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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17, The End of Man Chapters XVIII, XIX, XX, XXV Chapter 18, XLVII, LI, LII, LIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Truth is the perfection of what, claims Aquinas?
(a) Love.
(b) God.
(c) The intellect.
(d) The soul.

2. Is created truth eternal, according to Aquinas?
(a) Yes, all truth is eternal.
(b) No, no truth is eternal, and nothing eternal is truth.
(c) Yes, all truth is eternal, but not all that is eternal is the truth.
(d) No, not all of the truth is eternal, but all that is eternal is the truth.

3. What location of truth does the author question?
(a) Whether man can be truthful.
(b) Whether truth resides only in the intellect.
(c) Whether there is truth in heaven.
(d) Whether truth resides in God.

4. What is epistemology?
(a) The study of literature.
(b) A dermatological term.
(c) Matters of knowledge.
(d) The study of words.

5. What does Aquinas mean by truth that is immutable?
(a) It changes often.
(b) It can be changed.
(c) It must be changed in some circumstances.
(d) It does not and cannot be changed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whatever action any individual does to another has already been done to whom?

2. Aquinas observes that while "the Philosopher" claims that the human intellect can have perfect knowledge, he uses Aristotle to refute this. He cites an observation made in De Anima to prove this. What does he say is in the mind's understanding of things?

3. The divine substance goes beyond the height of brilliance, and extends beyond what?

4. God has imbued all creatures, most especially humanity, to partake of the nature of God and to shed off what?

5. How many objections does Aquinas write in regards to whether the essence of the soul is its power?

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