Test Bank for Philosophy: A Text with Readings, 14th Edition by Manuel Velasquez
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Test Bank for Philosophy: A Text with Readings, 14e 14th Edition by Manuel Velasquez. Complete Chapters ( Chap 1 to 9 ) are given with answers.
Chapter 1: The Nature of Philosophy
Chapter 2: Who Am I?
Chapter 3: Reality and Being
Chapter 4: Philosophy, Religion, and God
Chapter 5: What Is Kn...
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Who said, “The unexamined life is not worth living”?
a. Socrates
b. Plato
c. Aristotle
d. Crito
ANSWER: a
2. “There are lots of different truths,” a philosophy student says. “It doesn’t make sense to limit yourself to just
one.” This type of thinking is most closely associated with which philosopher?
a. Paul Henri d’Holbach
b. Viktor Frankl
c. Gail Stenstad
d. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
ANSWER: c
3. What action did Rose Abramoff and other scientists take at the White House on April 5, 2022?
a. They peacefully protested outside the White House.
b. They held a press conference.
c. They illegally chained themselves to the fence.
d. They engaged in a hunger strike.
ANSWER: c
4. What two concepts does karma combine?
a. Rightness and wrongness
b. Determinism and freedom
c. The whole and the part
d. Life and death
ANSWER: b
5. Good reasoning is a key not only to philosophy, but to what?
a. Success in getting what you want out of life
b. Generating anxiety
c. Generating doubt
d. Failure to live a proper human life
ANSWER: a
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6. Who is called the father of Western philosophy?
a. Plato
b. Aristotle
c. Socrates
d. Buddha
ANSWER: c
7. “Everyone is selfish and there is nothing wrong with that. Put yourself first instead of worrying about others.”
This viewpoint most closely resembles the teachings of which thinker?
a. Aristotle
b. Mahatma Gandhi
c. Plato
d. Harry Browne
ANSWER: d
8. Who is credited by Dr. Albert Ellis for the idea that people are disturbed by the views of situations rather than the
situations themselves?
a. Sigmund Freud
b. Albert Einstein
c. Epictetus
d. Carl Jung
ANSWER: c
9. Who said that whatever the gods love is holy?
a. Socrates
b. Plato
c. Euripides
d. Euthyphro
ANSWER: d
10. What subfield of philosophy is concerned with moral values and moral principles?
a. Theology
b. Ethics
c. Metaphysics
d. Epistemology
ANSWER: b
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11. What is the main flaw in Euthyphro’s definition of holiness as something that is loved by the gods?
a. It does not explain why the gods love certain actions.
b. It suggests that the gods have no good reason to love holy actions.
c. It implies that something is holy only if all gods agree on it.
d. It cannot accommodate conflicting views among the gods on what is holy.
ANSWER: d
12. Perictione saw philosophy as a search for what?
a. Understanding
b. Pleasure
c. Equity
d. Love
ANSWER: a
13. What does epistemology mean?
a. The study of knowledge
b. The study of reality
c. The study of whether humans are free or unfree
d. The study of morality
ANSWER: a
14. A group of students is in a public park, protesting a new law. Police officers arrive to arrest the protesters. What
advice would a follower of Mahatma Gandhi most likely give the protesters?
a. Fight back.
b. Go home and stop resisting the law.
c. Resist, but do not use violence.
d. Remember that nothing that happens on Earth really matters.
ANSWER: c
15. According to the Principle of Charity, how should one treat a philosopher’s argument if it is invalid?
a. Modify it to make it stronger.
b. Present it exactly as the philosopher stated.
c. Highlight its weaknesses.
d. Correct the flaws to ensure validity.
ANSWER: d
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16. What does Socrates want to understand from Euthyphro in their discussion about holiness?
a. How to perform actions that are loved by the gods
b. The specific actions that are holy
c. The underlying characteristic that all holy actions have in common
d. Why the gods love certain actions and not others
ANSWER: c
17. “I want to find out why we exist and what reality actually is.” A student who expressed this point of view would
most likely want to study which subfield of philosophy?
a. Epistemology
b. Axiology
c. Metaphysics
d. Science
ANSWER: c
18. What type of questions does ethics seek to answer, according to the text?
a. Questions about the scientific method and its validity
b. Questions related to personal life, societal norms, and moral obligations
c. Inquiries about the nature of physical laws and the universe
d. Debates on the best political systems without moral implications
ANSWER: b
19. What does karma mean?
a. Action
b. Movement
c. Rightness
d. Fate
ANSWER: a
20. What is the literal meaning of the term “philosophy”?
a. Love of knowledge
b. Love of nature
c. Love of wisdom
d. Love of life
ANSWER: c
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