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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, Question LXXIX / 79 & Analysis Chapter 14, Questions LXXX, LXXXI, & LXXXII & LXXXIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Aquinas, Aristotle says that the soul is only separable from the body inasmuch as what?
(a) Thoughts and practices are.
(b) One believes it to be.
(c) The separation of mind and body at death.
(d) God wants it to be.

2. What does Aquinas differentiate between in the First Article?
(a) Angels and God.
(b) People and animals.
(c) Angels and people.
(d) Angels and saints.

3. What does Aquinas mean by truth that is immutable?
(a) It can be changed.
(b) It changes often.
(c) It does not and cannot be changed.
(d) It must be changed in some circumstances.

4. What is the format designed to suit?
(a) Those who study theology.
(b) An educational setting.
(c) Those interested in philosophy.
(d) Debate and logical argumentation.

5. Aquinas goes into the process needed to calculate what, regarding good and evil when there are multiple values involved in one decision?
(a) The age of God.
(b) Various theories.
(c) The number of people on the earth.
(d) Right and wrong.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is entropy, according to Aquinas?

3. Aquinas did not have the advantage of what?

4. From where do some of the objections come in regards to whether the intellectual principle is united to the body as its form?

5. Many of the questions in the Summa Theologica are ____________________.

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