REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
REGION III
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF NUEVA ECIJA
SECOND QUARTER EXAM
INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN PERSON

NAME: _______________________________________________________ Score: _______________

Strand and Grade Level: ________________________________________ Date: ________________
Direction: Choose only the LETTER of the correct answer. Write your answer on the space before each number.

_________1) What is the instrument of free choice?

A) Intellect B) Emotion C) Will D) Natural Reason

_________2) Ryan was diagnosed having schizophrenia. He experiences disruption in both cognitive and emotional
function.
One of the common symptoms of schizophrenia is abnormal reasoning. Therefore, Ryan has no ‘will’ on his
actions. Whose philosophy is this?
A) Saint Thomas Aquinas
B) Aristotle
C) Socrates
D) Plato

_________3) Which is not a fourfold classification of law according to Saint Thomas Aquinas?
A) Eternal Law B) Natural Law C) Human Law D) Intellectual Law

_________4) Don Miguel is a billionaire in Nueva Ecija who helps the farmers by buying them fertilizers for free. For some,
they see him as a generous person. However, some farmers do not believe him as generous person because
he wants to take the farmers trust to buy their produce for cheap price. These farmers believe that a person
should not be judged through his actions alone but also through his sincerity behind his acts. Whose
philosophy do they believe?
A) Augustine B) Plato C) Aquinas D) Bonaventure

_________5) It is a general rule established by reason that forbids a person to do that which is destructive of his life or
takes
away the means of preserving the same and to omit that by which he thinks it may be best preserved.
A) Eternal Law B) Divine Law C) Human Law D) Lex Naturalis

_________6) Maraia encounters many problems in her life but were able to solve them with upright decisions. She believes
that she must exist first and then determine her nature through his choices. Whose philosophy is she believing?
A) Jean Paul Sartre B) Thomas Aquinas C) Augustine of Hippo D) Hobbes

_________7) Edward believes that his son is born free and good however as time goes by, he saw his son become bad
due
to the evil influence of society, civilization, learning, and progress which resulted to dissension, conflict, fraud,
and deceit. This philosophical belief is from whom?
A) Augustine of Hippo B) Thomas Aquinas C) Jean Paul Sartre D) Jean-Jacques Rousseau

_________8) President Jose wants to restore peace in the society. He believes that every person must see the necessity
and
come to form the state through the social contract whereby everyone is granted individual rights to the general
will. Whose philosophy is President Jose is he believing?
A) Augustine of Hippo
B) Jean-Jacques Rousseau
C) Thomas Aquinas
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 D) Thomas Hobbes

_________9) Emmanuel is a new employee in the company. Unfortunately, he exhibits the lack of ability of change and is
unaware of itself. Following the philosophy of Jean Paul Sartre, how does he call this situation?
A) Pour-soi
B) Being for-itself
C) En soi
D) None of the above.

_________10) What is established through the covenant of every member of a multitude with every other member?
A) Law B) Rules C) Covenant D) Voluntariness

_________11) Who is the philosopher who believes that humankind is a conversation, which is more than just an idle talk
but a dialog?
A) Martin Buber
B) John Paul II
C) Jean Paul Sarte
D) Martin Heidegger

_________12) Carlo believes that whatever he does reflects to the essence of his life. Whose philosophy is he believing?
A) Martin Buber
B) Jean Paul Sarte
C) John Paul II
D) Martin Heidegger

_________13) Which is not considered as persons with disabilities?

A)Hearing impaired B) Asthmatic C) Cough D) cystic fibrotic persons

_________14) Which of the following best describes multidimensional

A) Having a single dimension
B) Having only one main quality or concern
C) An approach in one angle
D) An act of assessing and implementing an approach that consist of more than one feature to
address a situation.

_________15) Rodolfo believes that women should be educated to please and be useful to men. Whose philosophy is he
believing?
A) Foucault B) Averoes C) Plato D) Jean Jacques Rousseau

_________16) On the rights of Women, which among the following beliefs are pro-women?
A) Women must learn to respect themselves and should not allow others to determine their value in terms
of their physical beauty alone.
B) Women should not actively participate in movements that not only seek empowerment for their
sector but for other marginalized groups as well
C) Women should agree to the gender role assigned to them by the social order
D) Women must not be united to men in wisdom and rationality.

_________17) It is usually used in contrast ot solipsistic individual experience, emphasizing our inherent social being.
A) Sociology
B) Psychology

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 C) Anthropology
D) Intersubjectivity

_________18) What is the type of dimension that deals with marriage, relations between men and women, family and etc.?
A) Economical Dimension
B) Social Dimension
C) Religious Dimension
D) None of the above

_________19) What is the real name of John Paul II?

A) Juan Pablo B) Karol Wojtyla C) Carol Wotyla D) None of the above

_________20) Vanessa and Ian believes that life without each other is incomplete because they both believe that friends
are
two bodies with one soul. Whose philosophy are they both believing?
A) Socrates
B) Plato
C) Pythagoras
D) Aristotle

_________21) What epoch or era is considered as the Dark Ages?

A) Medieval
B) Ancient
C) Modern
D) Contemporary

_________22) During the Medieval Period, why do peasants build their huts near the castles of their lords?
A) Because their lords say so
B) For protection purposes
C) There are plenty of resources to plunder
D) None of the above

_________23) Why does the Middle ages also called as Feudalism?

A) Everyone is poor
B) Many people are possessed that time
C) People are rich during that time
D) There is a growth in commerce and towns

_________24 What marks during the Renaissance period?

A) The revival of Philosophy, art, literature and science
B) The establishment of the “Protestant ethic”
C) The beginnings of modern capitalism.
D) All of the above

_________25) How can the Age of Empiricism be best described?

A) The human being became the most interesting in nature.
B) The attention is turned more and more from the outer world to the mind of human being
C) The second period is a sort of a new humanism where reflection is now more an inner study
D) All of the above

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_________26) Charice lives in the 15 th century where the invention of machines began, the use of steam machines and
people started the factory system. In what period does Charice lives?
A) Period of Globalization B) Renaissance Period C) Ancient Period D) None of the above

_________27) It is transformed by social systems specifically, on knowledge, laws, economics, and technology.
A) Human Relations B) Sociology C) Capitalism D) Government

_________28) MJ and Lorraine have just transferred from Maliwanag National High School. MJ, being the top student from
her recent school, managed to know all the rules and regulations of her new school. Lorraine, on the other
hand, were not able to do what MJ did. One day MJ and Lorraine were both walking along he hallway when
suddenly they saw their classmates engaged in fist fight. Lorraine just ignored the situation and just watch
them who will win but MJ attempted to stop them because she knows that it is against the rules. The
principal
saw what happened. Those who are involved on the fist fight were suspended. The same verdict was also
given to Lorraine. What made the principal suspend Lorraine?
A) The principle of ignorance of the law excuses no one was the basis
B) Being accessory to the crime
C) As Socrates said “Knowledge is virtue; ignorance is vice”
D) All of the above

_________29) What made Globalization successful?

A) Mind Setting B) Philosophy C) Technology D) Government

_________30) What makes also transform when industry is changed?

A) Philosophy
B) Government
C) Social and political
D) None of the above

_________31) Who is the most influential philosopher in terms of policy making?

A) Thomas Aquinas’ Summa Contra Gentiles
B) Machiavelli’s The Prince
C) Descartes’ Discourse
D) Plato’s Republic

_________32) What is the influence of globalization in the society?

A) Modern knowledge and the technology it has created have had an immense impact on the
traditional societies’ way of life.
B) The complex and interrelated series of changes in humanity’s way of life has changed the power
relationships among societies
C) Societies have also become more interdependent, and the conduct of their relations has been
transformed.
D) All of the above
_________33) Joel believes that one of the key to happiness is to live a virtuous life. Whose philosophy is he believing?
A) Plato
B) Aristotle
C) Anaxagoras
D) Socrates

_________34) Anne always contemplates in her action every night because she believes that only by doing this makes her
achieve genuine happiness. Who is the ancient philosopher who proposed this philosophy?
A) Aristotle

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 B) Plato
C) Anaxagoras
D) Socrates

_________35) Johnny, a teacher, believes that his students are capable of achieving more than what they have at the
present
condition. Who is the ancient philosopher who philosophize this type of belief?
A) Aristotle
B) Plato
C) Anaxagoras
D) Socrates

_________36) It is not something to be taught or acquired through education, but rather it is merely an awakening of the
seeds of good deeds that lay dormant in the mind and heart of a person.
A) Obedience B) Poverty C) Charity D) Virtue

_________37) Dwayne killed his wife for the reason of jealousy. What kind of evil does this portray?
A) Metaphysical Evil B) Logical Evil C) Moral Evil D) Natural Evil

_________38) What is the best justification for the Unmoved mover?

A) There is one thing in this world that cannot move because of force
B) Unmoved mover need not to be justified
C) All things in the world are potentially in motion and continuously changing; there must be
something that is actual motion and which is moved by nothing external
D) All of the above

_________39) Which is not true about the Unmoved mover?

A) Reason finds its perfection in contemplating the Unmoved Mover
B) The Unmoved Mover is the form of the world moving it toward its divine end
C) The highest human activity is contemplating about the Unmoved Mover
D) All of the above

_________40) For Socrates, how can a person live a happy life?

A) By being with other people
B) By studying hard
C) By obeying rules in the society
D) By living a virtuous life.

_________41) It is the possibility that extinguishes all possibilities.

A) Birth
B) Suffering
C) Death
D) Failure

_________42) What does pour-soi mean?

A) Being in-itself
B) Being for-itself
C) Being with-others
D) Being towards death

_________43) For Martin Heidegger, man is an inder-welt-sein. What does it mean?

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 A) Man is a being with others.
B) Man is a being oriented towards death.
C) Man is a being in the world.
D) Man is a being hopeless for actualization.

_________44) For Friedrich Nietzsche, man must strive to actualize the state of ubermensch. What does it mean?
A) Man must totally be dependent from others.
B) Man must submit himself to the Will of the Divine Being.
C) Man must strive to realize a “higher-state” of existence.
D) Man must live in accordance to his impending death.

_________45) Joey realizes one of his life’s reason by being with his friends and loved ones. By such, what principle of
Martin Heidegger does he exhibit?
A) Inder-welt-sein
B) Dasein
C) Mit-sein
D) Sein-Zum-Tode

_________46) Maria thinks that she can only acquire authentic existence through maximizing the use of her freedom. What
philosophical tenet does she exhibit?
A) Essentialism
B) Existentialism
C) Moral Relativism
D) Positivism

_________47) It is the possibility of acquiring another state of perfection

A) Actuality
B) Potentiality
C) Telos
D) Dasein

_________48) It is the fundamental tenet of existentialism.

A) Essence precedes existence.
B) Existence precedes essence.
C) Man is confined inside a box.
D) Man cannot attain the fullest of his potentiality.

_________49) For Karl Jaspers, what is authentic existence?

A) Freedom and Love
B) Freedom and Peace
C) God and Peace
D) Freedom and God

_________50) It is the root cause of the fear of death.

A) Unloved
B) Wisdom
C) Ignorance
D) Knowledge

Prepared by:

PHIL RAYMOND A. IGNACIO

Teacher II
Nueva Ecija Senior High School

DONATO U.VERGARA IV
Teacher II
Nueva Ecija Senior High School
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 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
REGION III
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF NUEVA ECIJA
FIRST QUARTER EXAM
INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN PERSON

ANSWER KEY

1. C
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. D
6. A
7. D
8. B
9. A
10. C
11. D
12. C
13. C
14. D
15. D
16. A
17. D
18. B
19. B
20. D
21. A
22. B
23. D
24. D
25. D
26. A
27. A
28. D
29. C
30. C
31. D
32. D
33. D
34. B
35. A
36. D
37. C
38. D
39. C
40. D
41. C
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42. B
43. C
44. C
45. C
46. B
47. B
48. B
49. D
50. C

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