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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 essence of an angel is knowledge and what else?

2. Whether the intellectual principle is multiplied according to the number of bodies has to do with what?

3. What is the Summa Theologica part of?

4. How many articles are there for Question LXIV: On the Mean of Virtue?

5. The distinction between two things is a subdivision of ___________ of a whole.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Aquinas say about God being the end of things?

3. What does Aquinas say when he discusses how the soul while united to the body understands corporeal things beneath it?

4. How does Aquinas see individuating qualities?

5. How do the two actions mentioned in number 51 contain choice?

6. What is the first question pertaining to the issue of law?

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

8. What are the four articles in response to Question LXII?

9. What is important about action?

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

One set of questions in the text is focused on the issue of law.

Part 1) What laws is Aquinas discussing? What are four questions being asked about law? Why is each asked?

Part 2) What different types of laws exist? Compare them to one another.

Part 3) What is the purpose of discussing laws? How does it reflect and reinforce other topics discussed in this book?

Essay Topic 2

Question 12 is in regards to intention.

Part 1) What is intention? What are four questions asked in regards to intention? What is the purpose of each?

Part 2) How are other aspects of Aquinas' theories incorporated into the questioning and answers pertaining to intention? Why?

Part 3) What is the message of this portion of the book? With what does Aquinas want the reader to come away?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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