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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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 Christ.
(d) The arrival of the prophet Mohammed.

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

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

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

8. Aquinas brings up the divergent views regarding what, saying that there are two lines of teaching?
(a) Formal authority and personal model.
(b) Facilitator and delegator.
(c) Corruptible and incorruptible.
(d) Demonstrator and Learner.

9. God can will for the existence of what?
(a) Sin.
(b) Opposites and their possibilities.
(c) Pain.
(d) Evil.

10. Angels are rather __________.
(a) Odd.
(b) Complex.
(c) Simple.
(d) Unique.

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

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

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

14. Whose will does Aquinas believe should always be fulfilled?
(a) The Pope's.
(b) One's own.
(c) God's.
(d) His own.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Thanks to ______________, he becomes aware of some ancient thinkers outside of Scriptures as well as inside them.

2. Does God ever will sin or evil?

3. What is the trilogy of men of Athens?

4. What areas of study might be important when reading this book?

5. When was Summa Theologica written?

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