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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. What power does not exist at all in God?

2. What does Aquinas mean by truth that is immutable?

3. God can will for the existence of what?

4. Aquinas supports God as self-evident but again shows his existence through _________________.

5. How many major thinkers other than Aquinas are most frequently named by the author?

Short Essay Questions

1. What might someone who is not specially educated in the areas of philosophy and theology think of this book?

2. What do many of the questions and answers Aquinas discusses reveal about him?

3. What is a Thomist?

4. When Aquinas turns to the debate format, what does he assume? What are the consequences of this?

5. Does God will sin or evil?

6. What does Aquinas say about the First Article: Whether a Name Can be Given to God?

7. What is said about whether the intellectual principle is united to the body as its form?

8. What is said about angels?

9. What are your thoughts on the layout of the Summa Theologica?

10. What does Aquinas say about God's action and 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 79 in Chapter 13 is in regards to the intellectual powers.

Part 1) Why does Aquinas seem to continue discussing a question that seems to have already been answered? What is added? Why?

Part 2) What does Aquinas say about angels and people? Why is this discussed? How does this relate to Question 79 in Chapter 13?

Part 3) What does Aquinas say about the type of power the intellect has? How does this relate to his other views about the intellect?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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