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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When is man's ultimate happiness, according to Aquinas?

2. While still part of The Summa Theologica, chapters 19-21 are an entirely ___________ part.

3. The essence of an angel is knowledge and what else?

4. He writes that men [and women] judge others on the basis of what?

5. How many articles are there in Question XIII: On Choice, Which is an Act of the Will in Relation to the Means to an End?

Short Essay Questions

1. Can violence be done to the will?

2. What does Aquinas say about differentiating the sensitive and and the intellectual appetites?

3. What does Aquinas say when he discusses how the soul while united to the body understands corporeal things beneath it?

4. For Question 58, what is discussed in the First and Second Articles?

5. What does Aquinas say about the difference between irascible and concupiscence?

6. How do the two actions mentioned in number 51 contain choice?

7. What is the first question pertaining to the issue of law?

8. What does Aquinas say about God being the end of things?

9. What does Aquinas claim is the behavior of the majority of human action?

10. How does Aquinas respond in the First Article to the question of whether the intellectual and the soul are one and the same?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Question 12 is in regards to intention.

Part 1) What is intention? What are four questions asked in regards to intention? What is the purpose of each?

Part 2) How are other aspects of Aquinas' theories incorporated into the questioning and answers pertaining to intention? Why?

Part 3) What is the message of this portion of the book? With what does Aquinas want the reader to come away?

Essay Topic 2

The question is asked whether there is power in God.

Part 1) What does Aquinas mean by power? How does this support his belief about whether there is power in God? Do you agree? Why or why not?

Part 2) How is God's power reflected in humanity and the idea of unity?

Part 3) How does the discussion of God's power lead to questions about his omnipotence? How does Aquinas' view of God's power reinforce his beliefs about God's omnipotence?

Essay Topic 3

There are two major thinkers other than Aquinas who the author most frequently names.

Part 1) Who are these thinkers? Describe them.

Part 2) Why are they included in this book? How do they support and/or challenge Aquinas' work? How does he deal with this?

Part 3) Why other thinkers are mentioned? Why? How does he use the ideas of these philosophers to benefit his own ideas?

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