THEO 204 MC QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2023-2024 SOLVED CORRECTLY 100%:
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Multiple Choice Questions
Question 1:
Which of these areas has a form of determinism? e.
a. Sociology
b. Economics
c. Theology
(0.5 Point) d. All of the above
Question 2:
What is Thomas Aquinas’ understanding of natural law? e.
a. Law and nature are equal.
b. Law teaches us about our nature.
c. Moral duties can be known through reflecting on our nature.
(0.5 Point) d. All of the above.
Question 3:
What is Jesus referring to when he speaks of “the kingdom of God is at e.
hand”?
a. A state of kingship.
b. A territory in Judea.
(0.5 Point) c. A person’s acceptance of God.
d. The end of the world.
Question 4:
What was the goal of the Moral Manuals? e.
a. To argue against Protestantism
b. To help people develop critical thinking regarding morality
c. To determine what was sinful and what was the gravity of the sin
(0.5 Point) d. To compare the morality of multiple religions
Question 5:
What is historical consciousness? e.
a. An awareness that human beings are born into a language, a time
, and a culture that is ‘on the move’.
b. A denial that human beings are born into a language, a time and
(0.5 Point) a culture that is not static.
c. An awareness that human beings are born into a language, a time and
, a culture that is static.
d. A concern about what is happening in other cultures and countries
in order to better understand the other.
Question 6:
What did Luther’s criticism of the Catholic church center on? e.
a. Papal authority
b. Veneration of Mary
c. Reliance on tradition
(0.5 Point) d. Abuse of indulgences
Question 7:
What are two important developments from the Enlightenment? e.
a. Self-sufficiency and individualism
b. Historical consciousness and individualism
c. Self–sufficiency and historical consciousness
(0.5 Point) d. Self-sufficiency and happiness
Question 8:
What notion was Aquinas concerned with protecting? e.
a. That Protestantism is a false form of Christianity
b. That Jesus preached against Gnosticism
c. That human agents are responsible authors of their own actions.
(0.5 Point) d. None of the above.
Question 9:
What is a criticism regarding situation ethics? e.
a. Pushed to its extreme, situation ethics results in a fragmentation of
the moral life into isolated segments
b. It results in a dissociation of individual choice from community
(0.5 Point)
bonds
c. Both A and B
d. None of the above
Question 10:
Which ethical position views lying as always wrong? e.
a. Teleological ethics
b. Deontological ethics
c. Utilitarian ethics
(0.5 Point) d. All of the above.
, Question 11:
In the Gospels, Jesus speaks about the Kingdom of God. To what does e.
this refer?
a. The territory of Palestine where Jesus taught and performed
miracles. b. The place people go after death.
(0.5 Point)
c. A person’s acceptance of God and the way of life Jesus taught.
d. A place between heaven and hell.
Question 12:
Which of the following figures did not speak out against Gnosticism? e.
a. Jesus
b. Clement of Alexandria
c. Origen
(0.5 Point)
d. Irenaeus
Question 13:
What is the focus of teleological ethics? e.
a. Following one’s duty
b. The end or consequence of an act
c. The process of ethical
(0.5 Point)
deliberation
d. Adhering to the natural law
Question 14:
How is the debate between freewill and determinism similar to the e.
debate between faith and reason?
a. Both debates conclude that human beings do not have free
will. b. Both debates conclude that human beings do have free will.
(0.5 Point)
c. Faith can manifest as determinism.
d. Reason can manifest as free will.
Question 15:
What is the basic principle of natural law? e.
a. The ends justify the means
b. Ethical deliberation should mirror processes in nature
c. Good should be sought after and done, and evil should be avoided
(0.5 Point) d. Obeying God is the epitome of ethics
Which of the following is a source for natural law? e.
Question 16:
2023-2024 SOLVED CORRECTLY 100%:
(Actual test with complete solution)
Multiple Choice Questions
Question 1:
Which of these areas has a form of determinism? e.
a. Sociology
b. Economics
c. Theology
(0.5 Point) d. All of the above
Question 2:
What is Thomas Aquinas’ understanding of natural law? e.
a. Law and nature are equal.
b. Law teaches us about our nature.
c. Moral duties can be known through reflecting on our nature.
(0.5 Point) d. All of the above.
Question 3:
What is Jesus referring to when he speaks of “the kingdom of God is at e.
hand”?
a. A state of kingship.
b. A territory in Judea.
(0.5 Point) c. A person’s acceptance of God.
d. The end of the world.
Question 4:
What was the goal of the Moral Manuals? e.
a. To argue against Protestantism
b. To help people develop critical thinking regarding morality
c. To determine what was sinful and what was the gravity of the sin
(0.5 Point) d. To compare the morality of multiple religions
Question 5:
What is historical consciousness? e.
a. An awareness that human beings are born into a language, a time
, and a culture that is ‘on the move’.
b. A denial that human beings are born into a language, a time and
(0.5 Point) a culture that is not static.
c. An awareness that human beings are born into a language, a time and
, a culture that is static.
d. A concern about what is happening in other cultures and countries
in order to better understand the other.
Question 6:
What did Luther’s criticism of the Catholic church center on? e.
a. Papal authority
b. Veneration of Mary
c. Reliance on tradition
(0.5 Point) d. Abuse of indulgences
Question 7:
What are two important developments from the Enlightenment? e.
a. Self-sufficiency and individualism
b. Historical consciousness and individualism
c. Self–sufficiency and historical consciousness
(0.5 Point) d. Self-sufficiency and happiness
Question 8:
What notion was Aquinas concerned with protecting? e.
a. That Protestantism is a false form of Christianity
b. That Jesus preached against Gnosticism
c. That human agents are responsible authors of their own actions.
(0.5 Point) d. None of the above.
Question 9:
What is a criticism regarding situation ethics? e.
a. Pushed to its extreme, situation ethics results in a fragmentation of
the moral life into isolated segments
b. It results in a dissociation of individual choice from community
(0.5 Point)
bonds
c. Both A and B
d. None of the above
Question 10:
Which ethical position views lying as always wrong? e.
a. Teleological ethics
b. Deontological ethics
c. Utilitarian ethics
(0.5 Point) d. All of the above.
, Question 11:
In the Gospels, Jesus speaks about the Kingdom of God. To what does e.
this refer?
a. The territory of Palestine where Jesus taught and performed
miracles. b. The place people go after death.
(0.5 Point)
c. A person’s acceptance of God and the way of life Jesus taught.
d. A place between heaven and hell.
Question 12:
Which of the following figures did not speak out against Gnosticism? e.
a. Jesus
b. Clement of Alexandria
c. Origen
(0.5 Point)
d. Irenaeus
Question 13:
What is the focus of teleological ethics? e.
a. Following one’s duty
b. The end or consequence of an act
c. The process of ethical
(0.5 Point)
deliberation
d. Adhering to the natural law
Question 14:
How is the debate between freewill and determinism similar to the e.
debate between faith and reason?
a. Both debates conclude that human beings do not have free
will. b. Both debates conclude that human beings do have free will.
(0.5 Point)
c. Faith can manifest as determinism.
d. Reason can manifest as free will.
Question 15:
What is the basic principle of natural law? e.
a. The ends justify the means
b. Ethical deliberation should mirror processes in nature
c. Good should be sought after and done, and evil should be avoided
(0.5 Point) d. Obeying God is the epitome of ethics
Which of the following is a source for natural law? e.
Question 16:
