PHIL 201 Quiz God and Evil
Due Oct 9 at 11:59pm Points 75 Questions 25
Time Limit 45 Minutes
Instructions
The quiz:
Covers the Learn material from Module 7: Week 7.
Contains 25 multiple-choice and true/false questions.
Is limited to 45 minutes.
Allows 1 attempt.
Is worth 75 points.
You may refer to your notes and textbooks at any time during the assessment.
Submit this assignment by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module 7: Week 7.
Attempt History Attempt Time Score
LATEST Attempt 1 36 minutes 63 out of 75
Correct answers are hidden. 3 / 3 pts
Score for this quiz: 63 out of 75
Submitted Oct 3 at 1:40pm
This attempt took 36 minutes.
Question 1
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According to sociologists, we now live in:
A Postsecular age
The dark ages
An age where religion will play an insigniUcant role in
contemporary life.
the age of Christendom.
Question 2 3 / 3 pts
If successful, as a result of the Moral Argument, we learn there
is a:
Cosmic Morality
Cosmic Intelligence
Transcendent Cause
None of the above
Question 3 3 / 3 pts
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David Hume thought the teleological argument was successful
in showing that the Christian God exists.
True
False
Question 4 3 / 3 pts
Which argument for God is Anselm of Canterbury most-known
for?
The Cosmological Argument
The Teleological Argument
The Moral Argument
The Ontological Argument
Question 5 3 / 3 pts
The “multiverse hypothesis” is a prominent objection to the
moral argument.
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True
False
Question 6 3 / 3 pts
Humans by nature worship that which is considered ultimate.
True
False
Question 7 3 / 3 pts
According to the Kalam Cosmological Argument:
The universe has a beginning.
The second law of thermodynamics is evidence for the
beginning of the universe.
Whatever begins to exist must have a cause.
All of the above
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Incorrect Question 8 0 / 3 pts
William Paley’s famous “Watch maker” argument is an example
of which kind of argument for God?
Cosmological Argument
Teleological Argument
Moral Argument
Ontological Argument
Question 9 3 / 3 pts
According to William Lane Craig, the expansion of the universe
provides evidence for the eternality of the universe.
True
False
Incorrect Question 10 0 / 3 pts
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that there is a:
Cosmic Morality
Cosmic Intelligence
Transcendent Cause
None of the above
Question 11 3 / 3 pts
According to the philosopher Stephen Evans, the evidence for
God is:
Widely available and easily resistible
Widely available and irresistible
Narrowly available
Inscrutable
Question 12 3 / 3 pts
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learn there is a
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Cosmic Morality
Cosmic Intelligence
Transcendent Cause
None of the above
Question 13 3 / 3 pts
If successful, the Kalam Cosmological Argument rules out:
Theism
Naturalism
Pantheism
A and C
B and C
Question 14 3 / 3 pts
There is only one version of the problem of evil.
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True
False
Question 15 3 / 3 pts
God can do the logically impossible.
True
False
Question 16 3 / 3 pts
As a response to the evidential problem of evil, if one argues
“here is God’s reason for permitting evil,” they are providing:
A theodicy
A doxology
A skeptical theist reply
None of the above
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Question 17 3 / 3 pts
The logical problem of evil attempts to show which of the
following?
The co-existence of God and evil is impossible.
The co-existence of God and evil is improbable.
The co-existence of God and evil is possible.
The co-existence of God and evil is highly likely.
Question 18 3 / 3 pts
According to Richard Gale, evil is an “ought not to be, an Oh No!”
True
False
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True
False
Question 20 3 / 3 pts
According to the evidential problem of evil, probably, pointless
evil exists.
True
False
Question 21 3 / 3 pts
Which version of freedom does Plantinga’s Free-Will Defense
utlize?
Compatibilist Freedom
Libertarian Freedom
Soft Determinism
Hard Incompatibilism
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Question 22 3 / 3 pts
As a response to the evidential problem of evil, if one argues
“there is a morally suecient reason for God’s permitting evil, we
just can’t know it in all cases,” they are providing what the
textbook calls:
A theodicy
A doxology
A skeptical theist reply
None of the above
Incorrect Question 23 0 / 3 pts
To claim “there is nothing God can’t do” is problematic,
according to our reading on evil, for what reason?
The claim that God is omnipotent does not appear in the Bible.
Any claim about “nothing” does not literally refer to anything.
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The claim taken literally would mean God is able to oppose
himself.
None of the above.
Incorrect Question 24 0 / 3 pts
The evidential problem of evil attempts to show which of the
following?
The co-existence of God and evil is impossible.
The co-existence of God and evil is improbable.
The co-existence of God and evil is possible.
The co-existence of God and evil is highly likely.
Question 25 3 / 3 pts
Which of the following thinkers famously advanced the “soul-
making” theodicy:
Augustine
Immanuel Kant
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John Hick Quiz Score: 63 out of 75
Bertrand Russell
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