PHI103 S22
Exam 2 Practice Questions
The first set of questions asks you about arguments for and against God’s existence in general. If
you know the definitions of the basic argument categories, you should be good.
1. If a person argues that God is the best explanation for the universe coming
into existence, what kind of argument would that be?
A. Cosmological argument
B. Moral argument
C. Ontological argument
D. Personal argument
E. Teleological argument
2. If a person argues that God designed the universe like a watchmaker designs a
watch, what kind of argument would that be?
A. Cosmological argument
B. Moral argument
C. Ontological argument
D. Personal argument
E. Teleological argument
3. If a person argues that God is the best explanation for where our sense of right
and wrong comes from, what kind of argument would that be?
A. Cosmological argument
B. Moral argument
C. Ontological argument
D. Personal argument
E. Teleological argument
4. If a person argues that God came to them in a dream and told them that God
exists, what kind of argument would that be?
A. Cosmological argument
B. Moral argument
C. Ontological argument
D. Personal argument
E. Teleological argument
5. If a person argues that God must exist because God is it greater to exist than to not
exist and God is the greatest being ever, what kind of argument would that be?
, A. Cosmological argument
B. Moral argument
C. Ontological argument
D. Personal argument
E. Teleological argument
The second set of questions asks about Thomas Aquinas’ five ways, which are the only
arguments for God’s existence that are on the study guide and that you are responsible for
knowing anything about for the exam. In order to reliably answer these questions, you must
know the general idea of each of these five arguments and know them by their number.
6. Which of Aquinas’ ways concerns causation?
A. The 1st way
B. The 2nd way
C. The 3rd way
D. The 4th way
E. The 5th way
7. Which of Aquinas’ ways concerns things existing in matters of degree?
A. The 1st way
B. The 2nd way
C. The 3rd way
D. The 4th way
E. The 5th way
8. Which of Aquinas’ ways concerns motion?
A. The 1st way
B. The 2nd way
C. The 3rd way
D. The 4th way
E. The 5th way
9. Which of Aquinas’ ways is his version of the moral argument?
A. The 1st way
B. The 2nd way
C. The 3rd way
D. The 4th way
E. The 5th way
10. Which of Aquinas’ ways is his version of the teleological argument?
Exam 2 Practice Questions
The first set of questions asks you about arguments for and against God’s existence in general. If
you know the definitions of the basic argument categories, you should be good.
1. If a person argues that God is the best explanation for the universe coming
into existence, what kind of argument would that be?
A. Cosmological argument
B. Moral argument
C. Ontological argument
D. Personal argument
E. Teleological argument
2. If a person argues that God designed the universe like a watchmaker designs a
watch, what kind of argument would that be?
A. Cosmological argument
B. Moral argument
C. Ontological argument
D. Personal argument
E. Teleological argument
3. If a person argues that God is the best explanation for where our sense of right
and wrong comes from, what kind of argument would that be?
A. Cosmological argument
B. Moral argument
C. Ontological argument
D. Personal argument
E. Teleological argument
4. If a person argues that God came to them in a dream and told them that God
exists, what kind of argument would that be?
A. Cosmological argument
B. Moral argument
C. Ontological argument
D. Personal argument
E. Teleological argument
5. If a person argues that God must exist because God is it greater to exist than to not
exist and God is the greatest being ever, what kind of argument would that be?
, A. Cosmological argument
B. Moral argument
C. Ontological argument
D. Personal argument
E. Teleological argument
The second set of questions asks about Thomas Aquinas’ five ways, which are the only
arguments for God’s existence that are on the study guide and that you are responsible for
knowing anything about for the exam. In order to reliably answer these questions, you must
know the general idea of each of these five arguments and know them by their number.
6. Which of Aquinas’ ways concerns causation?
A. The 1st way
B. The 2nd way
C. The 3rd way
D. The 4th way
E. The 5th way
7. Which of Aquinas’ ways concerns things existing in matters of degree?
A. The 1st way
B. The 2nd way
C. The 3rd way
D. The 4th way
E. The 5th way
8. Which of Aquinas’ ways concerns motion?
A. The 1st way
B. The 2nd way
C. The 3rd way
D. The 4th way
E. The 5th way
9. Which of Aquinas’ ways is his version of the moral argument?
A. The 1st way
B. The 2nd way
C. The 3rd way
D. The 4th way
E. The 5th way
10. Which of Aquinas’ ways is his version of the teleological argument?
