TOB Test #2

According to Butler & Evert, how is "freedom" defined?

• The ability to desire and to choose the good

• The ability to do whatever one desires

• The ability to do what feels good

• The ability to avoid the good and choose what one feels is correct

How does St. John Paul II define the relationship of love and freedom?

• Freedom and love bear opposite fruits

• Freedom and love is the ability to do what feels good

• Freedom with responsibilities is not love

• Freedom without responsibilities is the opposite of love

Which of the following DOES NOT relate to living with "authentic freedom"?

• Accepting and living out the truth of who we are and for what we are created

• Denying oneself of everything that is good and looking at it as a burden

• Living without internal constraints on our hearts

• Living with rules, guidelines, and responsibilities

How can the "moral life" become more about love than rules?

• By being limited through our sin and problems

• Through obeying God's law because we are forced to

• Once we choose God and allow him to transform our desires

• By rejecting God's call to purity and truth

What is objective truth?

• A subjective way of looking at reality

• A way to interpret truth based on one's experience

• A reality that is debatable

• A reality that we cannot change or decide for ourselves

How does our free will differ from God's free will?

• Humanity's free will has been deprived or compromised because of original sin

• Our free will has been affected due to evolution

• Humanity's free will has been tainted because of God's absolute love

• Our free will is attracted to sin because that is how we were created

JP II says, "freedom exists for the sake of love." What could be the consequence if a person who is self-absorbed, freely chooses to do whatever he wants without concern for others?

• This person will never be able to embrace the loving call of God

• This person will love others the way they should be loved

• This person will discover their false idea of freedom has led them into the slavery of lust and egoism

How is objective truth different from an opinion?

• An opinion is synonymous research based truth

• An opinion is always used in the court of law

• An opinion is subjective, neither true nor false

• An opinion is a factual evidence

Which of the following is a FALSE outcome that occurs when the truth is abandoned or denied?

• Falsehoods take the place of reality

• Morality in society can become good and purified

• Reality is reduced to an illusion

• The illusion of reality can trap people into a life without freedom

What are the four parts of the wedding vows and promises?

• Free, total, faithful, and fruitful

• Free, partial, faithful, and fruitful

• Free, total, skeptical and fruitful

• Free, total, faithful, and impartial