Liberal Learning - Final Exam UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

Liberal Learning - Final Exam UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
A pair of glasses got left in the sun in Phoenix and the glass broke (true story). This is best
explained as a failure of the:

A. Final Cause

B. Efficient Cause

C. Material Cause

D. Formal Cause - CORRECT ANSWER Material Cause



Relative to a cookie, the Efficient Cause is:

Nourishment

The flour and sugar

cookie-ness

The baker - CORRECT ANSWER The Baker



The Efficient Cause of this particular quiz question that you are reading at this moment is:

Sr. Maria Frassati

You, the quiz taking student
Blackboard

The University of St. Thomas - CORRECT ANSWER Sr. Maria Frassati



The final cause of a tortilla is:

A. Flour

B. Roundness

C. Abuela

D. Nourishment - CORRECT ANSWER Nourishment



Which two causes are EXTRINSIC to a thing? (select both)

,Efficient Cause

Material Cause

Formal Cause

Final Cause - CORRECT ANSWER Efficient Cause

Final Cause



Kintsugi is a really cool Japanese artform that uses gold to mend broken dishes. Here is an
example where you see the gold in what used to be the cracks. After the artist is done, the
dish is usable again. Check out this example:

Gold

The artist

A dish

Beauty - CORRECT ANSWER A dish



When I say that the will seeks the good, the good is what, relative to the will?

Efficient Cause

Material Cause

Formal Cause

Final Cause - CORRECT ANSWER Final Cause



In action, the efficient cause works most closely with:
Final Cause

Formal Cause

Material Cause - CORRECT ANSWER Material Cause



The material cause of a tree is:

A gardener
"treeness"
Plant cells

, To give shade - CORRECT ANSWER Plant cells



When I use a crochet hook to make a yarn blanket:
The hook is the final cause of the blanket.

The hook is part of the material cause because I can hold it in my hand.

The hook is part of the formal cause because it forms the blanket.

The hook is an instrumental efficent cause because it remains extrinsic to the blanket -
CORRECT ANSWER The hook is an instrumental efficent cause because it remains
extrinsic to the blanket



If you are standing on a chair and it breaks, the company who made it is not liable for your
injuries because you were ignoring which cause?

Efficient Cause

Material Cause

Formal Cause

Final Cause - CORRECT ANSWER Final Cause



In action, the formal cause is most obviously impacted and defined by which other cause?

Final Cause

Efficent Cause

Material Cause - CORRECT ANSWER Final Cause



When you volunteer to undertake the project at work, you are making yourself the:

Efficient Cause

Material Cause

Formal Cause

Final Cause - CORRECT ANSWER Efficient Cause