ASST. PROF. DR. MURAT ULUBAY
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Midterm Exam Sample Multiple Choice Question:
1- Considering the two kinds of activity, technical skill and act of lighting fire (X), and trying to
understand what is fire (Y); which of the following are correct?
I- X corresponds to technology and Y resembles scientific activity.
II–Y corresponds to technology and X resembles scientific activity.
III– These two kinds of activity did not collaborated throughout the much of the history of
science and technology
a-) I b–) II c-) both I and III d-) both III and II
2- During the Paleolithic Era, how did most early humans acquire food?
A–) By following animal migrations B-) From domesticated animals
C-) By planting crops D-) From nearby settlements
3- Which characteristic was most common in ancient river valley civilizations?
A-) Social equality B-) Limited population growth C–) Hereditary rule D-) Limited economic growth
4- According to Plato, we can gain knowledge only by seeing beyond this world of flawed, imperfect,
changing objects, which is by reasoning about the true essences or Forms/Ideas, in terms of which
things in this world are understandable. For example, we CAN NOT know what a geometric object, a
“triangle” is, by experiencing the imperfect triangles of this world but by thinking of the abstract idea
of “triangle”, and then recognizing some figures as triangles. From this, Plato concludes that all true
knowledge can be about the world of ideas.
Which of the following is NOT in conflict with Platonic idealism?
A) from the moment we are born, we know about things in this real world, in terms of ideas that we
get through our senses (observation and experience).
