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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these men of Athens is the youngest?
(a) Plato.
(b) Diogenes.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Aristotle.

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

3. Objections and refutations to those objections are presented for what reasons?
(a) So that readers can follow the line of thinking.
(b) To confuse readers.
(c) To give options of possible beliefs.
(d) So that readers can choose their own beliefs.

4. Summa Theologica was originally written in what language?
(a) Latin.
(b) Greek.
(c) Italian.
(d) German.

5. 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) Corruptible or incorruptible.
(d) Real or imagined.

6. When was Summa Theologica written?
(a) The early 1100 AD/CE.
(b) The early 1200 AD/CE.
(c) The late 1200 AD/CE.
(d) The late 1100 AD/CE.

7. Is God omnipotent?
(a) Yes.
(b) No, not usually.
(c) Yes, sometimes.
(d) Yes, after Jesus' birth.

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

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

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

11. Angels are often images that represent what?
(a) Humanity.
(b) Individuals.
(c) God.
(d) Abstract concepts.

12. What is epistemology?
(a) A dermatological term.
(b) Matters of knowledge.
(c) The study of words.
(d) The study of literature.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a psychological purification process?

2. According to Aquinas, Aristotle says that the soul is only separable from the body inasmuch as what?

3. While the activity of the mind is usually expressed through the living body, with what will it continue in its current form?

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?

5. The idea of spontaneous generation has been extended to who?

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