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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. The Fourth Article emphasizes the immaterial nature of ______________.

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

3. How many articles are there in Question XIII: On Choice, Which is an Act of the Will in Relation to the Means to an End?

4. An intellect knows multiple things by their difference and can compare them ______________.

5. Aquinas also believes that humans do perceive the same principles when they use_______________ thought.

Short Essay Questions

1. What comparisons are made regarding arguments that would seem to prove that God cannot be seen in His essence and their solution?

2. For Question 58, what is discussed in the First and Second Articles?

3. What does Aquinas claim in Chapter XLVII That in this Life We Are Unable to See God in His Essence?

4. What does Aquinas say about choice and how it is an act of the will in relation to the means to an end?

5. What two actions contain choice?

6. Can violence be done to the will?

7. What are the six articles on the various kinds of law?

8. What is the purpose of an introduction to Saint Thomas Aquinas?

9. What does Aquinas say about the difference between irascible and concupiscence?

10. What does Aquinas say about whether the intellectual soul knows itself by its essence?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Grace is the final subject in this book.

Part 1) What is grace? Why is it the final subject? Is it the last subject on purpose? Why or why not?

Part 2) What is the connection between grace and love? What does Aquinas believe about the importance of grace and love in regards to each other?

Part 3) What does Aquinas believe about grace in regards to sin? Is grace important for a man to rise from sin? Why or why not? Do you agree? Why or why not?

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

Whether truth resides in only the intellect is one of the most important philosophical questions known to humanity.

Part 1) Why is this question so important? How is this question revealed and discussed in this book?

Part 2) What is Aquinas' response to this question? How does this book reflect this response?

Part 3) Why does Aquinas feel the way he does about this question? What do you believe about this question?

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