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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are you doing when you behave in a way that does not express the truth?

2. When Aquinas turns to the debate format, what is he assuming about the reader?

3. Who had a Christian best friend for many years?

4. Whose will does Aquinas believe should always be fulfilled?

5. The Summa Theologica is a tome of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Aquinas say about power?

2. Who writes the introduction? What is assumed by the translation of this book?

3. What is said in response to the question of whether truth resides only in the intellect?

4. What is said about angels?

5. What do many of the questions and answers Aquinas discusses reveal about him?

6. What are your thoughts on the layout of the Summa Theologica?

7. Who is Dionysius?

8. What does Aquinas say about falsity?

9. Who is Damascene?

10. Who is Aristotle? How is he important to this book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are two major thinkers other than Aquinas who the author most frequently names.

Part 1) Who are these thinkers? Describe them.

Part 2) Why are they included in this book? How do they support and/or challenge Aquinas' work? How does he deal with this?

Part 3) Why other thinkers are mentioned? Why? How does he use the ideas of these philosophers to benefit his own ideas?

Essay Topic 2

Aquinas discusses the existence of God.

Part 1) What does Aquinas say about God? How are his philosophies affected by his view of God?

Part 2) How do his beliefs about God reflect and reinforce the importance of the soul and the spiritual work conducted by an individual during his or her lifetime?

Part 3) Aquinas believes Scripture can be used as evidence. Do you agree? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

The question is raised in this book whether God is omnipotent.

Part 1) What is meant by omnipotence? How is God omnipotent, according to Aquinas? Would other philosophers agree with him? Why or why not?

Part 2) Why is the answering of this question threatening? How threatening is it? Why?

Part 3) Do you believe God is omnipotent? Why or why not?

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