Unit 2: Optional theme — Aesthetics
Topic 2.1: The nature of art Questions
Practice 20 exam-style questions for IB Philosophy Topic 2.1. Review the question stems below, then unlock the full Question Bank to access markschemes, model answers, and AI grading.
1Choose1 mark
2025• Aimnova original Paper 1 practice — 2.1.4
The clash in this micro is between art as:
Markscheme and model answer locked
Unlock Question2Choose1 mark
2025• Aimnova original Paper 1 practice — 2.1.1
The 'artworld' means:
Markscheme and model answer locked
Unlock Question3Choose1 mark
2025• Aimnova original Paper 1 practice — 2.1.2
If an idea 'comes from a muse', is the artist still its creator?
Markscheme and model answer locked
Unlock Question4Choose1 mark
2025• Aimnova original Paper 1 practice — 2.1.3
Imitation, expression and creation are best described as:
Markscheme and model answer locked
Unlock Question5Choose1 mark
2025• Aimnova original Paper 1 practice — 2.1.3
True or false? Plato looks OUTWARD at what art copies, while the Romantics look INWARD at what the artist feels.
Markscheme and model answer locked
Unlock Question6Choose1 mark
2025• Aimnova original Paper 1 practice — 2.1.3
The 'creation' view of art says art:
Markscheme and model answer locked
Unlock Question7Choose1 mark
2025• Aimnova original Paper 1 practice — 2.1.3
Why was Plato suspicious of art?
Markscheme and model answer locked
Unlock Question8Choose1 mark
2025• Aimnova original Paper 1 practice — 2.1.2
The sunset and the chimp's painting are used to suggest that art needs:
Markscheme and model answer locked
Unlock Question9Choose1 mark
2025• Aimnova original Paper 1 practice — 2.1.1
Why does defining 'art = beauty' fail?
Markscheme and model answer locked
Unlock Question10Choose1 mark
2025• Aimnova original Paper 1 practice — 2.1.2
True or false? A random scribble is genuinely new, so on the philosophical meaning of the word it counts as creative.
Markscheme and model answer locked
Unlock Question11Choose1 mark
2025• Aimnova original Paper 1 practice — 2.1.1
Why is 'what is art?' such a hard question?
Markscheme and model answer locked
Unlock Question12Choose1 mark
2025• Aimnova original Paper 1 practice — 2.1.4
'Indoctrination' differs from 'communication' because it:
Markscheme and model answer locked
Unlock Question13Choose1 mark
2025• Aimnova original Paper 1 practice — 2.1.1
True or false? On the institutional theory, a bicycle wheel can become art the moment the artworld treats it as art, with no change in the object.
Markscheme and model answer locked
Unlock Question14Choose1 mark
2025• Aimnova original Paper 1 practice — 2.1.2
The idea of 'the muse' is that:
Markscheme and model answer locked
Unlock Question15Choose1 mark
2025• Aimnova original Paper 1 practice — 2.1.4
The 'which serves which?' test judges art and its message by:
Markscheme and model answer locked
Unlock Question16Choose1 mark
2025• Aimnova original Paper 1 practice — 2.1.5
To say art is a 'social construct' means that:
Markscheme and model answer locked
Unlock Question17Choose1 mark
2025• Aimnova original Paper 1 practice — 2.1.5
A skilled quilt being ranked below 'high art' shows that:
Markscheme and model answer locked
Unlock Question18Choose1 mark
2025• Aimnova original Paper 1 practice — 2.1.5
True or false? Aesthetics is an optional theme, so it is examined by a Paper 1 Section B essay weighing a claim, with no stimulus.
Markscheme and model answer locked
Unlock Question19Choose1 mark
2025• Aimnova original Paper 1 practice — 2.1.2
In philosophy, creativity means:
Markscheme and model answer locked
Unlock Question20Choose1 mark
2025• Aimnova original Paper 1 practice — 2.1.1
The main problem for the institutional theory is that:
Markscheme and model answer locked
Unlock QuestionReady to practice Topic 2.1?
Get instant AI feedback on your answers, view detailed markschemes, and track your progress across all IB Philosophy topics.