This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Art Humanities > Philosophy > Class 12 Philosophy Chapter 3 Metaphysics – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Philosophy Chapter 3 Metaphysics Quiz 4 (53 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which philosophical stance claims that the existence of God is unknowable? A) Theism. B) Monotheism. C) Atheism. D) Agnosticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Agnosticism. 2. What did B.F. Skinner believe every choice is determined by? A) Random chance and luck. B) The influence of genetics. C) The opinions of others. D) Things we can't control. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Things we can't control. 3. Somebody is a ..... A) Changale being. B) Unchangeable being. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Changale being. 4. Poetry that focuses on meaning more than lyricism is ..... A) Romantic. B) Post-modern. C) Modern. D) Renaissance. E) Metaphysical. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Metaphysical. 5. The English Neoclassical Period is considered to span the years from 1660 to ..... A) 1788. B) 1778. C) 1808. D) 1768. E) 1798. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) 1798. 6. The question 'Can human choices ever be completely free?' belongs to the metaphysical sub-branch of: A) Ontology. B) Causality and free will. C) Appearance vs Reality. D) Identity and change. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Causality and free will. 7. What can be understood about a baseball game in the present? A) Aspects that can be understood when replaying the game in the past. B) Aspects that can be understood only by thinking about aspects of the game when not watching it. (reflection). C) The game only from a certain vantage point (POV). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The game only from a certain vantage point (POV). 8. Things are morally good or bad, permissible, or prohibited, solely because of God's will or commands it. A) Teleological argument. B) Euthyphyro Dilemma. C) Divine command theory. D) Pascal's Wasger. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Divine command theory. 9. He argues religion is an expression of material realities and economic injustice, viewed as the "opiate of the masses" A) David Hume. B) Sigmund Freud. C) Karl Marx. D) JL Mackie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Karl Marx. 10. Chaos, usually of the destructive sort. A) Arduous. B) Diligent. C) Seine. D) Mayhem. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mayhem. 11. What did Averroes believe about the existence of the universe? A) Averroes believed the universe was created a few thousand years ago. B) Averroes thought the universe is finite and will eventually cease to exist. C) Averroes claimed the universe is a temporary illusion. D) Averroes believed the universe is eternal and has always existed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Averroes believed the universe is eternal and has always existed. 12. What is the "Butterfly Effect" ? A) The Butterfly Effect describes the life cycle of butterflies. B) The Butterfly Effect refers to the idea that small actions can have large, unpredictable consequences. C) The Butterfly Effect is a type of butterfly migration. D) The Butterfly Effect is a method of predicting weather patterns. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Butterfly Effect refers to the idea that small actions can have large, unpredictable consequences. 13. A(n) ..... trusts that history is the story of God's interaction with humans. and is a meaningful sequence of events leading to the fulfillment of God's purposes. A) Monist. B) Idealist. C) Materialist. D) Theist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Theist. 14. What is the focus of materialism theory? A) Physical existence. B) Metaphysical concepts. C) Spiritual existence. D) Abstract ideas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Physical existence. 15. Metaphysics is the search for something that is worthy of our ..... A) Time. B) Presence. C) Trust. D) Money. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trust. 16. What does 'immanent' mean when describing the nature of God. A) God does not interfere in human life. B) God has always been there. C) God is just and fair. D) God is within and involved in creation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) God is within and involved in creation. 17. Monism teaches that ..... A) There is only a material reality. B) There is only a spiritual reality. C) The material and spiritual exist as one reality. D) There is a distinct material and spirituality. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The material and spiritual exist as one reality. 18. Anselm's theory that God exists because God must exist as existence is a feature of perfection. A) Fideism. B) Deism. C) Cosmological argument. D) Ontological argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ontological argument. 19. Hume noted that religion often point to these as credibility of their religious doctrines. A) None of these options. B) Explanations by theologians. C) Sacred texts. D) Miracles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Miracles. 20. Who proposed the Theory of Forms, which suggests that reality exists beyond the physical world? A) Descartes. B) Plato. C) Aristotle. D) Kant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plato. 21. Pi's raft washes ashore near the town of Tomatlan in ..... A) Guatemala. B) Peru. C) Chile. D) Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mexico. 22. The English Neoclassical Period looked back to which of the following civilizations for rules of writing, art, and architecture? A) Greek. B) Roman. C) French. D) Greek and Roman. E) Roman and French. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Greek and Roman. 23. What is a reason why writing is considered more distant and removed from reality? A) It is uttered, heard, and responded in the present. B) After it is produced, it is accessed in the future. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After it is produced, it is accessed in the future. 24. What is the belief system that attributes spiritual essence to animals, plants, and inanimate objects? A) Animism. B) Paganism. C) Shamanism. D) Totemism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Animism. 25. What is the relationship between metaphysics and religion? A) They have no relationship. B) Both deal with fundamental questions about reality and existence. C) Metaphysics is a scientific discipline with no connection to religion. D) Metaphysics is a branch of religion focusing on spiritual aspects. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Both deal with fundamental questions about reality and existence. 26. What do monists claim about reality? A) It is fundamentally plural and dynamic. B) There is a single reality that may appear plural. C) Reality is unknowable in principle. D) Only mental ideas truly exist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There is a single reality that may appear plural. 27. What did Theravada Buddhism believe a personal soul prevented you from achieving? A) Reaching a higher state of consciousness. B) Achieving enlightenment. C) Achieving Nirvana. D) Attaining spiritual wisdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Achieving Nirvana. 28. What does God is 'omnipotent' mean? A) All knowing. B) Always present. C) All powerful. D) All loving. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All powerful. 29. According to idealism: A) We should have high ideals. B) Everything is mental or exists in perception. C) Only physical matter exists. D) Mind and body are separate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Everything is mental or exists in perception. 30. Some end is a ..... A) Unchangeable being. B) Changeable being. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unchangeable being. 31. A ..... rejects any belief in God or gods. A) Pantheist. B) Theist. C) Monist. D) Materialist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Materialist. 32. This condition afflicts first Richard Parker, and then Pi. A) Blindness. B) Fever. C) Diarrhea. D) Madness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Blindness. 33. Presentism is the view that ..... A) Giving presents is important. B) Only the present moment exists. C) All times exist equally. D) Time doesn't exist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Only the present moment exists. 34. Who among the following is not a Pre-Socratic philosopher? A) Heraclitus. B) Empedocles. C) Anaxagoras. D) St. Augustine. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) St. Augustine. 35. Which philosophy is known for the idea that metaphysics is the study of the most abstract concepts? A) Aristotle. B) Plato. C) Kant. D) Descartes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aristotle. 36. What is Atheism? A) Being true to oneself when making moral choices, evidence of bad faith. B) Knowing whether God exists is beyond our rational capabilities. C) Firm disbelief in God. D) The stuff from which things are made. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Firm disbelief in God. 37. According to Derrida, what gives presence its meaning? A) The current moment. B) Absence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Absence. 38. Which of the following religions does Pi not practice? A) Islam. B) Christianity. C) Hindu. D) Buddhism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Buddhism. 39. Which of the following is a characteristic of "spirituality" ? A) Organized and guided practice. B) Having a personal connection to a higher power. C) Exclusive memebership. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Having a personal connection to a higher power. 40. A(n) ..... goal is to become enlightened and become one with the universe. A) Idealist's. B) Monist's. C) Theist's. D) Materialist's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Monist's. 41. Pluralists hold that reality is ..... A) Ultimately one and static. B) Plural in essence and only appears unitary. C) Purely ideal with no material aspects. D) Determined solely by mechanical laws. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plural in essence and only appears unitary. 42. According to Thomas Hobbes, what is civilization based on? A) An agreement to obey rules so we don't have to fight. B) A monarchy ruled by divine right. C) An economy based on trade and commerce. D) A system of absolute freedom without rules. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An agreement to obey rules so we don't have to fight. 43. The shadows represent ..... A) Knowledge that sadness can overwhelm. B) Blank stares. C) Hidden images. D) Knowledge/beliefs we gain from others and accept as true. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Knowledge/beliefs we gain from others and accept as true. 44. According to Thomas Aquinas, what was the first cause that created the universe? A) A cosmic accident. B) God. C) An alien civilization. D) The Big Bang. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) God. 45. Which of the following describes the relationship between humans and the universe according to Hamka? A) Humans are the universe itself. B) Humans control the universe. C) Humans are separate from the universe. D) Humans are a small part of the universe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humans are a small part of the universe. 46. Nominalism, as presented, states that 'essence' is ..... A) A physical property of matter. B) A conventional label used in language. C) A necessary feature of all beings. D) A universal form existing independently. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A conventional label used in language. 47. In the Allegory of the Cave, when the man returns to his fellow cave-dwellers with the truth about life outside the cave, the others ..... A) Rejoice and treat him like a hero. B) Reject his description of truth. C) Die of shock. D) Kill him for leaving them behind in the first place. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reject his description of truth. 48. A thing that is a complete failure, especially in a ludicrous or humiliating way A) Intriguing. B) Fiasco. C) Exult. D) Sanguine. E) Loathsome. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fiasco. 49. What is the principle of causality in metaphysics? A) Every event has no cause. B) Every event has a random cause. C) Every event has a preceding cause. D) Every event has multiple causes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Every event has a preceding cause. 50. According to Lawrence M. Krauss, what happens in an unstable nothingness? A) In an unstable nothingness, time stands still and no events occur. B) In an unstable nothingness, nothing can exist at all. C) In an unstable nothingness, quantum fluctuations can create particles and energy. D) In an unstable nothingness, only dark matter is created. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) In an unstable nothingness, quantum fluctuations can create particles and energy. 51. What does 'transcendant' mean when describing the nature of God. A) God has no beginning and no end-God has always been there. B) God is just. C) God is beyond and outside of creation. D) God is not fair and just. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) God is beyond and outside of creation. 52. Being shackled represents ..... A) Anything that sets one free. B) Anything that keeps an individual in line. C) Anything that contributes to knowledge. D) Anything that keeps an individual from learning. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Anything that keeps an individual from learning. 53. In John 1 the gospel writer uses the analogy of Plato's Allegory of the Cave when he refers to the Word as the ..... of truth in verse 5. A) Teacher. B) Cave. C) Light. D) Source. 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