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Problem of Evil - Revision

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the word for 'a defense for God's existence in the face of the problem of evil'?

(a)  

2.

Who originally wrote the poem which essentially outlines the inconsistent triad?

a)

Epicurus

b)

Hume

c)

Irenaeus

d)

Mackie

3.

What makes up the inconsistent triad?

a)

omnipotence, omnibenevolence, omniscience

b)

omnipotence, omnibenevolence, evil exists

c)

omnipotence, omniscience, evil exists

d)

omnibenevolence, omniscience, evil exists

4.

Who is known for the phrase 'inconsistent triad'?

a)

Hume

b)

Mackie

c)

Mill

d)

Epicurus

5.

Who believed that evil was a "privation of good"?

a)

Augustine

b)

Irenaeus

6.

Who believed that humans sinned as a result of free will?

a)

Augustine

b)

Irenaeus

c)

Both

7.

Who said that we are created in an immature state and we move towards God during our life?

a)

Augustine

b)

Irenaeus

8.

Who stated that there was an epistemic distance between humans and God?

a)

Augustine

b)

Hick

c)

Irenaeus

9.

The logical problem of evil is often expressed as...

a)

the inconsistent triad

b)

the illogical triad

c)

the impossible triangle

d)

the logical triad

10.

We have studied 2 problems of evil. What are they called? (pick two)

a)

logical problem of evil

b)

evidential problem of evil

c)

moral problem of evil

d)

religious problem of evil

11.

What are the 2 types of evil?

a)

moral

b)

natural

c)

human

d)

unstoppable

e)

intentional

12.

The logical problem of evil was first argued by...

a)

Epicurus

b)

Augustine

c)

Rowe

d)

Hick

13.

The logical problem of evil is what type of argument? (pick two)

a)

a priori

b)

a posteriori

c)

inductive

d)

deductive

14.

The logical problem of evil can be challenged by... (select multiple options)

a)

Denying a quality of God

b)

Denying the existence of evil

c)

Denying the evidence for the argument

d)

Denying the existence of God

15.

The evidential problem of evil is what type of argument? (pick two)

a)

a priori

b)

a posteriori

c)

inductive

d)

deductive

16.

Who argues that natural evil is a result of the disharmony of nature brought about because of the Fall?

a)

Augustine

b)

Irenaeus

c)

Hick

d)

Mill

17.

Who said: "In sober truth, nearly all the things which men are hanged or imprisoned for doing to one another are nature's every-day performances"

a)

Mill

b)

Mackie

c)

Augustine

d)

Irenaeus

18.

The term 'Irenaean theodicy' refers to the views of:

a)

Irenaeus only

b)

Irenaeus and Hick mainly

19.

Who believed that there was a hierarchy of beings?

a)

Augustine

b)

Irenaeus

20.

What is the key feature of Hick's theodicy?

a)

Salvation by grace

b)

Universal salvation

21.

Irenaeus said evil allows us to develop from God's _____ to God's ________

(a)  

22.

What was the analogy given by Irenaeus to explain why God did not create us perfect to begin with?

a)

Analogy of mother feeding her child rich food

b)

Policeman and speeding

c)

Adam and Jesus

d)

Ant and the carpet

23.

Who argued God should have created us free, but always choosing to do good? (last name only)

(a)  

24.

Who put forward the theodicy that a world with free will is more valuable than one without, hence God cannot be blamed for evil? Also known as the Free Will Defence (last name only)

(a)