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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23, Questions CIX, CXII, Grace.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is power twofold?
(a) Both passive and aggressive.
(b) Both active and inactive.
(c) Both aggressive and inactive.
(d) Both passive and active.

2. In Question XII: On Intention. Whether intention is an Act of the Intellect or of the Will, how many objections are made to the first article?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

3. Aquinas claims that focus upon the spiritual means what?
(a) The interest has been removed from the sensory.
(b) A peaceful life.
(c) A decrease in sensitivity to life on earth.
(d) A struggle.

4. Is the second article of Question XIII included in the text of this Introduction?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Somewhat.
(d) Not at first.

5. In Question 84: How the Soul While United to the Body Understands Corporeal Things Beneath It in Eight Articles, Aquinas gets into _____________ historiography of the quest for knowledge and certainty regarding the truth.
(a) A more complex yet brief.
(b) A simple and short.
(c) A more complex and extended.
(d) A simple yet long.

Short Answer Questions

1. God can will for the existence of what?

2. How many articles are there for Question XVIII: On the Goodness and Malice of Human Acts in General?

3. What description does Aquinas provide regarding whether the intellectual soul knows itself by its essence?

4. At its best, An Introduction to Saint Thomas Aquinas clarifies the mind, provides instruction and insight. It displays the vigorous efforts made by ___________ to come to terms with two of the top Grecian philosophers.

5. What is meant by an article?

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