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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Aquinas also believes that humans do perceive the same principles when they use_______________ thought.
(a) Abstract and conceptual.
(b) Abstract and concrete.
(c) Real and imagined.
(d) True and false.

2. Aquinas sees individuating qualities as signs of _____________________ rather than as the type of separation associated with biological and social organizations.
(a) Fundamental togetherness.
(b) Unnatural togetherness.
(c) Fundamental separateness.
(d) Unnatural separateness.

3. How many articles are there for Question XCIII: The Eternal Law?
(a) Five.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

4. An intellect knows multiple things by their difference and can compare them ______________.
(a) From direct experience.
(b) From afar.
(c) From others' experiences.
(d) Carefully.

5. How many objections and refutations are there for the Second Article: Whether Moral Virtue Differs From Intellectual Virtue?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

6. How many articles are there for Question XCI: On The Various Kinds of Law?
(a) Five.
(b) Six.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

7. The divine substance goes beyond the height of brilliance, and extends beyond what?
(a) Some knowledge.
(b) All knowledge.
(c) The knowledge of saints.
(d) The abilities of the soul.

8. What is the Summa Theologica part of?
(a) The Bible.
(b) A long tradition.
(c) A new tradition.
(d) The Koran.

9. Angels consist of ____________ only.
(a) Air.
(b) Mind.
(c) Mind and will.
(d) Will.

10. How many objections does Aquinas write in regards to whether the essence of the soul is its power?
(a) Seven.
(b) None.
(c) Five.
(d) Six.

11. The goal of this book is knowledge and understanding of what?
(a) God.
(b) The soul.
(c) Love.
(d) The Truth.

12. He writes that men [and women] judge others on the basis of what?
(a) Others encourage them to believe.
(b) Their intended objectives.
(c) God's laws.
(d) Their current knowledge.

13. God is the leader and ____________ are led by Him.
(a) Angels.
(b) Saints.
(c) Men.
(d) Disciples.

14. Whether the intellectual principle is multiplied according to the number of bodies has to do with what?
(a) Perceptions of separation and connection.
(b) Perceptions of separation.
(c) Perceptions of connection.
(d) Perceptions of others.

15. What do some think regarding whether one person can understand one and the same thing better than another can?
(a) No one can know more than another.
(b) Only perfect understanding or complete lack of understanding exists.
(c) Perfect understanding is not possible.
(d) No one has perfect understanding or a complete lack of understanding.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aquinas claims that focus upon the spiritual means what?

2. The Second Article is more intimately connected with Church doctrine: separating irascible from _____________.

3. God manifests as _____________ within humanity.

4. When there is an organizer or leader of a group, Aquinas explains that only the leader is considered to be what?

5. The Fourth Article emphasizes the immaterial nature of ______________.

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