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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Action is used as what?
(a) A defining factor.
(b) A way to move.
(c) An act by man.
(d) A purposeful way to behave.

2. Aquinas explains that the human mind can discover a new __________.
(a) Thought.
(b) Realm.
(c) Theory.
(d) Planet.

3. God is the leader and ____________ are led by Him.
(a) Angels.
(b) Men.
(c) Saints.
(d) Disciples.

4. Who does Aquinas mention in the Third Article, when he asks if there is an Agent Intellect?
(a) Socrates, Dionysius, and Augustine.
(b) Augustine, Aristotle, and Plato.
(c) Augustine, Dionysius, and Aristotle.
(d) Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates.

5. What description does Aquinas provide regarding whether the intellectual soul knows itself by its essence?
(a) Of the saintly hierarchy as immaterial and intelligible.
(b) Of the angelic hierarchy as immaterial and intelligible.
(c) Of the angelic hierarchy as important and necessary.
(d) Of the saintly hierarchy as important and necessary.

6. How many objections and refutations are there for the Second Article: Whether Moral Virtue Differs From Intellectual Virtue?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

7. God has imbued all creatures, most especially humanity, to partake of the nature of God and to shed off what?
(a) That which holds them back from being more divine and perfect in their being.
(b) Human troubles.
(c) Judgmental attitudes.
(d) Worries and pain.

8. Aquinas also believes that humans do perceive the same principles when they use_______________ thought.
(a) True and false.
(b) Real and imagined.
(c) Abstract and concrete.
(d) Abstract and conceptual.

9. At its best, An Introduction to Saint Thomas Aquinas clarifies the mind, provides instruction and insight. It displays the vigorous efforts made by ___________ to come to terms with two of the top Grecian philosophers.
(a) The religious.
(b) All Christians.
(c) Muslims.
(d) The Catholic religion.

10. Aquinas believes that it is virtually self-evident that there is _____________ for there to be greater or lesser understanding between individuals.
(a) More than one way.
(b) Two ways.
(c) No way.
(d) Only one way.

11. Choice is the theme, and what is 'choice' described as?
(a) The actions of man.
(b) A combination of thought and natural appetite or body.
(c) Thought.
(d) Natural appetite.

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

13. The matter of whether the essence of the soul is its power involves whether ____________________ soul are separate and distinct or not.
(a) The sensitive and the rational.
(b) The intellectual and spiritual.
(c) The concrete and abstract.
(d) The irrational and rational.

14. How many articles exist to discuss the powers of the soul in particular?
(a) Eight.
(b) Ten.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

15. What is the Second Article of Question XC: On the Essence of Law in four articles?
(a) Whether Law is Always Directed to the Common Good.
(b) Whether Law is Always Given by God.
(c) Whether All Laws are Good.
(d) Whether Law Actually Exists.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many articles are there for Question LXII: The Theological Virtues?

3. How many articles are there for Question XCI: On The Various Kinds of Law?

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

5. Aquinas introduces the idea of one mind. Is every event of the mind the same mind in action?

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