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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 does Aquinas define providence?
(a) The ability of man to govern the universe.
(b) The desires of man.
(c) A city in Rhode Island.
(d) The exemplar of things ordered towards an end.

2. The Fourth Article emphasizes the immaterial nature of ______________.
(a) Body.
(b) Man.
(c) Soul.
(d) Mind.

3. How many articles are there for Question XVIII: On the Goodness and Malice of Human Acts in General?
(a) Eleven.
(b) Ten.
(c) Nine.
(d) Eight.

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

5. Referring to St. Augustine, Aquinas asserts that the human soul benefits from what?
(a) Food.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Human knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Summa Theologica was originally written in what language?

2. How can the Summa Theologica be described?

3. In Question II, The Existence of God, how many articles does Aquinas cover the self-evidence of God, addresses difficulties posed by conditions that cannot be demonstrated, and demonstrable proof of God's existence?

4. Who has written the Introduction?

5. What test does Aquinas' idea stand?

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