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The Problem of Evil 2

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

2.

Who originally outlined the inconsistent triad?

a)

Epicurus

b)

Hume

c)

Irenaeus

d)

Mackie

3.

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

a)

Augustine

b)

Irenaeus

4.

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

a)

Augustine

b)

Irenaeus

c)

Both

5.

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

a)

Augustine

b)

Hick

c)

Irenaeus

6.

What are the 2 types of evil?

a)

moral

b)

natural

c)

human

d)

unstoppable

e)

intentional

7.

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

a)

Epicurus

b)

Augustine

c)

Rowe

d)

Hick

8.

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

9.

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

10.

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

a)

Natural

b)

Moral

11.

Who stated that the level of suffering in the world made them want to "return their ticket".

a)

Anselm

b)

Aquinas

c)

Dostoyevsky

d)

Ivo

12.

What kind of suffering does Hick's theodicy not explain sufficiently?

a)

Painful

b)

Animal

c)

Plant

d)

Vengeful

13.

How many possible worlds could God have made, according to Plantinga?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

14.

Mackie's rejection of the free will defence is:

a)

Logical

b)

Illogical

15.

Sending wrong doers to hell for eternity, according to Hick, would be the worst part of the problem of evil.

a)

True

b)

False