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90 min
Official exam duration at the University of Castilla-La Mancha
Tribunal PAU UCLM 2026
0–10
Official grading scale (minimum 4.0 to average with Bachillerato)
Normativa Académica UCLM
4 Blocks
Ancient (25%), Medieval/Renaissance (20%), Modern (30%), Contemporary (25%)
Currículo LOMLOE 2º Bachillerato
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1In Plato's philosophy, what is the fundamental distinction between the sensible world (mundo sensible) and the intelligible world (mundo inteligible)?
A.The sensible world is eternal and unchanging, while the intelligible world is temporal and corruptible.
B.The sensible world consists of material, changing objects perceived by the senses, while the intelligible world consists of immutable, perfect Forms known by reason.
C.The sensible world contains objective truths, while the intelligible world contains subjective opinion (doxa).
D.The sensible world is created by human thought, while the intelligible world exists inside physical bodies.
Explanation: Platonic dualism posits two realms: the sensible world (mundo sensible), which is physical, temporary, changing, and perceived via sensory organs; and the intelligible world (mundo inteligible), which consists of non-material, eternal, immutable Forms (Ideas) accessible solely through rational thought (nous).
2In the Allegory of the Cave from Plato's Republic (Book VII), what does the sun outside the cave represent?
A.The physical fire that casts shadows on the cave wall
B.The Form of the Good (Idea del Bien), the supreme source of truth, reality, and intelligibility
C.The irrational appetites of the human soul striving for wealth
D.The deceptive opinions (doxa) taught by the Sophists
Explanation: In Plato's Allegory of the Cave, the sun outside the cave symbolizes the Form of the Good (Idea del Bien). Just as the sun illuminates the visible world and sustains physical life, the Form of the Good grants truth and intelligibility to all other Forms in the intelligible realm.
3How does Plato explain genuine learning and inquiry in dialogues like the Meno and Phaedo through the doctrine of Anamnesis (reminiscence)?
A.Learning is the passive reception of sensory empirical data from external objects.
B.Learning is the recollection (reminiscencia) of eternal knowledge that the soul contemplated in the intelligible realm before incarnation.
C.Learning is an artificial construction of linguistic conventions created by democratic consensus.
D.Learning is the accumulation of habits formed through physical training and sensory conditioning.
Explanation: Plato's doctrine of Anamnesis (reminiscencia) asserts that the human soul is immortal and contemplated the Forms in the intelligible realm before embodiment. Learning is not acquiring new empirical information, but recollecting (remembering) what the soul already knows when prompted by philosophical questioning.
4What are the three parts of the human soul according to Plato's Republic, and which cardinal virtue corresponds to the rational part?
A.Vegetative, Sensitive, and Intellective; virtue is Fortitude
B.Theoretical, Practical, and Poetic; virtue is Justice
C.Rational (logistikon), Irascible (thymoeides), and Appetitive (epithymetikon); virtue is Wisdom (sophia/phronesis)
D.Sensory, Imaginative, and Rational; virtue is Temperance
Explanation: Plato divides the soul into three parts: the rational part (logistikon) governed by Wisdom (sophia), the irascible part (thymoeides) governed by Courage/Fortitude (andreia), and the appetitive part (epithymetikon) governed by Temperance (sophrosyne). When each part fulfills its role, Justice (dikaiosyne) is achieved.
5What is Aristotle's doctrine of Hylomorphism (hilemorfismo)?
A.The theory that all physical substances are indivisible atoms moving through empty void.
B.The theory that every natural physical substance is a unified composite of Matter (hyle) and Form (morphe).
C.The view that matter is an illusion and only transcendent mathematical ideas exist.
D.The belief that soul and body are two separate substances joined accidentally.
Explanation: Aristotle's hylomorphism (from Greek hyle = matter, morphe = form) states that every natural physical substance is a unified compound of matter (the potential substratum) and form (the organizing essence that actualizes the substance).
6In Aristotle's Physics and Metaphysics, what are the Four Causes (cuatro causas) required to fully explain any natural entity or change?
A.Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, and Quaternary causes
B.Logical, Empirical, Psychological, and Historical causes
C.Material cause, Formal cause, Efficient cause, and Final cause
D.Mechanical cause, Chemical cause, Biological cause, and Mental cause
Explanation: Aristotle identifies four causes needed to explain any entity: Material cause (that out of which something is made), Formal cause (the pattern or essence), Efficient cause (the agent or force bringing it about), and Final cause (the goal or purpose, telos).
7What is Eudaimonia in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics?
A.The momentary sensory pleasure derived from physical gratification (hedonism).
B.The ultimate human good, defined as supreme flourishing or happiness achieved through living a life of virtue according to reason.
C.Passive resignation to fate and indifference to external suffering (stoic apathy).
D.The accumulation of material wealth and political domination over others.
Explanation: Aristotle defines Eudaimonia (felicidad/plenitud) as the highest human good (summum bonum). It is not a temporary feeling, but an activity of the soul in accordance with virtue (arete) over a complete life, realizing the distinctively human rational capacity.
8How does Aristotle define moral virtue (virtud ética) in the Nicomachean Ethics?
A.An innate theoretical instinct that cannot be cultivated through practice.
B.A habit or state of character (hexis) concerned with choice, lying in a mean (término medio) relative to us, determined by reason.
C.Strict adherence to absolute divine commandments revealed in holy scriptures.
D.The maximum maximization of utilitarian pleasure for the greatest number of citizens.
Explanation: Aristotle defines moral virtue as a habit (hexis) of choosing the intermediate state (mesotes / término medio) between two extremes—one of excess and one of deficiency—as determined by practical reason (phronesis). For example, courage is the mean between cowardice and recklessness.
9In Plato's Analogy of the Divided Line (Republic Book VI), which epistemological levels correspond respectively to the sensible realm and the intelligible realm?
A.Sensible: Doxa (comprising Eikasia and Pistis); Intelligible: Episteme (comprising Dianoia and Noesis)
B.Sensible: Episteme (comprising Noesis and Dianoia); Intelligible: Doxa (comprising Pistis and Eikasia)
C.Sensible: Empirical Science; Intelligible: Mythological Imagination
D.Sensible: Intuition; Intelligible: Sensory Impression
Explanation: Plato divides the line into two main sections: Doxa (opinion), belonging to the visible/sensible world and subdivided into Eikasia (imagination/conjecture) and Pistis (belief/sensory object recognition); and Episteme (true knowledge), belonging to the intelligible world and subdivided into Dianoia (thought/mathematical reasoning) and Noesis (direct intuitive grasp of Forms).
10Why does Plato advocate for the rule of 'Philosopher-Kings' (filósofos-reyes) in the Republic?
A.Because philosophers possess military dominance and divine hereditary lineage.
B.Because only philosophers have achieved knowledge of the Form of the Good and can order the polis according to rational justice.
C.Because philosophers are elected by popular majority vote in a direct democracy.
D.Because philosophers seek material wealth and economic growth above all else.
Explanation: Plato argues that political suffering will not cease until kings become philosophers or philosophers become kings. Only philosophers have ascended out of the cave to contemplate the Form of the Good, giving them the objective wisdom required to govern the state with justice rather than personal ambition.
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