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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a Thomist?
(a) Someone who teaches Saint Thomas Aquinas' philosophies.
(b) Someone who is named after Saint Thomas Aquinas.
(c) Someone who is a disciple of Saint Thomas Aquinas.
(d) Someone who is especially well-versed in the work of Saint Thomas Aquinas.

2. When Aquinas turns to the debate format, what is he assuming about the reader?
(a) The reader is aware of the main intellectual controversies of this era.
(b) The reader wants this debate format.
(c) The reader is in agreement with him on debate issues.
(d) The reader is well-versed in debate.

3. Aquinas shows that his ideas can be _____.
(a) Unreasonable.
(b) Wrong.
(c) Formed.
(d) Odd.

4. What is the trilogy of men of Athens?
(a) Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.
(b) Socrates, Plato, and Diogenes.
(c) Socrates, Diogenes, and Aristotle.
(d) Plato, Aristotle, and Diogenes.

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

6. How can the Summa Theologica be described?
(a) As massive.
(b) As unusual.
(c) As dull.
(d) As simple.

7. Is God omnipotent?
(a) Yes, sometimes.
(b) No, not usually.
(c) Yes, after Jesus' birth.
(d) Yes.

8. Who had a Christian best friend for many years?
(a) Buddha.
(b) Moses.
(c) Plato.
(d) Mohammed.

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

10. Aquinas observes that while "the Philosopher" claims that the human intellect can have perfect knowledge, he uses Aristotle to refute this. He cites an observation made in De Anima to prove this. What does he say is in the mind's understanding of things?
(a) Truth.
(b) Falsehood.
(c) Truth and falsehood.
(d) Truth and lies.

11. How is power twofold?
(a) Both aggressive and inactive.
(b) Both passive and active.
(c) Both active and inactive.
(d) Both passive and aggressive.

12. Angels appear _______________ in many cases.
(a) In large groups.
(b) In small groups.
(c) As individuals.
(d) As crowds.

13. What was Damascene?
(a) A public official.
(b) A fisherman.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A artisan.

14. What areas of study might be important when reading this book?
(a) Greek mythology.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Philosophy and theology.
(d) Art and literature.

15. What is the reason why God has no name, or is said to be above being named?
(a) He has many names.
(b) He does not like being named.
(c) His essence is above all that we understand about God and signify in words.
(d) He is an abstract concept.

Short Answer Questions

1. Damascene was later canonized as what?

2. What is the format designed to suit?

3. Reading the Summa is much like trying to read what?

4. The objections in this book are legitimate opposition to what?

5. He states that words do relate to actual things. It is also important to note that the mind has an important role in language. That is why Aquinas introduces the idea of naming things by and with what?

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