1. The core concern of the mind-body problem is to explain the relationship between:
A. Language and reality
B. Mind and society
C. Mental phenomena and physical processes
D. Perception and memory
Answer: C

2. The mind-body problem is primarily situated within which branches of philosophy?
A. Ethics and aesthetics
B. Logic and linguistics
C. Metaphysics and epistemology
D. Political philosophy and ethics
Answer: C

3. Plato’s argument for the separability of soul and body is most clearly presented in:
A. Republic
B. Timaeus
C. Phaedo
D. Symposium
Answer: C

4. Aristotle’s theory that the soul is the form of the body is known as:
A. Dualism
B. Materialism
C. Hylomorphism
D. Idealism
Answer: C

5. Aristotle rejected substance dualism because he believed:
A. The soul was immortal
B. The soul could exist independently
C. Soul and body form a single unified substance
D. Matter is illusory
Answer: C

6. René Descartes described the mind as:
A. Res extensa
B. Res cogitans
C. Tabula rasa
D. Ens realissimum
Answer: B

7. According to Descartes, the defining feature of the body is:
A. Thought
B. Consciousness
C. Extension in space
D. Rationality
Answer: C

8. Cartesian dualism is best described as:
A. Property dualism
B. Neutral monism
C. Substance dualism
D. Epiphenomenalism
Answer: C

9. The interaction problem arises in Cartesian dualism because:
A. Mind and body are identical
B. Mind and body are both physical
C. Mind and body are radically different substances
D. Mental states are observable
Answer: C

10. Descartes proposed the pineal gland as:
A. The seat of reason
B. The center of perception
C. The site of mind-body interaction
D. The source of consciousness
Answer: C