FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION QUIZ WITH ANSWERS #17
Epistemology - correct answer Questions that deal with knowing/knowledge and how
we discover truth fall into what philosophical category?
Naturalism - correct answer The philosophy that argues nature alone is real:
St. Thomas Aquinas - correct answer Thomistic Realism gets its name from what
person?
Pragmatism - correct answer Experimentalism is also/better known as:
Existentialism - correct answer The philosophy that emphasizes that you make your
own choices in order to give meaning to your life (the choice doesn't really matter; what
matters is that you make a choice.)
Creator and Creation - correct answer Christian metaphysics insists that only two things
exist. What are the two?
Man is made is the image of God (Imago Dei) - correct answer Why is man unique?
All of the above:
Revelation
Reason/logic
Senses/observation - correct answer Which way of knowing does Peterson say
Christians should use?
Objective and Subjective - correct answer What are the two types of beauty that
Peterson references for Christians?
Collapses the sacred-secular distinction - correct answer Peterson argues that the
Christian justification of education:
Yes - correct answer Does Peterson see any role for practical/vocational education in a
Christian framework?
1) acquire organized knowledge
2) develop intellectual skills
3) enlarge understanding, insight, and appreciation - correct answer What are the three
steps to education recommended in "Christianity, Teaching and Learning?"
The Lyceum - correct answer What school did Aristotle create?
Alexander the Great - correct answer Who was Aristotle's most famous student?
A) formation of character
, B) cultivation of intellect
C) development of judgement
D) inspiration of delight in the right things - correct answer Gamble argues that Aristotle
"sets the Great Tradition of the liberal arts." He labels four things under that category.
What are they?
Habit - correct answer Aristotle believes you need good rational argument and ____ to
get people to do what they should.
Lacedemonia/Sparta - correct answer Which polis did Aristotle compliment?
A) reading/writing
B) gymnastics
C) music
D) drawing - correct answer What are the four customary branches of education
according to Aristotle?
Illiberal arts are practical and useful disciplines and liberal arts form "free and exalted
souls" - correct answer What is the difference between a liberal subject and an illiberal
one?
No - correct answer Aristotle emphasizes leisure. Does he equate leisure with
amusement?
Yes - correct answer Does Aristotle endorse teaching students to play an instrument?
No - correct answer Does Aristotle endorse homeschooling?
Cicero - correct answer Isocrates was very influential on which Roman?
True - correct answer Basil says that pagan works that drive you to virtue are valuable:
The Confessions - correct answer Augustine wrote one of the most famous
autobiographies in Western history, name it.
False - correct answer Augustine states that being forced to study makes students hate
the truth. Consequently, we should not force academics on unwilling students
Cicero - correct answer Which Roman (non-Christian) was crucial in Augustine's
conversion?
Charlemagne - correct answer Alcuin directed this emperor's reforms:
To know scripture and reflect a true understanding - correct answer Why did this
emperor think you needed to write and speak well?
Epistemology - correct answer Questions that deal with knowing/knowledge and how
we discover truth fall into what philosophical category?
Naturalism - correct answer The philosophy that argues nature alone is real:
St. Thomas Aquinas - correct answer Thomistic Realism gets its name from what
person?
Pragmatism - correct answer Experimentalism is also/better known as:
Existentialism - correct answer The philosophy that emphasizes that you make your
own choices in order to give meaning to your life (the choice doesn't really matter; what
matters is that you make a choice.)
Creator and Creation - correct answer Christian metaphysics insists that only two things
exist. What are the two?
Man is made is the image of God (Imago Dei) - correct answer Why is man unique?
All of the above:
Revelation
Reason/logic
Senses/observation - correct answer Which way of knowing does Peterson say
Christians should use?
Objective and Subjective - correct answer What are the two types of beauty that
Peterson references for Christians?
Collapses the sacred-secular distinction - correct answer Peterson argues that the
Christian justification of education:
Yes - correct answer Does Peterson see any role for practical/vocational education in a
Christian framework?
1) acquire organized knowledge
2) develop intellectual skills
3) enlarge understanding, insight, and appreciation - correct answer What are the three
steps to education recommended in "Christianity, Teaching and Learning?"
The Lyceum - correct answer What school did Aristotle create?
Alexander the Great - correct answer Who was Aristotle's most famous student?
A) formation of character
, B) cultivation of intellect
C) development of judgement
D) inspiration of delight in the right things - correct answer Gamble argues that Aristotle
"sets the Great Tradition of the liberal arts." He labels four things under that category.
What are they?
Habit - correct answer Aristotle believes you need good rational argument and ____ to
get people to do what they should.
Lacedemonia/Sparta - correct answer Which polis did Aristotle compliment?
A) reading/writing
B) gymnastics
C) music
D) drawing - correct answer What are the four customary branches of education
according to Aristotle?
Illiberal arts are practical and useful disciplines and liberal arts form "free and exalted
souls" - correct answer What is the difference between a liberal subject and an illiberal
one?
No - correct answer Aristotle emphasizes leisure. Does he equate leisure with
amusement?
Yes - correct answer Does Aristotle endorse teaching students to play an instrument?
No - correct answer Does Aristotle endorse homeschooling?
Cicero - correct answer Isocrates was very influential on which Roman?
True - correct answer Basil says that pagan works that drive you to virtue are valuable:
The Confessions - correct answer Augustine wrote one of the most famous
autobiographies in Western history, name it.
False - correct answer Augustine states that being forced to study makes students hate
the truth. Consequently, we should not force academics on unwilling students
Cicero - correct answer Which Roman (non-Christian) was crucial in Augustine's
conversion?
Charlemagne - correct answer Alcuin directed this emperor's reforms:
To know scripture and reflect a true understanding - correct answer Why did this
emperor think you needed to write and speak well?
