ADAMS STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENDED STUDIES PHIL 201 – INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY Exam I I certify that the student named on this exam did not receive assistance and did not have unauthorized access to books or notes. I have returned this exam to the instructor on ____________________ (date). Proctor Name: ______________________________ Signature: _________________________________ Unit 1 Part I: Multiple-Choice. Select/circle the option that best finishes/answers the following questions/statements based on the reading (1 point each): 1. Who would say that we are not made in god’s image, but we make the gods in our image? a. Socrates b. Sophists c. Xenophanes d. Corrupter of the youth 2. What is evidenced by the night sky? a. Metaphysics b. Immortality c. The Vortex d. Homeric gods 3. Dialectic helps us approach truth by a. Reinforcing our stubbornness b. Moving away from error c. Relieving us of the desire for truth d. Teaching that it is not the destination but the journey 4. If you get people to think you’re good, then you’re good is a view of a. The anti-philosopher b. Democritus c. Meletus d. Sophists 5. Not searching for truth makes us a. Lazy b. Cowardly c. Not virtuous d. All of the above Adams State University – Extended Studies© Instructor: Delilah Caldwell Page 1 of 8 Name: ________________________________ Please Print May 2015 ADAMS STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENDED STUDIES PHIL 201 – INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY Exam I 6. Why did the Oracle of Delphi confuse Socrates a. He knows he’s wiser than Chairephon b. He didn’t think it even knew his name c. It reached conclusions without rational arguments d. He doesn’t think he’s wise 7. Socrates argues that we should have more respect for ________ than our parents. a. Reason b. Truth c. Dialectic d. The Laws 8. When it came time to ask for a sentence, Socrates asks for a. The most severe punishment b. No punishment, since he’s not guilty c. Exile d. Free meals 9. In wrongdoing we are ignorant a. That we’ll hurt people b. What the rules of society are (what the Laws command) c. How wrongdoing will make us worse d. Both a and b 10. What is based on an uncaused cause argument a. The flux of the world order b. That our future is open – we can become anything c. Logos d. Boundless 11. Euthyphro is at court a. To pay parking tickets for his chariot b. To find Socrates so they may discuss philosophy c. To get a marriage license d. To charge his father with murder 12. We should not pay attention to the opinion of the many since they are a. Not philosophers b. Ignorant c. Vicious d. Self-absorbed Adams State University – Extended Studies© Instructor: Delilah Caldwell Page 2 of 8 Name: ________________________________ Please Print May 2015 ADAMS STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENDED STUDIES PHIL 201 – INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY Exam I 13. Which of Socrates accusers are the most dangerous? a. The most rational b. The least rational c. Playwrights d. Those who charge him with murder 14. Which is a charge against Socrates not discussed? a. Corrupting the youth b. Atheism c. Making up gods d. None of the above 15. Arête can be translated a. Excellence b. Relativism c. Skepticism d. Both b and c 16. If justice is ________ then it is relative a. Nomos b. Physis c. Arete d. All of the above 17. Who thinks water is fundamental to reality a. Anaximander b. Sophists c. Thales d. No one would be that dumb 18. According to Socrates we should not fear death since a. We all deserve death b. We’ll be with all those who have died before us c. We don’t know what happens when we die d. So long as we live, death is not with us, and when we die, we are no more 19. What doctrine holds that if there is truth we can’t know it? a. Dialectic b. Relativism c. Skepticism d. Piety Adams State University – Extended Studies© Instructor: Delilah Caldwell Page 3 of 8 Name: ________________________________ Please Print May 2015 ADAMS STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENDED STUDIES PHIL 201 – INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY Exam I 20. What did Socrates learn about the craftsmen? a. They think they’re wise but are not b. Since they know one thing, they think they know about a lot of things c. They don’t have human wisdom d. All of the above Part II: Multi-Part Essay. Answer two of the following multi-part essays (40 points each): Pre-Socratics What was revolutionary about the idea of Thales? Explain. What is the Boundless, and what criticism of Thales did the Boundless solve? Provide Parmenides argument that time, multiplicity, or change are not real, do not exist. What is the challenge that atomism poses to free will? Do you think we have free will? Justify your answer. Of the pre-Socratics, which do you think was closer to the truth? Explain/justify. Sophists/Socrates What do the sophists claim to teach? How would you know when you learned what the sophists claim to teach? Do the sophists think justice is nomos or physis? Justify your answer. What does Socrates mean that “human excellence is knowledge”? Explain using points from his dialogue with Euthyphro. Would Socrates think justice is nomos or physis? Justify your answer. Between Socrates and sophists, which do you think is closer to the truth? Justify your answer. Socrates For Socrates, what is human wisdom? How did he learn that such is the wisdom for humans? Provide Socrates’ argument that he would not corrupt the youth willingly? Of Socrates’ 4 beliefs, which does this argument exemplify? What is Socrates’ argument that he should not escape from prison? Do you think Socrates’ conviction was just/right? Justify your answer. Answer on the following pages. Adams State University – Extended Studies© Instructor: Delilah Caldwell Page 4 of 8 Name: ________________________________ Please Print May 2015 ADAMS STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENDED STUDIES PHIL 201 – INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY Exam I Multi-Part Essay 1 Adams State University – Extended Studies© Instructor: Delilah Caldwell Page 5 of 8 Name: ________________________________ Please Print May 2015 ADAMS STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENDED STUDIES PHIL 201 – INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY Exam I Adams State University – Extended Studies© Instructor: Delilah Caldwell Page 6 of 8 Name: ________________________________ Please Print May 2015 ADAMS STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENDED STUDIES PHIL 201 – INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY Exam I Multi-Part Essay 2 Adams State University – Extended Studies© Instructor: Delilah Caldwell Page 7 of 8 Name: ________________________________ Please Print May 2015 ADAMS STATE UNIVERSITY EXTENDED STUDIES PHIL 201 – INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY Exam I Adams State University – Extended Studies© Instructor: Delilah Caldwell Page 8 of 8 Name: ________________________________ Please Print May 2015
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