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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Damascene is named after what?
(a) Damascus, Syria which was his homeland.
(b) The leader of his country.
(c) A god.
(d) His mother's maiden name.

2. Aquinas writes of the Creator's powers in relation to what?
(a) Potentiality.
(b) Actuality.
(c) Human abilities.
(d) Potentiality and actuality.

3. While the activity of the mind is usually expressed through the living body, with what will it continue in its current form?
(a) The cessation of the material nature.
(b) The birth of new beings.
(c) Accidents and injuries to the brain.
(d) The coming of Christ.

4. Aquinas includes the role of language as part of the puzzle of what?
(a) Mythology.
(b) Theology.
(c) Creation.
(d) God's name.

5. The truth or perception is that the living soul is the mind intimately associated with what?
(a) God.
(b) Other minds.
(c) The body.
(d) Angels.

6. Thanks to ______________, he becomes aware of some ancient thinkers outside of Scriptures as well as inside them.
(a) Aquinas' education.
(b) Aquinas' intelligence.
(c) Aquinas' friends.
(d) Aquinas' family.

7. Many of the questions in the Summa Theologica are ____________________.
(a) Short and simple.
(b) Worthless and false.
(c) Boring and confusing.
(d) Long and complex.

8. Aquinas then broaches the matter of what substances?
(a) Corruptible and incorruptible.
(b) Formal authority and personal model.
(c) Facilitator and delegator.
(d) Demonstrator and Learner.

9. What is meant by an article?
(a) A lengthy discourse on the topic.
(b) A short story or analogy.
(c) A brief essay and clarification.
(d) A lengthy definition of the topic.

10. The idea of spontaneous generation has been extended to who?
(a) Angels.
(b) Satan.
(c) God.
(d) Mankind.

11. In what must the exemplar of the order of things towards their end exist?
(a) The divine mind.
(b) Our minds.
(c) Our hearts.
(d) Nature.

12. What power must we assign to Him in the highest degree?
(a) Passive.
(b) Inactive.
(c) Aggressive.
(d) Active.

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

14. What does Aquinas mean by truth that is immutable?
(a) It can be changed.
(b) It changes often.
(c) It must be changed in some circumstances.
(d) It does not and cannot be changed.

15. Aquinas shows that his ideas can be _____.
(a) Odd.
(b) Formed.
(c) Wrong.
(d) Unreasonable.

Short Answer Questions

1. Angels are often images that represent what?

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

3. What is the reason why God has no name, or is said to be above being named?

4. Aquinas explains that God is defined as the "first cause" or what?

5. Is created truth eternal, according to Aquinas?

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