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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Question XXV & XLIV, Chapter 9, Questions XLV, XLVI, XLVII, XLVIII, XLIX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Aquinas turns to the debate format, what is he assuming about the reader?
(a) The reader is aware of the main intellectual controversies of this era.
(b) The reader is in agreement with him on debate issues.
(c) The reader wants this debate format.
(d) The reader is well-versed in debate.

2. God can will for the existence of what?
(a) Opposites and their possibilities.
(b) Sin.
(c) Evil.
(d) Pain.

3. Whose will does Aquinas believe should always be fulfilled?
(a) The Pope's.
(b) One's own.
(c) God's.
(d) His own.

4. Who translated the book?
(a) It is not known who provided the translation.
(b) It is assumed Anton C. Pegis provided the translation.
(c) It is assumed Saint Thomas Aquinas provided the translation.
(d) It is assumed the Catholic Church provided the translation.

5. 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?
(a) Truth and falsehood.
(b) Truth.
(c) Truth and lies.
(d) Falsehood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Aquinas mean by truth that is immutable?

2. Thanks to ______________, he becomes aware of some ancient thinkers outside of Scriptures as well as inside them.

3. Summa Theologica was originally written in what language?

4. Aquinas includes the role of language as part of the puzzle of what?

5. What test does Aquinas' idea stand?

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