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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aquinas explains that God is defined as the "first cause" or what?
(a) Prime reason.
(b) Cause of action.
(c) Actor.
(d) Prime mover.

2. 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 aware of the main intellectual controversies of this era.
(c) The reader is in agreement with him on debate issues.
(d) The reader wants this debate format.

3. What helped with the development of the philosophy mentioned in number 6?
(a) The birth of the prophet Mohammed.
(b) The arrival of Buddha.
(c) The arrival of the prophet Mohammed.
(d) The arrival of Christ.

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) Intention and understanding.
(c) Size and concentration.
(d) Alphabetical order and an assistant.

5. Damascene was later canonized as what?
(a) Both a priest and rabbi.
(b) Both a healer and a thinker.
(c) Both a thinker and teacher.
(d) Both a healer and teacher.

6. 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 lies.
(b) Truth and falsehood.
(c) Falsehood.
(d) Truth.

7. Who has written the Introduction?
(a) A nameless scholar.
(b) St. Thomas Aquinas.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Plato.

8. Is created truth eternal, according to Aquinas?
(a) Yes, all truth is eternal.
(b) No, not all of the truth is eternal, but all that is eternal is the truth.
(c) No, no truth is eternal, and nothing eternal is truth.
(d) Yes, all truth is eternal, but not all that is eternal is the truth.

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

10. Aquinas supports God as self-evident but again shows his existence through _________________.
(a) Grace.
(b) Demonstration.
(c) Faith.
(d) Analogies.

11. The objections in this book are legitimate opposition to what?
(a) The Bible.
(b) Aquinas' ideas.
(c) Most philosophers' beliefs.
(d) Most theologians' ideas.

12. Aquinas goes into the process needed to calculate what, regarding good and evil when there are multiple values involved in one decision?
(a) Right and wrong.
(b) The age of God.
(c) Various theories.
(d) The number of people on the earth.

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

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

15. The sixth article takes up the matter of the puzzle of whether the human soul is ________________.
(a) A part of the mind or body.
(b) Real or abstract.
(c) Real or imagined.
(d) Corruptible or incorruptible.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aquinas then broaches the matter of what substances?

2. What did Damascene do when he quit his job?

3. What are you doing when you behave in a way that does not express the truth?

4. What was Damascene?

5. Angels are often images that represent what?

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