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WorksheetsTheology and Philosophy Multiple Choice Worksheet
Total questions: 61
Worksheet time: 31mins
Which is the clearest example of Natural Revelation?
Reading Genesis in the Bible
Studying the order of the stars
The Annunciation to Mary
The Resurrection of Jesus
Divine Revelation differs from Natural Revelation because it:
A) Comes through creation alone
B) Is accessible to reason without grace
C) Involves God’s direct self-disclosure in history
D) Consists only of private visions
Which Aquinas proof argues that everything in motion must be set in motion by something else?
Motion
Causation
Contingency
Gradation
According to Aquinas, which proof appeals to the fact that some beings exist contingently and thus require a necessary being?
Design
Motion
Contingency
Efficient Cause
Pascal’s Wager can best be described as:
A moral argument for God’s existence
A rational bet on belief
A proof from design
A theological revelation
Which part of Divine Revelation includes the living transmission of the Church’s teaching?
Sacred Tradition
Magisterium
Canon Law
Natural Law
God’s omnipresence means:
God can be seen by everyone at all times
God is present everywhere in being and action
God changes locations
God is limited to heaven
Which attribute of God means He does not depend on anything else for His existence?
Omniscience
Aseity
St. Francis’s vision in the San Damiano Chapel commanded him to:
Found a university
Rebuild the Church
Join the Crusades
Become a priest immediately
Which Franciscan saint used mass media and publishing to promote devotion to Mary?
St. Anthony
St. Maximilian Kolbe
St. Clare
St. Joseph of Cupertino
Which Evangelical Counsel especially imitates Jesus’ obedience to the Father?
Poverty
Chastity
Obedience
Humility
The essential parts of Reconciliation include all of the following except:
Contrition
Confession
Absolution
Eucharistic Prayer
Which saint’s feast day is October 4?
St. Anthony of Padua
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Clare
St. Maximilian Kolbe
God’s immutability means:
God never changes in His essence
God cannot hear prayers
God must grow in knowledge
God adapts His nature
Which of the following is an example of Sacred Tradition rather than Sacred Scripture?
The Gospel of John
Apostolic Succession
The Psalms
The Book of Acts
In Pascal’s Wager, what is the “infinite gain” if God exists and you believe?
Earthly prosperity
Eternal life
Moral superiority
Proof of God’s existence
The Argument from Design implies:
Order and purpose require an intelligent cause
Everything has always existed
Only matter exists
We can never know anything of God
Which of these is NOT one of Aquinas’s “Five Ways”?
Argument from Motion
Argument from Efficient Cause
Argument from Original Sin
Argument from Contingency
Which saint is known for levitation during prayer?
St. Joseph of Cupertino
St. Anthony
St. Maximilian Kolbe
Blessed Carlo Acutis
Which saint bore the stigmata and spent long hours hearing confessions?
St. Maximilian Kolbe
St. Clare
Padre Pio
St. Anthony
Which vow frees a person from attachment to wealth?
Poverty
Chastity
Obedience
Simplicity
Which part of the Mass immediately follows the Homily?
Profession of Faith (Creed)
Liturgy of the Eucharist
Penitential Act
Communion Rite
Natural Revelation can show God’s existence but not:
God’s moral law
The Trinity and Incarnation
God’s power
God’s creativity
St. Clare is best known for:
Founding the Franciscan Order
Beginning the Poor Clares and defending Eucharist from invaders
Preaching in Padua
Dying at Auschwitz
St. Maximilian Kolbe is best known for:
Compiling Eucharistic miracle websites
Dying in Auschwitz in place of another
Preaching in Padua
Founding the Poor Clares
The Penitential Act occurs:
Before the Gloria at the start of Mass
After the Gospel
During the Eucharistic Prayer
After the Communion Rite
Absolution is:
The penitent’s sorrow for sin
The penitent’s confession of sins
The priest’s prayer forgiving sins
The penance given
Which Aquinas proof begins with the observation that effects have causes and cannot cause themselves?
Motion
Causation
Which attribute of God refers to His being all-knowing?
Omnipotence
Omnipresence
Omniscience
Immutability
Which saint started the Franciscan Third Order for laypeople?
St. Anthony
St. Francis
St. Clare
St. Joseph of Cupertino
Which vow protects the integrity of love by reserving sexuality for God?
Poverty
Chastity
Obedience
Simplicity
Which proof of Aquinas compares varying degrees of truth, goodness, or beauty to a maximum?
Motion
Causation
Contingency
Gradation
Which proof of Aquinas argues that non-intelligent beings act for an end and therefore require an intelligent director?
Design
Contingency
Motion
Gradation
According to Catholic teaching, Natural Revelation primarily reveals:
God’s existence and attributes
The Trinity and the Incarnation
The sacraments
The Pope’s infallibility
Which of the following is an example of Divine Revelation?
A) A thunderstorm
B) The birth of a child
C) The giving of the Ten Commandments
D) The beauty of a sunset
Which saint was a close friend and collaborator of St. Francis and founded a community of women living in poverty?
St. Clare of Assisi
St. Anthony of Padua
St. Maximilian Kolbe
Padre Pio
Which Franciscan saint is the patron of students who struggle academically?
St. Maximilian Kolbe
St. Joseph of Cupertino
Blessed Carlo Acutis
St. Anthony of Padua
Which attribute of God means He is not limited by time or space?
Omniscience
Eternality
Omnipotence
Aseity
According to Pascal, which outcome carries the greatest possible loss?
Not believing and God does not exist
Not believing and God exists
Believing and God does not exist
Believing and God exists
Which of Aquinas’s “Five Ways” begins with the observation that contingent beings exist?
Motion
Contingency
Causation
Design
Which vow most directly frees a person for undivided love of God and neighbor?
Poverty
Chastity
Obedience
Service
Which saint was martyred at Auschwitz after offering his life for another?
St. Maximilian Kolbe
St. Anthony of Padua
St. Clare
Blessed Carlo Acutis
Which of these is not an attribute traditionally ascribed to the Christian God?
Omnipotent
Omniscient
Mutable
Omnipresent
Which saint famously compiled Eucharistic miracle websites before his death at age 15?
St. Anthony of Padua
Blessed Carlo Acutis
St. Maximilian Kolbe
St. Joseph of Cupertino
Which Franciscan saint is most often invoked to help find lost items?
St. Maximilian Kolbe
St. Anthony of Padua
St. Clare
Padre Pio
According to Aquinas, an “unmoved mover” is necessary because:
Everything moves randomly
Things cannot move themselves from potentiality to actuality without something already in actuality
Miracles are needed
Angels push the planets
The priest’s prayer of absolution in Reconciliation effects:
Satisfaction
Contrition
Forgiveness of sins
Admission of guilt
Which saint bore visible wounds of Christ and bi-located according to testimonies?
Padre Pio
St. Maximilian Kolbe
Which proof of Aquinas notes that all things caused cannot cause themselves and thus there must be a first cause?
Motion
Causation
Contingency
Gradation
Which saint is called the “Second Founder” of the Franciscan Order for his preaching and teaching?
St. Anthony of Padua
St. Maximilian Kolbe
St. Clare
Blessed Carlo Acutis
Which Evangelical Counsel requires a surrender of one’s will to lawful superiors?
Poverty
Chastity
Obedience
Humility
Which saint levitated and also is the patron of pilots?
St. Maximilian Kolbe
St. Joseph of Cupertino
Blessed Carlo Acutis
St. Clare
According to Pascal’s Wager, believing in God when He does not exist results in:
Infinite gain
Finite loss
Eternal punishment
No consequence
Which saint was inspired by St. Francis to live in radical poverty and founded a monastery for women?
St. Clare of Assisi
St. Anthony of Padua
Blessed Carlo Acutis
Padre Pio
Which proof of Aquinas is based on the gradation of perfections such as goodness and truth?
Motion
Causation
Contingency
Gradation
Which saint is known for “bi-location” and hearing thousands of confessions daily?
Padre Pio
St. Anthony of Padua
St. Maximilian Kolbe
St. Joseph of Cupertino
Which vow directly imitates Christ’s poverty?
Obedience
Poverty
Chastity
Simplicity
Which saint’s nickname was “God’s Athlete” and who built websites about Eucharistic miracles?
Blessed Carlo Acutis
St. Maximilian Kolbe
Which proof of Aquinas draws from the order in nature to an intelligent designer?
Motion
Causation
Design
Contingency
According to Catholic teaching, Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture together form:
The Magisterium
The Deposit of Faith
Natural Law
Private Revelation
Which saint’s Canticle of the Creatures praises Brother Sun and Sister Moon?
St. Maximilian Kolbe
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Anthony of Padua
St. Clare of Assisi
