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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Alphabetical order and an assistant.
(b) Intention and understanding.
(c) Size and concentration.
(d) Quantity and purpose.

2. What location of truth does the author question?
(a) Whether man can be truthful.
(b) Whether truth resides only in the intellect.
(c) Whether truth resides in God.
(d) Whether there is truth in heaven.

3. What power does not exist at all in God?
(a) Passive.
(b) Active.
(c) Inactive.
(d) Aggressive.

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

5. What is a Thomist?
(a) Someone who is named after Saint Thomas Aquinas.
(b) Someone who is especially well-versed in the work of Saint Thomas Aquinas.
(c) Someone who teaches Saint Thomas Aquinas' philosophies.
(d) Someone who is a disciple of Saint Thomas Aquinas.

6. Does truth exist in the intellect?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Probably.
(d) Most likely.

7. What is entropy, according to Aquinas?
(a) The Creator can reduce a being to nothing.
(b) The loss of information.
(c) Order.
(d) Disorder.

8. How is power twofold?
(a) Both aggressive and inactive.
(b) Both active and inactive.
(c) Both passive and active.
(d) Both passive and aggressive.

9. What test does Aquinas' idea stand?
(a) The test of philosophers.
(b) The test of conflict and disagreement.
(c) The test of accuracy.
(d) The test of the Catholic Church.

10. Truth and falsehood are both described in relation to what?
(a) The intellect.
(b) Sin.
(c) Relationships between men.
(d) God.

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

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

13. Dionysius was known as what?
(a) Dionysius the Great.
(b) Dionysius the Meek.
(c) Dionysius the Humble.
(d) Dionysius the Argeopagite.

14. What is the reason why God has no name, or is said to be above being named?
(a) He has many names.
(b) He does not like being named.
(c) He is an abstract concept.
(d) His essence is above all that we understand about God and signify in words.

15. What did Damascene do when he quit his job?
(a) He became a teacher.
(b) He became a beggar.
(c) He became a Christian monk.
(d) He became a pastor.

Short Answer Questions

1. "God will have all men to be _____________" (p. 204.)

2. The truth or perception is that the living soul is the mind intimately associated with what?

3. What was Damascene?

4. The Summa Theologica is a tome of what?

5. Aquinas' work was severely challenged by what?

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