Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region 1
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE I PANGASINAN
TAMBOBONG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Dasol, Pangasinan

1ST SEMESTER-1ST Quarter Exam

S.Y.2019-2020
Grade 11 TVL
Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person

Name: ___________________________ Date: ______

Grade & Sec: _______ Score: _____

PART 1: True or False: On the space provide, write A if the statement is True and B if the
statement is False.

1. Epistemology mainly asks us to consider the question, how do we know anything.

2. The objective and subjective aspects of beauty are necessarily interdependent.
3. For Plato, the realm of ideas (the forms) are less real than those things seen in the visible
world.
4. Truth is the right relation between our words and our thoughts.
5. All the fundamental values, according to Dr. Adler, are trans-cultural.
6. Wisdom is a special kind of truth, but it is not the same as truth.
7. According to Dr. Adler, pursuit of truth is the deepest human aspiration.
8. Truth in Western cultures is fundamentally different from that of Eastern cultures.
9. Because people were treated differently when the Declaration Of Independence was
written, we know that the claim, "All men are created equal" must be relative.
10. Imagination, as such, is neither true nor false.
11. "False knowledge" properly describes the situation where what was once believed to be
true turns out to be false, as in, "People used to believe the earth was the center of the
universe, so that was false knowledge."
12. The term "blind faith" is redundant, because all faith by definition is blind.
13. There is more than one reality.
14. "False knowledge" is a contradiction in terms.
15. There are two aspects to history; Facts and Interpretation
16. The words, "In my opinion" show that the claim is subjective.
17. In class we proved that no claims can be truly objective, because everybody is different.
18. If you truly believe anything, then it is "true for you."
19. Parmenides was famous for saying, "Whatever is, is."
20. Heraclitus was a monist.
21. Heraclitus was famous for saying that everything that is, is in a state of flux.
22. One opinion is just as good as any other.
23. Truth is discovered, not created.
24. Inferences are conclusions drawn by the receiver.
25. All normative claims are matters of opinion.
PART II: Multiple Choice: Encircle Select the BEST answer.

1. Who first described the grammar of syllogisms?

A. AlexanderB. Aristotle
C. Plato D. Socrates
2. Parmenides and Heraclitus represented two opposite positions in which great debate:
A. forms vs. essence
B. nature vs. nurture
C. The Good vs. Reason
D. permanence vs. change
3. Empiricists claim that:
A. beliefs cannot be justified.
B. knowledge comes through sense experience.
C. reason alone can be trusted to provide knowledge.
D. we should doubt everything.
4. William James' pragmatic theory of truth is:
 A. the same as absolute truth
B. the idea that truth is whatever works
C. the same as Socrates' idea of truth
D. also called "the scientific method."
5. That which conveys principles that are true, but are not true in fact is called:
A. conversational truth
B. poetic truth
C. science
D. philosophy
6. "Agreement of thought with reality." This is the definition of:
A. Truth
B. Belief
C. Opinion
D. Subjectivism
7. Who determines truth?
A. No one determines truth.
B. Philosophers
C. Anyone who wants to.
D. Society collectively determines truth.
8. Which (or who) of the following describes those who say the universe is many things?
A. monist B. atomist
C. Thales D. Heraclitus
E. All of the above
9. The claims 1)"God exists," and 2) "God does not exist," are:
A. 1) logical, 2) illogical
B. contradictory
C. based soley on blind faith
D. hylozoistic

10. The term "hylozoistic" describes which of the following:

A. the idea that motion is an illusion.
B. the relationship between the two sides of the "simili of the line."
C. the type of judicial system Socrates faced.
D. that which can move itself
11. Ontology is:
A. The theory of existence (or being).
B. The theory of "ought."
C. The theory of knowledge.
D. Another name for the Socratic Method.
12. Which of the following are prescriptive/normative claims?
(Fill all the bubbles that apply.)
A. "We should go to the Giants game tonight."
B. "One should never have an abortion."
C. "God exists."
D. "Taxes should be increased on gasoline."
13. Pantheism is the belief that:
A. God is omnipresent.
B. Everything is god.
C. God created everything.
D. There is no god.
14. Who said, "You cannot step in the same river twice."
A. Heraclitus
B. Parmenides
C. Zeno
D. Socrates
15. Zeno used which method of argument?
A. Irony
B. Reductio ad absurdum
C. Relativism
D. Rationalization
16. Philosophers' first question is of ultimate reality. This ultimate substance, or stuff is
refered to as:
A. the archei
B. matter
C. ozone
D. concepts
17. Who determines truth?
A. No one determines truth.
B. Each individual determines truth.
C. Society determines truth.
D. Experts determine truth.
18. Regarding moral truth:
A. The truth lies in conformity to right desire.
B. The truth lies in what is accepted by the group.
C. The truth lies in conformity to what one wants.
D. The word "truth" is inappropriate, because morality is subjective.
19. An idea is _______________ when they are private, not public.
A. Absolute
B. Free form
C. Innate
D. Subjective
20. __________________ describes that which never, ever changes.
A. Objective
B. Immutable
C. Incapable
D. Prevenient
21. An act that asserts something to be true or false.
A. Asking a questionB. Making judgments
C. Doing research D. Subjectivism
22. "Every claim is either true or false." This is the definition of...
A. The law of the excluded middle.
B. Subjectivism
C. Objectivism
D. The categorical imperative
23. Those who claim that everything in the universe is made up of one thing are called...
A. Theologians
B. Monists
C. Determinists
D. Skeptics
24. Normative claims are. . .
A. always subjective.
B. prescriptive claims dealing with right and wrong behavior.
C. both b) and d)
D. never true or false
25. Acts of the mind that can be objectively true or false.
A. Opinion
B. Knowledge
C. A lie
D. A necessarily true belief.

Prepared by: Checked by:

Kathryn C. Soriano_ Mr. Ferdinand R. Balaoing

 Teacher Principal IV

Answer Key for Test “Intro Practice Test 1 Sp15”, 2/20/15

No. inNo. on

Q-Bank Test Correct Answer

111 T
192 F
1 11 3 F
1 16 4 T
1 56 5 T
1 57 6 T
1 58 7 T
1 63 8 F
1 64 9 F
1 65 10 T
1 79 11 F
1 75 12 F
1 68 13 F
1 67 14 T
1 66 15 T
1 90 16 F
1 107 17 F
1 106 18 F
1 102 19 T
1 101 20 T
1 100 21 T
1 124 22 F
10 7 23 T
10 8 24 T
10 38 25 F
1 21 26 Aristotle
1 23 27 Permanence vs. change
1 28 28 Knowledge comes through sense experience.
1 60 29 The idea that truth is whatever works
1 59 30 Poetic truth
 1 55 31 ?
1 69 32 No one determines truth
1 71 33 Atomist
1 74 34 ?
1 77 35 That which moves itself
1 81 36 ?
1 82 37 ?
1 83 38 ?
1 105 39 Heraclitus
1 104 40 ?
1 122 41 The archei
1 123 42 No one determines truth.
1 136 43 ?
1 197 44 Subjective
1 208 45 Immutable
1 201 46 Making judgments
1 217 47 Law of the excluded middle
1 218 48 Monists
10 34 49 Both b) and d)
10 22 50 Opinion

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Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 Region 1
SCHOOLS DIVISION OFFICE I PANGASINAN
TAMBOBONG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
Dasol, Pangasinan

1ST SEMESTER-2ND Quarter Exam

S.Y.2019-2020
Grade 11 TVL
Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person

Name: ___________________________ Date: ______

Grade & Sec: _______ Score: _____

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE:Encircle the letter of the correct answer. (1 POINT EACH)

1. It is the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when
considered as an academic discipline.
a. Philosophy
b. Theology
c. Religion
d. Cult

2. It is a state of serious thought or consideration.

a. Meditation
b. Reflection
c. Deepening
d. Repenting

3. A/An ______ is a being, such as a human, that has certain capacities or attributes such as
reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established
form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility.
a. person
b. organism
c. animal
d. soul

4. It is a treatment of the meaning of human nature, the course considers the human person as
physical being, as knower, as responsible agent, as a person in relation to other persons, to
society, to God, and to the end, or purpose, of human life.
a. Human Philosophy
b. Theology
c. Occultism
d. Realism

5. It is a branch of philosophy that deals with the fundamental questions of reality.

a. Metallurgy
b. Realism
c. Physics
d. Metaphysics

6. It is a branch of philosophy that deals with our concept of knowledge, how we learn and what
we can know.
a. Epistaxis
b. Epistophylis
c. Epistemology
d. Epistemology

7. It is a branch of philosophy which studies the rules of valid reasoning and argumentation.
a. Reasoning
b. Abstract Reasoning
c. Argumentation
d. Logic
8. It is a branch of philosophy which is concerned with human values and how individuals
should act.
a. Values
b. CL
c. Ethics
d. Principles

9. It is a branch of philosophy which deals with the notion of beauty and the philosophy of art.
a. Cosmetology
b. Aesthetics
c. Modern Art
d. Hairology

10. Freud has brought a quite simple revolution: it consists in destroying, disintegrating the
human subject, such as Descartes and Kant had defined him that is to say as being endowed
with a faculty of representation, namely?
a. Conscience
b. Consciousness
c. Behavior
d. Personality

11. According to Freud, is the receptacle of unexpressed desires and repressed deep.
a. Id
b. Ego
c. Superego
d. Conscience

12. According to Freud, represents the internalization of parental prohibitions. It is the vice
within us that says, “do not”.
a. Id
b. Ego
c. Superego
d. Conscience

13. According to Freud, it deals with reality, trying to meet the desires of the id in a way that is
socially acceptable in the world.
a. Id
b. Ego
c. Superego
d. Conscience

14. It means that we are interested in engaging and developing the whole person. You can think
of these as different levels, physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. It’s the concept that the
human being is multi-dimensional.
a. Holistic Perspective
b. Whole Perspective
c. Partial Perspective
d. Half Perspective

15. It is a specified or stated manner of consideration, an attitude how one sees or thinks of
something
a. Point of View
b. 1st Person P.O.V.
c. 2nd P.O.V.
d. Partial Point of View
II. “MY ACTIONS, MY CONSEQUENCES” (MODIFIED LABELLING)
INSTRUCTIONS: Label each box with the corresponding topic given. (2 point each)

SITUATON WHERE IN WHAT WERE YOUR WHAT COULD YOU

YOU FELT THAT YOU CHOICES IN THAT HAVE DONE OR
SUCCEEDED OR MOMENT? CHANGED TO MAKE
FAILED THE SITUATION
BETTER FOR YOU?

III.ESSAY

IV. SCOING RUBRIC FOR ESSAY

CONTENT 6pts.
ORGANIZATION 3pts.
MAIN IDEA AND SUPPORTING 2pts.
DETAILS
TOTAL 11PTS

1. Do you believe in the concept of us having our own souls? Elaborate your point of view
of the said question.

***END***
Good luck and God bless!

Prepared by:

Kathryn C. Soriano
Subject Teacher
Noted by:

Ferdinand R. Balaoing
Principal IV