QUIZ 4 - 4 CAUSES AND 5 PROOFS

1. This refers to the matter or substance out
of which a thing is made. It answers the
question, "What is it made of?"

• A. Efficient Cause

• B. Final Cause

• C. Formal Cause

• D. Material Cause

2. It is the primary source of change or motion, the
agent or force that brings something into existence
or causes a change. It answers the question, "By
what is it made?" or "What brought it about?" This is
the closest to our modern understanding of "cause."

• A. Efficient Cause

• B. Final Cause

• C. Formal Cause

• D. Material Cause

3. This is the form, pattern, essence, or structure that
defines a thing. It answers the question, "What is it?"
or "What is its nature?" It's the blueprint or the
organizing principle.

• A. Efficient Cause

• B. Final Cause

• C. Formal Cause

• D. Material Cause

4. This is the end, purpose, or goal for which a thing
exists or for which an action is done (its telos). It
answers the question, "For what purpose does it
exist?" or "What is it for?"

• A. Efficient Cause

• B. Final Cause

• C. Formal Cause

• D. Material Cause

5. For a house, the __________ is to provide
shelter, living space, and a home for its
inhabitants.

• A. Efficient Cause

• B. Final Cause

• C. Formal Cause

• D. Material Cause

6. Everything that moves is moved by something
else. This chain of movers cannot go on infinitely;
otherwise, there would be no first mover and thus no
subsequent movement.

• A. Unmoved Mover

• B. Uncaused Cause

• C. Possibilities and
  Necessities

• D. Goodness

• E. Designer

7. We observe contingent beings in the world – things
that come into existence and cease to exist. If everything
were contingent, then at some point, nothing would have
existed. But since something exists now, there must be a
necessary being whose existence is not contingent on
anything else.

• A. Unmoved Mover

• B. Uncaused Cause

• C. Possibilities and
  Necessities

• D. Goodness

• E. Designer

8. We observe different degrees of perfection in
things (e.g.,goodness, truth, beauty). These degrees imply
the existence of a maximum, a most perfect being that is
the standard against which all other perfections are
measured and from which they are derived. This most
perfect being is God.

• A. Unmoved Mover

• B. Uncaused Cause

• C. Possibilities and
  Necessities

• D. Gradation of Being

• E. Designer

9. Everything that exists has a cause. It is impossible
for something to be the cause of itself because it would
have to exist before itself. This chain of causes cannot
extend infinitely; otherwise, there would be no first cause,
and thus no subsequent effects.

• A. Unmoved Mover

• B. Uncaused Cause

• C. Possibilities and
  Necessities

• D. Goodness

• E. Designer

10. We see that things in the natural world, even those
lacking intelligence, act in a regular and purposeful way to
achieve certain ends. This order and finality imply the
existence of an intelligent being who directs them to their
ends.

• A. Unmoved Mover

• B. Uncaused Cause

• C. Possibilities and
  Necessities

• D. Goodness

• E. Designer