UNDERSTANDING THE SELF | PRELIM

1. According to Norman Vincent Peale, what is necessary for success and happiness?

• a) Faith in others

• b) Faith in external powers

• c) Confidence in one's own abilities

• d) Humility towards others

2. According to St. Augustine, what does all knowledge lead to?

• a) Happiness

• b) God

• c) Wisdom

• d) Enlightenment

3. What is the self/soul able to do, according to the different perspectives?

• a) Be aware of itself and recognize unity

• b) Be aware of others and empathize

• c) Be aware of the physical body

• d) Be aware of the external world

4. According to Descartes, what remains the same through time?

• a) The physical body

• b) The mind

• c) The soul

• d) The consciousness

5. What do the Greek words "philo" and "sophia" mean?

• a) Love and knowledge

• b) Wisdom and happiness

• c) Knowledge and enlightenment

• d) Love and wisdom

6. What does Socrates claim to know?

• a) Everything there is to know

• b) That he knows everything

• c) That he doesn't know anything

• d) That he knows some things

7. According to Socrates, what is the care of the soul the task of?

• a) Religion

• b) Psychology

• c) Philosophy

• d) Anthropology

8. According to Socrates, what is necessary to attain happiness?

• a) Wealth and power

• b) Virtue

• c) Knowledge

• d) Pleasure

9. According to Plato, what do good actions do?

• a) Give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others

• b) Bring wealth and success

• c) Lead to happiness and enlightenment

• d) Bring us closer to God

10. According to Plato, what is the virtuous man?

• a) A happy man

• b) A knowledgeable man

• c) A successful man

• d) A wealthy man