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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The matter of whether the essence of the soul is its power involves whether ____________________ soul are separate and distinct or not.
(a) The sensitive and the rational.
(b) The concrete and abstract.
(c) The intellectual and spiritual.
(d) The irrational and rational.

2. The desire for intellectual stimulation and a physical drive such as hunger represent ________________ these two types of appetites.
(a) The division between.
(b) The connection between.
(c) A group of.
(d) The similarities between.

3. Aquinas refers to Plato's theory of ____________.
(a) Forms.
(b) Gravity.
(c) Shapes.
(d) Abstractionism.

4. In Question 85: The Mode and Order of Understanding, the thing is understood and then there is the fact that ____________.
(a) It should be understood.
(b) It is understood.
(c) The thing exists.
(d) Understanding is impossible.

5. According to Aquinas, God is the end of things as something to be obtained by each thing in what way?
(a) Its own way.
(b) One way.
(c) A few ways.
(d) God's way.

6. Referring to St. Augustine, Aquinas asserts that the human soul benefits from what?
(a) Human knowledge.
(b) Food.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Prayer.

7. In the Fourth Article: Whether Violence Can Be Done To the Will, what type of will does Aquinas describe?
(a) A two-fold will.
(b) A strange will.
(c) An unknown will.
(d) A unique will.

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

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

10. One will is immediate and the rest may be the same or the guidance of ___________ which governs the events.
(a) A special will.
(b) A lower will.
(c) Some higher will.
(d) Several higher wills.

11. While still part of The Summa Theologica, chapters 19-21 are an entirely ___________ part.
(a) Unusual.
(b) Different.
(c) Useless.
(d) Strange.

12. Appetites are ______.
(a) Strong.
(b) Changing.
(c) Immovable.
(d) Movable.

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

14. The intellect gives virtue and power to the soul, but is the intellect the soul in and of itself?
(a) Probably.
(b) Maybe.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

15. In The End of Man: The Summa Contra Gentiles: Third Book: Chapter I That Every Agent Acts For an End, what behavior does Aquinas refer to?
(a) Purposeless.
(b) Active.
(c) Purposive.
(d) Inactive.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many objections does Aquinas write in regards to whether the essence of the soul is its power?

2. What is the Summa Theologica part of?

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

4. How many articles are there for Question XCIII: The Eternal Law?

5. What is the Second Article of Question XC: On the Essence of Law in four articles?

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