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N5 Problem of Evil 2

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What makes up the inconsistent triad?

a)

omnipotence, omniscience, benevolence

b)

omnipotence, benevolence, suffering

c)

omnipotence, benevolence, suffering

d)

omnipotence, omniscience, suffering

2.

Who originally came up with the inconsistent triad?

a)

Epicurus

b)

Hume

c)

Irenaeus

3.

Which form of evil might make God more responsible for suffering?

a)

Natural

b)

Moral

4.

Who takes the Genesis creation story literally?

a)

Augustine

b)

Irenaeus

c)

Both

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.

What is the key feature of Hick's theodicy?

a)

Salvation by grace

b)

Universal salvation

10.

We have studied 2 problems of evil. What are they called?

a)

logical problem of evil

b)

evidential problem of evil

c)

moral problem of evil

d)

religious problem of evil

11.

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

a)

Epicurus

b)

Augustine

c)

Rowe

d)

Hick

12.

The logical problem of evil is what type of argument?

a)

a priori

b)

a posteriori

c)

inductive

d)

deductive

13.

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

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?

a)

a priori

b)

a posteriori

c)

inductive

d)

deductive

16.

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

a)

Swinburne

b)

Augustine

c)

Rowe

d)

Hick

17.

The evidential problem of evil is what type of argument?

a)

a priori

b)

a posteriori

c)

inductive

d)

deductive

18.

Gratuitous suffering means...

a)

pointless suffering

b)

fair suffering

c)

being grateful for suffering

d)

non-existent suffering

19.

Omnipotent means...

a)

all powerful

b)

all knowing

c)

all loving

d)

outside of the universe

20.

Omnibenevolent/benevolent means...

a)

all powerful

b)

all knowing

c)

all loving

d)

outside of the universe

21.

Augustine of Hippo argued that evil is...

a)

a privation of good

b)

when there is too much good

c)

gratuitous

d)

all around us

22.

The logical problem of evil can also be solved by denying the existence of evil. Who argued this?

a)

Augustine

b)

Aquinas

c)

Aristotle

d)

Atrocities

23.

The Latin for Augustine's view of evil is...

a)

a privatio boni

b)

a lackio boni

c)

a privatio bon

d)

a boni privatio

24.
what is a theodicy
a)
a philosophical attempt to be evil
b)
a philosophical attempt to solve the problem of evil
c)
a theory of the odyssey
d)
a way to explain free will
25.
why is evil a problem for the existence of God?
a)
evil shows god as loving and powerful
b)
Evil means god is great
c)
God and free will means it can exist
d)
an all loving and powerful god could not let evil exist
26.
In Augustine's theodicies how did he see Gen 1-3
a)
symbolically
b)
mythical
c)
literally
d)
science
27.
which is Augustine's quote
a)
the substance is evil
b)
evil is not a substance
c)
evil is the best substance
d)
goodness is real
28.
what is the Fall
a)
when eve and adam were tempted to eat the fruit
b)
when the leaves fall
c)
when god made evil
d)
when jesus fell into temptation
29.
how did natural evil happen for Augustine
a)
The angels being kicked out of heaven
b)
The angels choosing free will to turn from God
c)
God made it all
d)
the serpent did it 
30.
What is a 'theodicy'?
a)
Literally means 'to justify God'
b)
Literally means 'to defend God