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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Saint Thomas Aquinas : Chapter 4, Questions XVI & XVII, XVIII & XIX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Reading the Summa is much like trying to read what?
(a) A novel.
(b) A well-planned physics book written for other physicists.
(c) A book in another language.
(d) The Bible.

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

3. What is a Thomist?
(a) Someone who is named after Saint Thomas Aquinas.
(b) Someone who is especially well-versed in the work of Saint Thomas Aquinas.
(c) Someone who teaches Saint Thomas Aquinas' philosophies.
(d) Someone who is a disciple of Saint Thomas Aquinas.

4. Damascene was later canonized as what?
(a) Both a healer and a thinker.
(b) Both a healer and teacher.
(c) Both a thinker and teacher.
(d) Both a priest and rabbi.

5. Truth and falsehood are both described in relation to what?
(a) Sin.
(b) The intellect.
(c) Relationships between men.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the trilogy of men of Athens?

2. Aquinas then broaches the matter of what substances?

3. Aquinas supports God as self-evident but again shows his existence through _________________.

4. What is meant by an article?

5. Aquinas explains that God is defined as the "first cause" or what?

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