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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Rest of Question LXXV & LXXVI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the more ordinary idea of "God?"
(a) As the Father of Jesus.
(b) As a ferocious god.
(c) As the Ultimate Know-It-All.
(d) As a stranger to many.

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

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

4. What areas of study might be important when reading this book?
(a) Philosophy and theology.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Art and literature.
(d) Greek mythology.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who translated the book?

2. Aquinas shows that his ideas can be _____.

3. Does truth only exist in the intellect?

4. How can the Summa Theologica be described?

5. The mind is a phenomenon of the human being that can be ___________ separated and retain function.

(see the answer key)

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