Tests are consistent
with our topical emphases during the lectures and previous assignments. 
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SAMPLE EXAM QUESTIONS

a. MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTION
​- Contemporary Philosophy -

According to de Beauvoir, in which respect is the submission of women different from other cases, such as the "American blacks", the "Jews" and the "proletarians"? 

1. ​Women are a minority; they have not been oppressed as a result of a single event, and have no solidarity of labor.
2. Women are not a minority; they have not been oppressed as a result of a single event, but they have a community of their own, that is, the biological family.
3. Women are not a minority; they have not been oppressed as a result of a single event and have no shared physical community.

Answer Key: 3

b. OPEN QUESTION
​- Ancient Philosophy -

Plato, The Republic
According to Book VI, what is the difference between knowledge (episteme) and opinion (doxa)?