PHIL 300 Week 5 Quiz 2

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Quiz #2 (Hick & Pascal)

Question 1

According to Hick, the problem of evil has traditionally been posed in which form?  

·         a proof 

·         a syllogism  

·         a riddle  

·         a dilemma

 

Question 2

What position is common to all three responses to the problem of evil that Hick discusses?  

·         the free-will defense 

·         metaphysical dualism  

·         mysticism  

·         transcendental idealism

 

Question 3

According to Augustine, what is the source of all evil in the world?  

·         God's evil intentions

·         the misuse of creaturely freedom  

·         random conditions in the world  

·         greed

 

Question 4

According to Augustine, natural evils (like disease and natural disasters) are:  

·         unrelated to human sin  

·         caused by the devil  

·         symbols of God's vengeance  

·         punishments for sin

 

 

Question 5

According to Irenaeus, in the first stage of the creation of humans, God made humans:  

·         perfect beings  

·         fully mature beings 

·         imperfect beings  

·         morally complete beings

 

Question 6

According to St. Irenaeus, evil is inevitable when the world is understood as a place for:  

·         soul making  

·         waiting for judgment  

·         pleasure seeking  

·         suffering

 

Question 7

According to process theodicy, how is the reality of evil in the world measured?  

·         by the number of souls in hell  

·         by the badness in human actions  

·         by the extent to which God's will is thwarted by human freedom 

·         by the selfish intentions of human beings

 

Question 8

Process theology agrees with traditional Christian theology that God has unlimited power.  

·         True  

·         False

 

Question 9

What does Pascal's "wager" about God seek to establish?  

·         that God's existence is obvious

·         that a person shouldn't believe in God 

·         that God is an infinite being  

·         that a person should believe in God

 

Question 10

What does Pascal recommend for those who simply cannot believe even if they are convinced by the wager?  

·         seeking justification in science  

·         behaving as if they truly believed  

·         going through the wager thought-experiment again  

·         reviewing the proofs for God