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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) The number of people on the earth.
(d) Various theories.

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

3. The Summa Theologica is a tome of what?
(a) Augustine's philosophical theology.
(b) Catholic philosophical theology.
(c) Thomas Aquinas' philosophical theology.
(d) Aristotle's philosophical theology.

4. Does God ever will sin or evil?
(a) Yes, rarely.
(b) Yes, often.
(c) Yes, sometimes.
(d) No.

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

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

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

8. Who had a Christian best friend for many years?
(a) Buddha.
(b) Mohammed.
(c) Plato.
(d) Moses.

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

10. What is the more ordinary idea of "God?"
(a) As a stranger to many.
(b) As the Father of Jesus.
(c) As the Ultimate Know-It-All.
(d) As a ferocious god.

11. The mind is a phenomenon of the human being that can be ___________ separated and retain function.
(a) Slightly.
(b) Mostly.
(c) Entirely.
(d) Partially.

12. From where do some of the objections come in regards to whether the intellectual principle is united to the body as its form?
(a) DesCartes type of dualism.
(b) Aristotle's rhetoric.
(c) The Socratic Method.
(d) Plato's studies.

13. He attempted to reconcile philosophy with what?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Theology.
(c) His culture.
(d) Greek mythology.

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

15. How was Aquinas able to write this work?
(a) Over the course of a few tedious months.
(b) Through the tremendous help of others.
(c) Through tremendous education and prepatory work.
(d) When he was ill and bedridden.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Angels appear _______________ in many cases.

3. What is the format designed to suit?

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

5. What is a psychological purification process?

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