GENE 250 Week 2 Quiz

GENE 250 Week 2 Quiz | regent-university

•             Question 1              

                C.S. Lewis says (1) the “Law of Human Nature” (ie. the “Moral Law”) and (2) the other “laws of nature,” such as the law of gravitation and the biological laws, are _______________. (Bk I, Mere Christianity)              

                a. entirely different because “law” for each is used in a different sense.

                b. are essentially the same because they explain all natural tendencies, including human sinfulness.

                c. similar, except that the Moral Law governs what human beings ought to do while the other laws of nature govern the way things are.

                d. different because each culture or personal moral code is different.

•             Question 2               

                C.S. Lewis, when he discusses what he calls the universal “Law of Right and Wrong,” _______________.

(Bk I, Mere Christianity)                                               

               a. says that it is known only to a few.

                b. suggests that it is impossible to know for certain its content.

                c. argues that it is a real thing that actually exists (and is therefore objective).

                d. admits that it is mostly based upon one’s own culture or family values.

•             Question 3               

                Philip Ryken says every time a person violates God’s law, _______________. (Written in Stone)                                            

                a. it puts creation in a state of even greater disarray.

                b. it’s sinful, but only if that person is a Christian.

                c. it’s an offense against God and a direct assault upon God himself.

                d. it proves that mankind is powerless to avoid sin.

•             Question 4               

                According to Ryken, God’s Moral Law expressed in the decalogue _______________. (Written in Stone)                                      

                a. is an excellent moral code which he hopes all Christians will adopt.

                b. remains in force for all persons in all places for all times.

                c. no longer applies because of Christ’s redemption of mankind.

                d. was only for the Jewish people.

•             Question 5               

                God holds us accountable _______________. (Written in Stone)                                           

                a. not only for our outward actions, but also for the sins we commit in the privacy of our hearts, minds, and wills.

                b. for our outward actions only.

                c. for none of our sins, since they are all forgiven.

                d. for the sins we commit in the privacy of our hearts, minds, and wills.

•             Question 6               

                The Westminister Catechism teaches that _______________. (Written in Stone)                           

                a. there are many different interpretations for what each command prohibits.

                b. each commandment marks a category of sins, while the commandment itself states only the most heinous form.

                c. the civil, ceremonial, and moral laws are the same.

                d. each Christian is free to choose the commandments she believes she should follow.

•             Question 7               

                What Ryken calls the “all-at-once-rule” states _______________. (Written in Stone)                                   

                a. not every moral obligation is to be done at all times.

                b. what God forbids must never be done.

                c. what God commands is always a duty or moral obligation.

                d. [all of the above (a, b, and c)]

•             Question 8               

                Socrates gets Polus to agree that “doing what is unjust” is worse that “suffering injustice” because _______________. (Plato, Gorgias)                                     

                a. injustice is more costly.

                b. doing an injustice is more painful.

                c. doing injustice does more harm.

                d. doing an injustice is more shameful.

•             Question 9               

                Socrates and Polus agree __________________. (Plato, Gorgias)                                          

               a. that escaping punishment is more painful that suffering one’s due punishment.

                b. that a person who commits an injustice should go to the judge and ask for his punishment.

                c. to disagree; they ultimately cannot arrive at a common position.

                d. that flowery words or rhetoric is the best way to conceal one’s own injustices.

•             Question 10               

                According to Jeremy Bentham, “utility” is ________________. (Ch1, An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation)                                               

                a. the opposite of “moral.”

                b. the measure of how useful a person might be to you.

                c. the key to happiness.

                d. the tendency of some thing (or situation) to produce pleasure or prevent pain.

•             Question 11               

                Both Thomas Aquinas and Francis Beckwith agree that the natural law ________________. (Ch2, Never Doubt Thomas and Summa Theologica I-II)                                       

                a. is a universally-shared or agreed-upon body or system of moral beliefs.

                b. is an unpersuasive form of moral reasoning when expressed to non-Christians.

                c. can only be known by divine revelation, which is handed down to us in the Bible.

                d. can be blotted out from the human heart either by evil persuasions or by vicious customs and corrupt habits.

•             Question 12               

                What does Thomas Aquinas mean by the “divine law” or “God’s law?” (Ch2, Never Doubt Thomas and Summa Theologica I-II)                                 

                a. the belief that kings have a right to rule which is given to them by God.

                b. the moral law written on the heart of man.

                c. the moral rules and principles given by divine revelation (ie. what God has revealed specifically in the Old and New Testaments).

                d. the laws that bring order to and govern creation.

•             Question 13               

                According to Thomas Aquinas, the eternal law is God’s wise plan for all of creation that includes ______________. (Summa Theologica I-II)                                               

                a. the laws that control all movement in nature.

                b. the natural law (ie. the “law we have in us by nature”) and God’s law.

                c. [both a and b]

                d. [neither a nor b]

•             Question 14         

                Thomas Aquinas says ______________. (Summa Theologica I-II)                                           

                a. all human law is reasonable (ie. in accord with “right reason”).

                b. whatever society considers “reasonable” can never, strictly speaking, be wrong.

                c. each human being is a law in itself.

                d. all wrongdoing is unreasonable (ie. contrary to “right reason”).

•             Question 15

               Thomas Aquinas argues that man _______ fulfill God’s law (the divine law) without the help of God’s grace. (Summa Theologica I-II)                                               

                a. can rarely

                b. cannot ever

                c. can always

                d. can sometimes