ST. ANTHONY COLLEGE OF ROXAS CITY, INC.

San Roque Extension, Roxas City

Capiz, Philippines

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING

MIDTERM EXAMS

CATECHESIS ON SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Name: _____Jay Villasoto___________________________ Year Level/Section: __BSN 3

STEM___________

Exam Date: Nov. 16, 2020 Exam Schedule: 5:00-6:00 PM

General Instructions:

1. You are only given at least an hour to finish the exam;

2. After finishing the exam, please send this via email to:
For BSN 3 A (STEM): pjparcebsn3a@gmail.com
For BSN 3 B (NON-STEM): pjparcebsn3b@gmail.com
3. This is an Exam – STRICTLY CLOSED NOTES;
4. Please put your answers as neatly as possible;

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.

a. Social Responsibility c. Workers’ interests

b. Social Doctrine d. Catechesis

2. Catechesis on Social Doctrine was written by Popes as a response to the aggiornamento

– addressed to especially urgent questions of Rerum Novarum. What is the technical
meaning of “aggiornamento”?

a. Living in the Present c. Signs of the Times

b. Social Questions d. Political Actions

3. How deeply can the Church become involved in social questions?

a. She is to replace the non-functioning offices of government

b. Offer solutions to particular issues like immigration, worker protection
c. Make policies for the government
d. Inspire policies that are in keeping with the Gospel values

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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. Quadragesimo Anno c. Centissimus Annus

b. Humane Vitae d. Vatican II Council

5. He is the proto-type of the human being.

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)

______False_________1. The goal of every individual is to get rich in order to praise God.
_______False________2. To desire the “common good”, man must be capable of thinking
of his own needs.
_______False________3. Poor people cannot practice “common good” because they have
nothing to share with other people.
______False_________4. ‘Laudato Si’ speaks about a preferential option for the poor.

____True___________5. Subsidiarity is an organizing principle that matters ought to be

handled by the smallest, lowest or least centralized competent authority.
_____True__________6. Private Property cannot take priority over the common good,
since, in principle, all goods must serve all people.

_______False________7. The Principle of Subsidiarity is one of the latest encyclicals

published by the Church formulated by Pius IX.
_______False________8. When the superior level does not claim competence if the lower
level can solve the problem by itself, it is called Offer of Assistance.

______True_________9. The Catholic Social Doctrine provides enough reason for Catholics
to involve themselves in protests against the government.
_____True__________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
_______L__________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.

_______I__________2. On the 80th anniversary of Rerum Novarum, a series of special issues are
addressed, for instance: unemployment, environmental problems, and
population growth.

_______F__________3. Reflections on a worldwide common effort for the development of all

peoples and world peace.

_______H__________4. On the transmission of human life and the dignity of marriage.

______G___________5. Ecclesiastical recognition of liberty as a right that is founded on

the dignity
of the person; a goal is to establish a foothold for freedom of religion in
national constitutions worldwide.

______E___________6. Promotes freedom and the propagation of human rights as

central concerns of the Church.

______B___________7. The goal of social doctrine is to create a genuine community in which

needs
are satisfied and the dignity of each individual is promoted.

______C___________8. Encyclical on the 40th Anniversary of Rerum Novarum: demands a:

living
wage that can feed a family; rejects unlimited free enterprise; develops
the principle of subsidiarity.

________A_________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.

________D_________10. A comprehensive dialogue with modern culture, economy, and society

begins; society and its structures should be ordered to the “progress of
the human person” (GS 25).