This reviewer contains questions from topics in Introduction to Philosophy of the Human Person.

1. PHILOSOPHY
REVIEW
National Achievement Test

2. 1. He is famous for creating the Socratic Method of Teaching
A. Socrates “The unexamined life is not worth living”
B. Plato Student of Socrates ; believed that life is nothing more than the
imprisonment of the soul in a physical body.
C. Aristotle Plato’s best student. Great thinker and was called a
Peripatetic philosopher (Peripateo= to walk around)
D. Augustine theologian, skilled preacher, like to seek insight into the
true nature of things

3. Socratic Method is an educational technique where a teacher
poses questions for students to answer, focusing on the dialogue
between the teacher and the student. The idea behind this method
is to continue asking questions until a student finds the correct
answer to their academic inquiry.
- He wanted students to reach their own conclusions
and find answers themselves rather than relying on their teacher
for all their knowledge.

4. 2. According to Plato, which part of the soul is responsible for
truth and wisdom?
A. Appetite deals with bodily desires
B. Intellectual
C. Rational seeks truth and uses logical thinking
D. Spirited deals w/ passions that are not strictly embodied;
acts as the implementer of the rational soul,
making sure that the rules of reason are adhered to.

5. 3. According to Karl Marx, which stage of society is characterized by a
profit-driven market economy?
A. Capitalist often referred to as a free market economy
-most means of production are privately owned
B. Feudal dominated the highest levels of society in Medieval
Europe.; discouraged trade and economic growth.
a peasant or worker known as the vassal received a piece
of land in return for serving a lord or king, especially during times of war.
C. Primitive Communal traditional way of life of the society
and they do barter trade in place of money.
D. Slave

6. 4. According to Plato, which part of the soul is
responsible for truth and wisdom?
A. Appetite
B. Intellectual
C. Rational
D. Spirited

7. 5. Which of the following is a commendatory oration or writing
especially in honor of a deceased?
A. Eulogy funeral speech; a written tribute to a person
recently deceased.
B. Impromptu made or done without previous preparation
C. Last Will and Testament written statement that explains
how you want your belongings to be distributed to
loved ones or charitable organizations after your death.
D. Manifesto a statement published by a person or group
of people, especially a political party, or a government, in
which they say what their aims and policies are.

8. 6. Which of the following pertains to the right of a country to
govern itself, free from the coercion and intervention of other
nations?
A. Autonomy refers to one's strong inclination to
reach such a state; capacity to exercise free will
B. Awareness state of being aware : knowledge and
understanding that something is happening or exists
C. Independence refers to the actual state of being free
from other people's influence or control.
D. Will

9. 7. Which of the following is a permanent cessation of all
vital functions?
cease ;end
A. Accident
B. Comatose
C. Death the act of dying; the end of life
D. Reincarnation also called transmigration or
metempsychosis; the concept that the soul,
or some aspect of the soul is reborn into new lives.

10. 8. According to Karl Marx, which stage of society is
characterized by hunting and gathering materials?
A. Capitalist
B. Feudal
C. Primitive Communal Here technology was very
primitive, and people subsisted by hunting and gathering
D. Slave

11. 9. Which of the following provides humans the ability for
introspection?
(examining one's own thoughts, emotions, judgments, and
perceptions.)
A. Autonomy
B. Freedom
C. Self-awareness your ability to perceive and
understand the things that make you who you are as
an individual, including your personality
D. Will

12. 10. In the perspective of Martin Buber, which of the following
occurs when two (2) boxers in a boxing match treat each other as
partners in the event?
A. Interhuman involves relating to others as partners in a
living intersubjective event; "actual
happenings between men, whether wholly
mutual or tending to grow into mutual relations."
B. Freedom
C. Intersubjectivity
D. Social

13. 11. According to Karl Marx, which of the following DOES
NOT exist in a feudal society?
A. Gatherers dominated the highest levels of society in
Medieval Europe.; discouraged trade and economic
growth. a peasant or worker known as the vassal received
a piece of land in return for serving a lord or king,
especially during times of war.
B. Lords
C. Merchants
D. Rulers

14. 12. Branch of philosophy which deals with the notion of beauty and
the philosophy of art.
A. Ethics
B. Aesthetic
C. Politics
D. Metaphysics

15. 13. In the perspective of Martin Buber, which of the following
occurs when a person joins a rally just for the sake of
accompanying a friend?
A. Interhuman
B. Freedom
C. Intersubjectivity
D. Social

16. 14. According to Plato, which of the following is NOT part of
the soul?
A. Appetite
B. Intellectual
C. Rational
D. Spirited

17. 15. Which is a way of thinking that is motivated by the
desire for dominion?
A. Calculative
B. Irrational
C. Meditative
D. Rational

18. 16. Which process happens through the biochemical
connections in your brain?
A. Biological
B. Mental
C. Physical
D. Psychological

19. 17. Which philosophical statement is regarded to Socrates?
A. "Courage is knowing what not to fear."
B."I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only
make them think."
C."If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the
end of his life."
D."We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then,
is not an act, but a habit."

20. 18. Which branch of philosophy pertains to the study of
knowledge?
A. Aesthetics
B. Epistemology
C. Ethics
D. Metaphysics

21. 19. What does "Sophia" mean?
A. Friend of
B. Love of
C. Lover of
D. Wisdom

22. 20. What is the real name of Plato?
A. Aristocles
B. Heraclitus
C. Parmenides
D. Pericles

23. 21. Which discipline refers to the study of meaning and
interpretation?
A. Hermeneutics
B. Phenomenology
C. Psychoanalysis
D. Structuralism

24. 22. Which branch of philosophy studies action?
A. Aesthetics
B. Epistemology
C. Ethics
D. Metaphysics

25. 23. Which of the following is Plato's description of a soul?
A. Corruptible
B. Divisible
C. Mortal
D. Perfect

26. 24. Which idea explains that all of the reality is actually
composed of tiny, indivisible, and indestructible building
blocks?
A. Atomism
B. Materialism
C. Pluralism
D. Realism

27. 25. Which process happens in your mind?
A. Biological
B. Mental
C. Physical
D. Psychological

28. 26. Which of the following is referred as the postmodern
philosophy?
A. Ancient
B. Contemporary
C. Medieval
D. Modern

29. 27. Which discipline holds that knowledge and concepts
are innate, and that are acquired independently from
sense experience?
A. Empiricism
B. Existentialism
C. Pragmatism
D. Rationalism

30. 28. According to Buddha, when does inner peace starts?
A. It starts when you allow another person to control you.
B. It starts when you choose not to allow anything to
control your emotions.
C. It starts when you choose things you love.
D. It starts when you do not asks questions.

31. 29. What was the key theme in Aristotle's thought?
A. All people should be king.
B. Contentment is the goal of life.
C. Happiness is the goal of life.
D. Peaceful living

32. 30. Which of the following exhibits an anthropocentric
approach to nature?
A. It interprets man as the source and measure of
value for nature.
B. Nature is antithetical to the artificial world of the
human civilization.
C. Nature is the world that can take care of itself.
D. We are not part of nature. We have our own world

33. 31. According to Lao Tzu, which of the following should you be
careful for they become your destiny?
A. Actions
B. Character
C. Habits
D. Thoughts

34. 32. Which of the following is NOT a physical process?
A. Blood Flow
B. Cellular Regeneration
C.Oxygen-Carbon Dioxide Exchange
D. Sensation

35. 33. Which framework involves the condition of possibility for
knowing?
A. Dualistic
B. Epistemological
C. Metaphysical
D. Monistic

36. 34. Which framework is involved in fundamental substances
and their nature?
A. Dualistic
B. Epistemological
C. Metaphysical
D. Monistic

37. 35. According to Socrates, when a person has a strong mind,
which is the focus of his/her discussion?
A. Events
B. Everything
C. Ideas
D. People

38. 36. Which branch of philosophy focuses on where and how
power resides?
A. Aesthetics
B. Metaphysics
C. Logic
D. Politics

39. 37. Which of the following DOES NOT exhibit an
anthropocentric approach to nature?
A. Human evidence is an existence
detached from nature.
B. Human technology is essentially inutile if it
alienates itself from nature.
C. The natural world is part of the human world.
D. They only care about nature because they
recognize that the natural world is finite.

40. 38. Its primary purpose is to provide structure to the spiritual/
supernatural beliefs of society.
A. Government
B. Religion
C. Education
D. Economics

41. 39. Which of the following is the basis of B.F. Skinner's
position that human behavior is defined by everything that has
a person's environment?
A. Autonomy
B. Behaviorism
C. Conditioning
D. Determinism

42. 40. According to Martin Buber, which of the following refers to
the life between and among persons?
A. Interhuman
B. Intersubjectivity
C. Responsibility
D. Social

43. 41. Through this institution, society will continue to exist
through procreation and it is considered as the basic unit of
society.
A. Government
B. Religion
C. Family
D. Education

44. 42. This social structure is commonly known as the
“Information Age”.
A. Industrial Societies
B. Hunting- Gathering Societies
C. Post-industrial Societies
D. Pastoral Societies

45. 43. A reasoning that moves from specific premises to a
general conclusion.
A. Judgment
B. Deductive
C. Inductive
D. Opinion

46. 44. Branch of metaphysics that seeks to understand the origin,
evolution, structure, and ultimate fate of universe at large.
A. Ethics
B. Epistemology
C. Ontology
D. Cosmology

47. 45. Which of the following is portrayed as the great antithesis
of life?
A. Accident
B. Comatose
C. Death
D. Reincarnation

48. 46. Which is an example of an Opinion?
A. We are now in the 21st Century.
B. The sun will rise in the East tomorrow.
C. My neighbor says that vaccines turn us
into zombies.
D. I am intelligent because I have an IQ of 140.

49. 47. A type of social structure wherein people learned
domestication and stayed in an area.
A. Agricultural Societies
B. Hunting- Gathering Societies
C. Horticultural Societies
D. Pastoral Societies

50. 48. In this challenge, the beliefs of the speaker are imposed
upon the receiver, and thus, interaction is one-way street.
A. Unfolding
B. Speechifying
C. Imposition
D. Seeming

51. 49. This is the idea of listening to reply. Small portions of the
conversation are taken in to respond to the conversation.
A. Unfolding
B. Speechifying
C. Imposition
D. Seeming

52. 50. It is common known as “seize the day”.
A. Carpe Diem
B. Social Structure
C. Discourse
D. Death