GENE 250 Week 6 Quiz

GENE 250 Week 6 Quiz | regent-university

•             Question 1               

                In his book, Christopher Yuan makes it clear that he thinks homosexuality exists because _____________. (Ch7-9, Holy Sexuality)

               a. some have wrongly-ordered sexual desires (ie. sexual desires that do not have Biblical marriage as their proper “end”).

                b. some people experience same-sex attraction.

                c. some are confused about how far you can take platonic friendships.

                d. some have an improper definition of “sexual orientation.”

•             Question 2               

                According to Yuan, what is meant by “nonsexual romantic desires”? (Ch7-9, Holy Sexuality)                                        

                a. yearning to become permanently and exclusively united with someone you hold dear.

                b. the desire to date a person and have that person as your significant other.

                c. the kind of desire often experienced by women who experience same-sex attraction.

                d. wanting to kiss someone.

•             Question 3               

                Grudem compares those who encourage children to follow their feelings and choose their own gender identity with those who _______________. (Ch33, “Homosexuality and Transgenderism”)                                        

               a. help adults work through various types of psychological problems.

                b. believe the moral teachings of the Bible are out of touch with our times. 

                c. would tell a severely underweight anorexic girl she is right to think she’s fat.

                d. encourage children to experiment with homosexuality.

•             Question 4               

                Grudem argues that _______________. (Ch33, “Homosexuality and Transgenderism”)                                              

               a. there is no evidence proving that homosexuality is set or genetically determined before birth.

                b. the moral standard for what is considered acceptable homosexual conduct is slowly changing.

                c. the Bible does not address same-sex orientation.

                d.  some are born gay and therefore are unable to change their sexual orientation.

•             Question 5               

                According to the Timothy Dailey, which of the Old Testament laws were not done away with at the death of Jesus on the cross? (“Confusing the Moral and Ceremonial Law”)                                        

                  a. the moral law

                b. civil laws

                c. ceremonial laws

                d. the juridical laws

•             Question 6               

                Regarding the human sexual powers, Budziszewski says that _______________. (“Designed for Sex: What We Lose When We Forget What Sex Is For”)                                              

                a. there is no meaningful purpose.

                b. there are two natural purposes (unitive and procreative), but they cannot be separated without diminishing them both.

                c. there are three purposes: to unite two people, to procreate, and to experience pleasure.

                d. there are two possible purposes: unitive and procreative.

•             Question 7               

                Budziszewski suggests the “sexual revolution” of the 1960s has produced a sexual landscape with four “corners,” _______________. (“Designed for Sex: What We Lose When We Forget What Sex Is For”)                                       

                a. and corner “D” is the wave of the future.

                b. and corner “B” is the worst.

                c. and while corner “C” has its flaws, it nevertheless fulfills the unitive purpose of marriage.

                d. but none of these lead to human flourishing and healthy human relationships.

•             Question 8               

                According to Ryken, the original Hebrew word for “kill” (ratzach) in “Thou shalt not kill” (KJV) did not include ________________. (Ch9, “Live and Let Live”)                                

                a. killing for a good cause.

                b. abortion and suicide.

                c. accidental deaths.

                d. capital punishment and killing in war.

•             Question 9               

                Ryken says that all unlawful killing of human life, including euthanasia, is wrong because _______________. (Ch9, “Live and Let Live”)                                        

                a. suicide is wrong, and euthanasia is a form of suicide.

                b. God alone has sovereignty over life and death.

                c. it’s always wrong to violate the written ‘law of the land.’

                d. killing is only allowed in self-defense.

•             Question 10               

                Ryken defines hatred as _________. (Ch9, “Live and Let Live”)                                

                a. a permanent and vindictive grudge against someone which effectively involves wishing that person was dead.

                b. feelings of dislike or ill will.

                c. the worst form of self-deception.

                d. failing to prevent, protect, or save another person from suffering bodily harm or injury.

•             Question 11               

                Aquinas says that while acts of self-defense can be legitimate, ______________. (Summa Theologiae II-II q.64)                                               

                 a. instances in which a person’s life is truly threatened are rare, if not nonexistent.

                b. such acts are nonetheless wrong if your act of self-defense costs the attacker his life.

                c. only public authorities are permitted to act in self-defense.

                d. a person who uses more force than necessary to defend himself will always be doing wrong.

•             Question 12               

                Justice Scalia points out that the Holocaust, a “tale of insanity and diabolical cruelty” in which 6 million people were killed, _____________. (Scalia Speaks, “The Holocaust”)                                            

                 a. was the result of a deranged dictator’s lust for blood, which he mercilessly exacted on the Jewish people.

                b. sadly could happen virtually anywhere in the world if the wrong nationalist, fascist-leaning leader is allowed to come to power.

                c. happened in one of the most educated, progressive, and most cultured countries in the world.

                d. should be remembered despite the vehement insistence from Holocaust deniers that the tale never happened.

•             Question 13                

                Mother Teresa suggests that America, since the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, has been _____________. (“Amicus Brief to the Supreme Court”)                                            

                a. in a state of sad infidelity to America’s highest ideals and in violation of a sacred trust to stand as an example to the rest of the world.

                b. charting a path of moral progress which has resembled the civil rights movement of the 1960s.

                c. deeply divided over the issue of abortion because of an inability to decide when human life begins.

                d. becoming more and more godless as it loses sight of the Moral Law and forgets God’s promise to punish the wicked.

•             Question 14                

                Kant says suicide is a violation of a person’s duty to God because _____________. (“On Killing Oneself”)                                            

               a. suicide is a violation of the Moral Law, specifically the 6th commandment.

                b. suicide amounts to abandoning the post assigned him in the world without having been called away from it.

                c. a human being has a positive duty to himself to preserve himself in his animal nature.

                d. God alone is the author of life and death.

•             Question 15               

                Mundy worries that the increased social acceptance of physician-assisted suicide _____________. (“Freedom, Choice, and Physician-Assisted Suicide”)                                              

                a. will lead America into a broad range of social ills, such as drug abuse, depression, and eventually anarchy.

                b. is not happening fast enough.

                c. cannot be reversed.

                d. is evidence of the spread of a broader secular ideology of autonomy, where individual choice is prized or valued most.