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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. The essence of an angel is knowledge and what else?
(a) The soul.
(b) The body.
(c) The knower of knowledge.
(d) The intellect.

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

3. The layout of the Summa Theologica is designed for use in what?
(a) A comparative religion course.
(b) A church.
(c) Intellectual debate amongst theologians and philosophers.
(d) A classroom setting.

4. He states that words do relate to actual things. It is also important to note that the mind has an important role in language. That is why Aquinas introduces the idea of naming things by and with what?
(a) Quantity and purpose.
(b) Size and concentration.
(c) Intention and understanding.
(d) Alphabetical order and an assistant.

5. In Chapter XVI: That the End of Everything is a Good, the end is viewed as what?
(a) The action.
(b) The immotive.
(c) Perfection.
(d) The motive.

Short Answer Questions

1. The truth or perception is that the living soul is the mind intimately associated with what?

2. "God will have all men to be _____________" (p. 204.)

3. He attempted to reconcile philosophy with what?

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

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

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