1. Each of the following is an essential feature of law EXCEPT:
a. It must be rational.
b. It must be made known.
c. It aims at the good of certain individuals only.
d. It must be made by whoever has care of the community.
2. Law is more concerned with protecting property rights than with making human beings
good.
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3. Each of the following is a type of law discussed by St. Thomas in our reading
EXCEPT:
a. divine law
b. eternal law
c. human law
d. none of the above

4. If a law is not promulgated, then
a. It is not a legitimate law.
b. Everyone has a duty to search for and discover it.
c. It is binding only on those who are able to discover it.
d. None of the above.

5. A law whose effect is to diminish the common good would, according to St. Thomas,
be
a. Legitimate, so long as it’s made by him who has care of the community.
b. An ordinance of reason.
c. Legitimate, so long as it’s promulgated.
d. Tyrannical.

6. Which of the following statements about the eternal law is correct?
a. It is God’s rule over the cosmos
b. It is identical with God’s essence, and as such cannot be known in itself.
c. It is identical with Divine Reason
d. All of the above

7. Divine law is necessary because
a. Of the restricted scope of the human law.
b. Of man’s inability to judge other men’s motives and intent.
c. Man’s ultimate end is not discoverable by human reason.
d. All of the above.

8. Each of the following statements is consistent with St. Thomas’ natural law theory
EXCEPT:
a. The good is that which is consistent with man’s nature.
b. All lifestyles are natural.
c. The purpose of law is to make men good.
d. That which runs contrary to man’s nature is “evil”.
9. Each of the following is a natural human inclination enumerated by Thomas Aquinas
EXCEPT:
a. To know the truth about God
b. To procreate
c. To live in society
d. None of the above.

10. According to Thomas Aquinas’ concept of Natural Law, all of the following would be
deemed immoral EXCEPT:
a. Suicide
b. Homosexuality
c. Willful ignorance
d. None of the above

11. According to St. Thomas’ Natural Law teaching,
i. God is the author of the natural law
ii. human laws are always grounded in the natural law
iii. Nobody can have any understanding of the natural law if they lack access to the Bible
and its teachings
iv. morality is inseparable from human nature
v. Man’s natural inclinations in one society may be completely different in another
society
vi. killing innocents is wrong only because in the Bible God said “Thou Shalt Not Kill.”
vii. Philosophy (the love of wisdom) is natural, and hence good.
a. i, ii, iii.
b. i, v, vi.
c. i, iv, vii.
d. iii, vi, vii.

12. Human law
a. Is man-made.
b. Is the application of natural law
c. Is valid only if it aims at the common good
d. All of the above

13. Nature is to convention as
i. what is mutable is to what is immutable
ii. what is immutable is to what is mutable
iii. biology is to fashion
iv. divine law is to natural law
v. natural law is to man-made law
a. i, ii, iv.
b. ii, iv.
c. i, ii, v.
d. ii, iii, v.