Department of Education
Region VI – Western Visayas
Schools Division Office of Kabankalan City
District of Kabankalan II
CAMANSI NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
-Introduction to the Philosophy of the Human Person s-
1st Quarter Summative Test
Name: ___________________________________________ Strand & Year Level _____________Score:
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I. Write the correct letter of your answer on the space provided .
______1. What is originally meant “Love of Wisdom”?
A. Philosophy C. Epistemology
B. Ethics D. Aesthetics
______2. This word means to “overflow nonstop”.
A. Elenchus C. Logic
B. Abundance D. Facts
______3. It is the branch of Philosophy responsible for the study of existence.
A. Metaphysics C. Ethics
B. Politics D. Epistemology
______4. It is a specific term in Attic Greek which means “wisdom “?
A. Sophia C. Philo
B. Logos D. Homo
______5. What branch of Philosophy deals primarily with the study of knowledge?
A. Metaphysics C. Cosmology
B. Politics D. Epistemology
_____6. This refers to the highest application of knowledge.
A. Knowledge C. Wisdom
B. Truth D. Intelligence
_____7. This pertains to an inquiry into a human being as a nature, as a person and as existing.
A. Practical Philosophy C. Doing Philosophy
B. Philosophy of man D. Speculative Philosophy
_____8. Philosophy of man is a broad as life and as deep as human understanding, since it looks into the
wholeness and fullness of human _____________.
A. Problem C. Nature
B. Existence D. Axiology
_____ 9. Which branch of Philosophy deals with the question of beauty?
A. Aesthetics C. Cosmology
B. Psychology D. Logic
_____10. Aesthetics attempts to resolve the following questions, Except;
A. What is reality?
B. What is a work of art?
C. What is beauty?
D. Does art have any moral obligations?
____ 11. A fallacy is…
A. The same thing as factual error
B. A claim that has two or more meanings but it is clear which is intended
C. a mistake in reasoning
D. None of the above
____ 12. Socrates claims that he is the wisest because
A. He knows that there is life after death.
B. He knows that only he can benefit the youth.
C. He knows that he knows nothing.
D. None of the above.
____ 13. Which of the following is a question that belongs primarily in Epistemology?
A. What is an adequate justification for a belief?
B. Is stem cell research morally acceptable?
C. Is art important to society?
D. What is a good argument?
____ 14. Who determines truth?
A. No one determines truth.
B. Philosopher
C. Anyone who wants to
D. Society collectively determines the truth.
____ 15. Acts of the mind that can be objectively true or false.
A. Opinion
B. Knowledge
C. A lie
D. All of the above
II. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if the statement is incorrect. Write your answers on the
space provided.
_______ 1. According to Socrates, virtue is the only thing that will lead to happiness.
_______ 2. Aesthetics is a branch of Philosophy that deals with art.
_______ 3. Truth is the right relation between our words and our thoughts.
_______ 4. Philosophy pursues answers rather than questions.
_______ 5. Philosophy considers correct answers as more important than correct questions.
_______ 6. A person has science when he knows the reason for and cause of facts.
_______ 7. Man can philosophize even without the use of technology.
_______ 8. Wisdom is the knowledge of the immediate causes.
_______ 9. A philosophically minded person is flexible and self-aware.
_______ 10. How man develops is the primary interest of philosophy of man.
_______ 11. Philosophy searches for the ultimate reasons, causes, and principles of things.
_______ 12. Philosophical questions have answers and their answers are left loose and are open – ended.
_______ 13. Philosophy seeks understanding and enlightenment rather than shorthand answers.
_______ 14. Philosophy of man looks into the wholeness and fullness of human existence.
_______ 15. Philosophical knowledge is attained through the abstractive power of reason enlightened by faith.
_______ 16. The normative approach to the study of man is interested in describing man and personhood.
_______ 17. Loving wisdom makes one a philosopher.
_______ 18. Science is knowing about facts.
_______ 19. Epistemology mainly asks us to consider the question, how do we know anything.
_______ 20. Wisdom is a special kind of truth, but it is not the same as truth.
III. Identify the following. Choose the correct answer from the box. Write your answers on the space provided.
Rene Descartes Logic Politics Philosophy
Dualism Monism Sartre Love of Wisdom
Sophia- Christianity
____________1. It is a body of knowledge that provides methodologies and insights on how societal questions
can be answered.
____________2. It is a specific term in Attic Greek that can be understood in English as wisdom.
____________3. This theory holds that man is composed of one basic substance or principle as the ground
of reality, whether matter or spirit.
____________ 4. This theory holds that man is made up of two irreducible elements – matter and spirit.
____________ 5. It is the religion based upon the teachings and miracles of Jesus where there is only one God.
____________ 6. Who coined the phrase “Existence precedes essence”?
____________ 7. A French philosopher who made the statement “I think, therefore I am”.
____________ 8. A branch of Philosophy which deals with correct reasoning.
____________ 9. What is the meaning of “Philosophia’?
____________ 10. A branch of Philosophy that tells you how a society must be set up and how one should act
within a society.
IV. Essay (10 points)
1. As a student, what is your life situation during this time of pandemic, COVID-19?
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Believe me, the reward is not so great
without the struggle.
-Wilma Rudolph
Prepared by:
Ma’am Grazel Anne S. Tibayde
Adviser
INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN PERSONS
Answer key:
I.
I. A
2. B
3. A
4. A
5. D
6. C
7. B
8. B
9. A
10. A
11. C
12. C
13. A
14. A
15. A
II.
1. TRUE 11. TRUE
2. TRUE 12. TRUE
3. TRUE 13. TRUE
4. FALSE 14. TRUE
5. FALSE 15. FALSE
6. TRUE 16. TRUE
7. TRUE 17. FALSE
8. FALSE 18. TRUE
9. TRUE 19. TRUE
10. TRUE 20. TRUE
III.
1. PHILOSOPHY
2. SOPHIA
3. MONISM
4. DUALISM
5. CHRISTIANITY
6. SARTRE
7. RENE DESCARTES
8. LOGIC
9. LOVE OF WISDOM
10. POLITICS
