Quick Quiz 1Which of the following is offered by Mengzi as a reason

evil shows up in society?

a) Heaven’s anger.b) Ignorance of what is right.c) Competition due to lack of sufficient goods.d) Failure to nourish our feelings.e) Pride and a desire for glory.

Quick Quiz 2Dong Zhongshu convinced Emperor Wu to adopt

Confucianism as the main state philosophy of which dynasty?

a) Wub) Hanc) Chend) Jinge) Zhao

Quick Quiz 3Ethical Egoism is the thesis that:

a) Only those with a strong ego can be moral.b) Actions are right as they improve the ego, wrong as

they diminish it.c) One ought always to act from selfish motives.d) One ought always to act for one’s own benefit.e) No one should ever listen to their ego.

Quick Quiz 4The psychological egoist can brush aside the examples

of Mother Teresa and Pam Anderson because:

a) Their actions are purely selfless and altruistic.b) Their actions are silly and embarrassing to all.c) Their actions are selfish because they’re motivated

by fear or guilt.d) Their actions are selfish because they benefit things

they care deeply about.

Quick Quiz 5In Plato’s Republic, a shepherd named Gyges gains the

ability to become invisible and immediately kills the king and takes over the kingdom. He uses what magical item to become invisible?

a) A cloak.b) A hat.c) A ring.d) A wristwatch.e) A sandwich.

Quick Quiz 6A psychological egoist has trouble explaining why:

a) Folks don’t just admit they care only about themselves.

b) People feel guilty for not helping others.c) Everyone doesn’t just steal and kill all the time.d) So many people are genuine altruists.

Quick Quiz 7A main perk of Ethical Egoism is:

a) It gives you good reasons to act morally.b) It creates a sense of satisfaction through helping

others.c) It provides a calculus by which to make morally right

decisions.d) It can be proven correct using “the scientific

method.”

Quick Quiz 8Xunzi was a …

a) Confucianb) Mohistc) Legalistd) Realiste) Egoist

Quick Quiz 9Who was known as the “second sage”?

a) Confuciousb) Mengzic) Xunzid) Han Feie) Mo Tzu

Quick Quiz 10Which of the following are among Mengzi’s ‘four

cardinal virtues’?

a) Courageb) Honorc) Deferenced) Generositye) Sympathy

Quick Quiz 11Who among the following is an Ethical Egoist?

a) Fredrick Nietzscheb) Platoc) Aristotled) Ayn Rande) Rene Descartes

Quick Quiz 12Psychological Egoism is best described as a ________

theory.

a) Ethical.b) Linguistic.c) Physicalist.d) Mentalist.e) Descriptive.

Quick Quiz Answers1. B, C, & D2. B3. D4. C5. C6. B7. A8. A9. B10. C & E11. A & D12. C