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WorksheetsChristian Life Semester I Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 50mins
As a psychologist, Dr. Myers defined “happiness” as:
A high ratio of negative to positive feelings
A high ratio of positive to negative feelings
The tendency to form judgments based on past experiences
The human person’s ability to adapt to current life circumstances
According to Dr. Myer's research, for whom would an increase in wealth equate to an increase in happiness?
those moving from poverty to having their basic needs met
those who already had their basic needs met and were relatively comfortable
those who were affluent and wealthy
all of these
Dr. Myers described the "adaptation phenomenon", which refers to our tendency to:
do good when we feel good
form judgments relative to a neutral level based on experience
evolve biologically to fit our environmental conditions
Which of these describes how Gerasim treated Ivan?
As if he will be left money if he is nice to Ivan
As though he is glad to see Ivan go
The same as everyone else
He is caring and thoughtful toward Ivan and his condition
Ivan feels absolute terror about “it”. What is “it”?
The pain in his side – impending death
His daughter’s marriage – a poor match
His love for his son – his only legacy
His income - $5,000 a year
Ivan's worst torment was the "lying", which was:
Everyone lying to him by saying he would recover and not die
His daughter lying about her engagement
Schwartz lying about not having a card game that night
Gerasim lying about the number of hours he worked
The last few days of his life, Ivan was haunted by this dream:
That he was a criminal being tried by Pyotr
That he was being forced into a black sack
That he was a sinner standing before Jesus as his judge
That Schwartz found all of his furnishings distasteful
Frankl’s Logotherapy is identified with as the “Will to___”
pleasure
meaning
power
honor
(From Frankl) What is the symptom of the first stage of camp life?
shock
apathy
anger
(From Frankl) What is the symptom of the second stage of camp life?
shock
apathy
anger
What upset Frankl so much when his manuscript was thrown away?
He had just been offered a lucrative publishing deal
It would set the science of psychiatry back by a decade
He felt his whole life being thrown away and dehumanized
That the guards rejected it as poor academic findings
How did the prisoners react to seeing other campmates beaten, frostbitten, and maltreated?
With compassion and concern as they tried to maintain their own dignity
They became insensitive because to survive they had to blunt their emotions and save their energy
They were indignant and rebelled with protests and riots
How were the Capos chosen in the concentration camps?
They were chosen for their height – the work that they did required tall men
They were chosen according to their physical strength
They were the prisoners who were seen as hard-hearted and cruel
They were randomly chosen from groups arriving by train daily
In the concentration camp, how could Frankl and the others tell if a campmate (who was not a Capo) had given up on life and would soon die?
The person would smoke a cigarette
The person would ask for prayers
The person would eat their whole ration of bread
The person would give someone else their shoes
Aristotle dismissed wealth as a good/end because:
It's always and only a means
It's a final end not a subordinate one
It's neither a means nor an end because it's bad
According to Aristotle, happiness is:
a life of virtue
a life of honor
holiness
self indulgence
Which term from the Ethics means "that which when isolated makes life desirable and lacking in nothing"
self-sufficient
disposition
ends
habit
Aristotle defines a virtue as:
a mean between two extremes
a habit
directed by right reason
all of these
Studying for this test is an example of:
a subordinate end
a final end
a pleasurable end
injustice toward teens
Which of the "three types of life" (Aristotle) views happiness as honor?
Most men
The political
The contemplative
Which of the "three types of life" (Aristotle) views happiness as pleasure?
Most men
The political
The contemplative
For whom does honesty always feel pleasurable and easy?
the continent because they desire it
the person who possesses the virtue of honesty
everyone since it's a virtue related to our rational nature
For whom would the courageous action seem cowardly?
The rash
The coward
The courageous
The common man
According to Aristotle, which of these requires deliberation?
Means
Ends
Opinions
Weather
The virtuous action in a given situation must include:
the mean between extremes
be done in the right way and to the right extent
applied to the right person
all of these are required
If one tends towards the deficiency of a virtue, what does Aristotle recommend they do?
Aim at the opposite extreme
Avoid all situations requiring that virtue
Talk about the virtue more
Pray for infused virtues
Reading and learning in school, especially develops this kind of virtue over time:
Intellectual virtues
Moral virtues
Theological virtues
To what extent do habits formed in youth affect a person when trying to form habits as a young adult?
Not at all; a person can easily change at any time
They are so hard to change that they pre-determine how one will act as an adult
Good habits make virtue easier and bad habits make virtue much harder
Since Hedonists, the Ethical, and Christians all seek pleasure of some kind, are they all essentially hedonists to some degree?
Yes
No
According to Aristotle: Since happiness is self-sufficient, and virtue is happiness for a rational nature, does the virtuous person still need friendship?
Yes
No
According to Aristotle, what types of friendships can "bad" people have?
only those of pleasure or utility
pleasure, utility, or perfect/virtuous - as long as the care about each other
none because they are too selfish
Which type of friend tells you to make your own study guide instead of copying theirs?
Friend of virtue
Friend of utilty
Friend of pleasure
Your now former friend
What equalizes unequal friendships?
Love
Perks
Flattery
Nothing, the unequal cannot be friends
We know about our tendency toward sin (concupiscence) and vice from:
Reason
Divine Revelation
Biology
Psychology
According to Dei Verbum, how does God reveal Himself?
in words
in deeds
in words and deeds
According to Aquinas, would knowledge of the existence of God be sufficient for Happiness?
Yes, because God is the highest thing one can know
No, because one must know God in His essence, not just His existence
Does one's disposition toward God affect their enjoyment of God?
Yes
No
Is it possible to possess perfect happiness during this life on earth?
Yes
No
According to Aquinas, what is the form of the virtues? (what directs and orders them?)
Love
Prudence
Justice
Poverty
According to Fulton Sheen, the happier we are when doing something, it feels:
like time flies, similar to the timelessness of heaven
like time slows down, similar to how long heaven is
no differently than when we are unhappy, like how heaven is changeless
Who gets the most enjoyment out of earthly things?
The Hedonist
the Ethical
The Christian
Using Christian principles, how should one study for this test?
Prayerfully and diligently to please God
Anxiously to please one's parents
Obsessively to compete for the best grade in the class
Hardly at all because it won't affect one's college admission
Lewis asserted that Theology is even more important today than ever because:
of the many ideas circulating, we need the skill to separate truth from error
theology is a personal experience and we are more appreciative of our individuality today
it will soon be lost to history if we do not preserve it
According to C.S. Lewis, what is hard about Christianity compared to natural law morality?
You give much of yourself to God but only retain a little worldliness
It requires a total surrender of self to God and complete reliance on Him
Christian teaching contradicts some moral laws
Nothing; natural law is more difficult whereas Christianity is easy
A person with Christian first principles, seeks this above all:
Holiness
Moral Virtue
High leadership positions
Comfort
The fullness of God's divine revelation:
Jesus Christ
The Ten Commandments
The Sermon on the Mount
The Law and the Prophets
Which of these describes the relationship between the New law and the natural law?
natural law is interior - in your conscience, but the new law is exterior - requiring ritual observance
The new law includes the natural law but surpasses it by adding charity and grace
the new law erases and replaces the natural law
Perfect happiness, the vision of God:
Felicitas
Beatitude
Faith
Temperance
These virtues are given to us by God and direct us to Him:
Theological
Natural Moral
Pleasure
Honor
The Catechism teaches that the New Law is expressed particularly in:
Christ's Sermon on the Mount
Isaiah's prophecies
Solomon's Proverbs
David's Psalms
