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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Monologium, Chapters I - VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Some being had to __________ being.
(a) Originate.
(b) Evolve into.
(c) Hope for.
(d) Change into another.

2. Could God have been brought into existence by anything else?
(a) Most likely.
(b) Maybe.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

3. He exclaims that the mind was created to do what?
(a) Sin.
(b) Be creative.
(c) Doubt.
(d) Contemplate God and focus on Him alone.

4. God is not just with respect to _______. He is just to Himself because He does what is perfectly good.
(a) His angels.
(b) Us.
(c) Himself.
(d) Jesus.

5. In chapter seven, Anselm argues that God is not only omnipotent but incapable of certain things. What can He not do?
(a) He cannot be tricked by evil and He cannot have complete power.
(b) He cannot force us to believe and He cannot bend our wills.
(c) He cannot do evil and He cannot fail to have maximal power.
(d) He cannot care about others and He cannot hear our pleas.

Short Answer Questions

1. God is identical with what?

2. Why must the answer to number 35 exist?

3. Chapters one and two _____________ the ontological argument.

4. To be God is to be what?

5. Anselm believes that his project of proving God's existence is a case of "________ seeking understanding."

(see the answer key)

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