PRE -TEST | POST-TEST

INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN PERSON

NAME: ________________________________________ YR & SECTION:______________________ SCORE: ____________

___1. It is the term commonly used to represent the entire human race.
a. Human Being b. Human c. Man d. Human Person
___ 2. It consists of collective traits that formed and considered the very essence of humanity.
a. Human Being b. Human c. Man d. Human Person
___ 3. The term used to describe humans who are not just mere humans different from animals but with inherent birth rights and
exact origin of his/her classification.
a. Human Being b. Human Creature c. Human Nature d. Human Person
___ 4. Which of the following is NOT an essential component of the human person?
a. Conscience b. Mind c. Soul d. Spirit
___ 5. Which of the following BEST describes the concept of embodiment?
a. Human person is essentially his/her body and nothing more
b. Human person is essentially his/her spirit and nothing more
c. Human person is essentially the unity of his/her body and spirit
d. Human person is essentially a separate entity of the body and the spirit.
___ 6. Which of the following experiences describe the concept of embodiment?
a. Apple attaches a sentimental value to a pair of rubber shoes which was given by her mother
b. Cyrille associates love with hypothalamus, a part of the brain that is responsible for feelings
c. Veronica recalls a happy moment in her life and still feel the same happiness she felt at that moment
d. Niel received a pat in his shoulder from his best friend and felt completely relieved in that moment
___ 7. A criminal who has committed a heinous offense can still be considered a human person despite of his cruelty and
inhumane act. The statement is _________________.
a. True, the dignity is still retained in spite of his actions because it is his inherent right
b. False, the dignity of humans is removed once they don’t treat other people just and right
c. Neither a nor b
d. None of the above
___ 8. What do you call the state of being or existence above and beyond the limits of material experience?
a. Euphoria b. Transcendence c. Success d. Descendants
___ 9. Who is the philosopher that believes in the human person as an embodied spirit?
a. Plato b. Aristotle c. St. Thomas d. Vicenna
___ 10. How does the human body play a role in transcendence?
a. The body has its limitations c. The body controls what we do
b. The body functions against transcendence d. The body may dictate its limits against transcendence
___ 11. The following are factors that limits transcendence EXCEPT
a. demography b. financial source c. environment d. human body
___ 12. What may be a sign of an environmental disorder?
a. lack of resources b. things are not in place c. both A and B d. abundance of resources
___ 13. Which of the given statements is TRUE about frugality?
a. It is only limited to tangible or solid materials c. It is excessive use of resources.
b. It is being thrifty with the use of resources. d. It considers good judgment
___ 14. Which of the given statements is TRUE?
a. Prudence and frugality can only be applied in one environment. c. Human activities does not affect the
environment.
b. Looking at aesthetics is a way of determining disorder. d. Disorder is common anywhere.
___ 15. What is the ability to have good judgment that allows avoidance of danger and risk?
a. frugality b. prudence c. transcendence d. philosophy
___ 16. Which of these statements is NOT related to sustainable development?
a. Human activities must not negatively impact the environment.
b. Natural resources must be used wisely and efficiently.
c. Resources must be conserved for the people.
d. Humankind must use up all natural resources.
___ 17. What branch of philosophy is concerned with the natural environment and humanity’s place in it?
a. environmentalism b. environmental philosophy c. environmental aesthetics d. environmental justice
___ 18. Which of these statements about humankind and nature is NOT TRUE?
a. Humankind can use natural resources without regard for the consequences.
b. Humans are able to transform and change the environment.
c. Humankind has a unique relationship with nature.
d. Humans are stewards of creation.
___ 19. What is the nature that enables us to become people?
a. spirit b. transcendence c. free will d. soul
___ 20. What enables us to do actions whenever we want to or and makes self-determination possible?
a. spirit b. self c. consciousness d. free will

___ 21. What do you call an imaginary point beyond which a person cannot do?
 a. soul b. transcendence c. free will d. limitation
___ 22. What is the ability to govern and discipline oneself by the use of reason?
a. transcendence b. frugality c. aesthetics d. prudence
___ 23. What is the act of using other resources wisely and practically?
a. aesthetics b. prudence c. frugality d. transcendence
___ 24. In what way can the environment contribute to health and well-being?
a. It can be available anywhere c. It can produce products that provides medicinal value
b. It is the source of life d. It is made up of consumers and producers.
___ 25. It is believed that humans are not the only significant species on the planet.
a. Anthropocentrism b. Panthocentrism c. Biocentrism d. Ecocentrism
___26. According to this German philosopher, death is a possibility of not being able to be there in the world. Who is this
philosopher?
A. Bertrand Russell C. Martin Heidegger
B. Karl Marx D. Rene Descartes
___27. The famous statement “An unexamined life is not worth living” is attributed to _____.
A. Aristotle C. Plato
B. John Locke D. Socrates
___28. “An unexamined life is not worth living”. This means
A. It is good to test life occasionally.
B. One who reflects will be worthy to live life to the fullest.
C. When one knows how to reflect will be a worthy philosopher.
D. This means that anyone who reflects will have an abundant life.
___29. It is rooted in the human person’s self-determination and the exercise of intellect and free will. It is experienced through
the act of making choices.
A. Ethics C. Freedom
B. Finance D. Responsibility
___30. What do you call where an individual presents himself or herself in a certain way when dealing with others? It is also
considered as an unconscious, natural act on the part of humans.
A. Dialogue C. Intersubjectivity
B. Freedom D. Seeming
___31. An organized group of people whose members interact frequently and have a common territory and culture.
A. Barangay C. Philosophers
B. Family D. Society
___32. If we do not reflect on our deaths, chances are, we are not living an authentic life. This view believes that
A. Death is a fact
B. Human person needs to run away from the face of death
C. Human person needs to reflect on his being-unto-death.
D. The appreciation of natural beauty brings about concern for life.
___33. This pertains to philosophical approach emphasizes the existence of individual as a free and
responsible agent of their own development through acts of the will.
a. Humanism c. Naturalism
b. Existentialism d. Pragmatism
___34. Which of the following is the mutual recognition of each other as persons?
a. Dialogue b. Personality c. Intersubjectivity d. Character
___35. This concept was formulated by Martin Buber, what is this?
a. Conflict Theory b. determinism c. I-It, I-Thou d. free will
___36. This pertains to the ability of the leader to be cruel in the name of the state and yet be still good as a
leader.
a. Dictatorship b. Criminal Virtue c. Leviathan d. Conflict
___37. It refers to the separation of the soul and body.
a. happiness b. life c. sadness d. death
___38. This refers to an imaginary community or society that possesses highly desirable perfect qualities for citizens.
a. Communist Society b. Utopia c. Dictatorship d. Capitalism
___39. Social values are actions or ideals that are considered vital in maintaining an orderly society such as mentioned below,
EXCEPT ONE, which is it?
a. Cooperation b. obedience to the law c. negligence of duty d. concern for others
___40. Man first exists, encounters himself, surges up in the world and defines himself afterwards. This
implies one of the famous ideas of Sartre, what it is?
a. Existence precedes essence c. he is not what he is
b. Hell is other people d. man is condemned to be free

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Answer Key
1. C
2. A
3. D
4. B
5. B
6. A
7. A
8. B
9. C
10. A
11. B
12. C
13. B
14. B
15. B
16. D
17. B
18. A
19. A
20. D
21. D
22. D
23. B
24. C
25. A
26. C
27. D
28. B
29. C
30. D
31. D
32. C
33. B
34. C
35. C
36. B
37. D
38. B
39. C
40. A