BSN 3 Midterms - Questionnaire
BSN 3 Midterms - Questionnaire
BSN 3 Midterms - Questionnaire
Capiz, Philippines
MIDTERM EXAMS
General Instructions:
Test. I. Multiple Choice. HIGHLIGHT IN BOLD the correct answer. (2 points each)
1. This term refers to those statements on social questions that the Church’s Magisterium
has issued since the Encyclical “Rerum Novarum” by Pope Leo XIII.
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4. What Church document can we read Pope John Paul II’s teaching which says, “The
Church values the democratic system inasmuch as it ensures the participation of citizens
in making political choices, guarantees to the governed the possibility bot of electing
and holding accountable those who govern them, and of replacing them through
peaceful means when appropriate…Thus, she cannot encourage the formation of
narrow ruling groups which usurp the power of the State for individual interests or for
ideological ends. Authentic democracy is possible only in a State ruled by law and on the
basis of a correct conception of the human person”?
a. Cain c. Jesus
b. Adam d. Moses
Test II. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and write False if the statement is wrong. (2
points each)
_______________1. The goal of every individual is to get rich in order to praise God.
_______________2. To desire the “common good”, man must be capable of thinking of his
own needs.
_______________3. Poor people cannot practice “common good” because they have nothing
to share with other people.
_______________4. ‘Laudato Si’ speaks about a preferential option for the poor.
_______________9. The Catholic Social Doctrine provides enough reason for Catholics to
involve themselves in protests against the government.
_______________10. Social Doctrine is an “official” teaching of the Church.
Test III. Write the correct letter of the encyclical that corresponds to the following content.
Choose from the box.
Rerum Novarum F. Populorum Progressio K. Caritas in Veritate 2
Mater et Magistra G. Dignitatis Humanae L. Laudato Si
Quadragesimo Anno H. Humanae Vitae
Gaudium et Spes I. Octogesima Adveniens
_________________1. The second Encyclical by Francis discusses questions of preserving the
environment in the larger context of the right of all human beings to life
and comprehensive, dignified development.
_________________2. On the 80th anniversary of Rerum Novarum, a series of special issues are
addressed, for instance: unemployment, environmental problems, and
population growth.
_________________9. First social encyclical: on the right to property, the rejection of class
warfare, the rights of the weak and the dignity of the poor; on the right
of workers to form labor unions.