Quiz on Thomas Aquinas and His Philosophical Contributions

What was Thomas Aquinas's main argument regarding faith and reason?

• Faith is superior to reason.

• Reason is superior to faith.

• They are enemies.

• They are natural partners.

What is the name of Aquinas's masterwork?

• The Republic

• City of God

• Nicomachean Ethics

• Summa Theologiae

What are Aquinas's arguments for God's existence known as?

• The Five Ways

• The Four Causes

• The Three Principles

• The Seven Proofs

Which philosopher's works did Aquinas believe could strengthen theology?

• Descartes

• Socrates

• Plato

• Aristotle

What does Aquinas argue about God's nature?

• God is only a concept.

• God is unknowable.

• God is complex and changeable.

• God is simple and eternal.

What is the doctrine of divine simplicity?

• God is not composed of parts or changeable features.

• God has emotions.

• God is composed of many parts.

• God changes with the world.

What does Aquinas's theory of natural law claim?

• Humans are naturally evil.

• Good and evil are social constructs.

• Every creature has an intrinsic inclination toward the good.

• Moral principles are unknowable.

What is the ultimate good for human beings according to Aquinas?

• Union with God

• Wealth

• Power

• Fame

What does Aquinas say about truths discoverable by reason?

• They are irrelevant.

• They contradict revealed truths.

• They are superior to revealed truths.

• They do not contradict revealed truths.

Which Protestant Reformer was influenced by Aquinas?

• Ulrich Zwingli

• John Wesley

• Martin Luther

• John Calvin