpistemology
4. Whichdofdthesedtermsdisdthednamedfordthedstudydofdmoraldproblems,dthedstudydofdq
uestionsdofdrightdanddwrong,dgooddanddbad?
a. Epistemology
b. Metaphysics
c. Socialdanddpoliticaldphilosophy
, d. EthicsdCorrect:
d.dEthics
5. Pantheismdisdthedviewdthat
a. TheredisdonedthingdanddthatdthingdisdGod.
b. Thedunderlyingdrealitydisdbetterdcharacterizeddbydnothingnessdthandbydbeing.
c. Thedworlddconsistsdofdtwodbasicdprinciples,donedmanifestingdgood,dthedotherd
manifestingdevil.
d. Goddisdthedcreatordofdthedworld.
Correct:da.dTheredisdonedthingdanddthatdthingdisdGod.
6. Throughoutdmostdofdearlydhumandhistoryditdisdthoughtdthatdpeopledwere
a. Materialists
b. Polytheists
c. Atheists
d. MonotheistsdCorre
ct:db.dPolytheists
7. Thedperioddbetweendthed6thdCenturydBCEdanddthed3rddcenturydBCEdwhendmanydofdthed
world’sdfirstdwell-developeddphilosophicaldsystemddevelopeddisdknowndas
a. Thedagedofdreason
b. Thedaxialdage
c. Thedponderingdage
d. ThedagedofdbeliefdCor
rect:db.dThedaxialdage
8. Lao-tzudliterallydmeans
a. Thedwanderingdone
b. Emptiness
