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1.2 Good & Evil Homework

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is another name for the 'problem of evil'

a)

The inconsistent theodicy

b)

The inconsistent pentagon

c)

The inconsistent triad

d)

The consistent triad

2.

Who argues that without free will we would be merely 'good robots'

a)

St Augustine

b)

John Hick

c)

St Thomas Aquinas

d)

Peter Singer

3.

What is 'moral evil'?

a)

Suffering caused by humans and their free will

b)

Suffering that occurs naturally in the world

4.

Which one of these is a place of CHRISTIAN pilgrimage?

a)

Las Vegas

b)

Norton

c)

Mecca

d)

Lourdes

5.

Which book of wisdom in the old testament attempts to explain why bad things happen to good people?

a)

Book of Job

b)

Book of Ecclesiastes

c)

Book of Proverbs

d)

Book of Psalms

6.

Destruction caused by a hurricane would be an example of...

a)

Moral evil

b)

Natural evil

7.

Which of these is one of the five primary precepts of 'natural law'

a)

Be nice

b)

Preserve life

c)

Travel

8.

Who came up with the idea of 'natural law'

a)

St Thomas Aquinas

b)

St Iranaeus

c)

John Hick

d)

David Hume

9.

What is our definition of 'conscience'?

a)

The ability in all of us to choose right from wrong without being controlled by other forces

b)

The inner feeling/knowledge we all have of the rightness or wrongness of an action

10.

Who argues that conscience is NOT the voice of God but a 'mix of voices', from our peers, family, society etc.

a)

Peter Singer

b)

Richard Dawkins

c)

Charles Darwin

d)

Sigmund Freud

11.

Which old testament story describes the 'FIRST disobedience of mankind'

a)

Story of Abraham

b)

The Fall

c)

Noahs Ark

d)

Job

12.

What do Catholics believe we are all born into a state of as a result of Adam and Eve's disobedience of God?

a)

Original sin

b)

God's grace

c)

Salvation

d)

Mortal sin

13.

What does St Augustine describe 'evil and suffering' as?

a)

Soul-making

b)

A result of an imperfect world

c)

A privation (lack of) good

d)

God's plan

14.

What is dualism?

a)

The idea there is only the physical world

b)

The idea that free will is an illusion

c)

The idea there is a physical AND a spiritual world

15.

What do we call 'an arguement that attempts to explain WHY God allows evil'

a)

Theodicy

b)

Inconsistent triad

c)

The problem of evil

d)

The problem of innocent suffering

16.

Who describes the incosistent triad as the 'rock of atheism'


(The most convincing arguement against the existence of God)

a)

J.L Mackie

b)

G.K Chesterton

c)

David Hume

d)

John Hick

17.

Somebody committing a murder would be an example of...

a)

Moral evil

b)

Natural evil

18.

Who argues that 'the world is good and so is God', and that 'evil' is just a privation (lack of) good by others.

a)

St Iranaeus

b)

St Thomas Aquinas

c)

St Augustine

d)

St Catherine of Sienna

19.

What is the term given for the distance between God and humanity that allows free choice?

a)

Deterministic distance

b)

Transcendental distance

c)

Epistemic distance

20.

What is the term for the quality of God as 'all-loving'?

a)

Omnipotent

b)

Omnibenevolent

c)

Omniscient

d)

Omnipresence