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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Cur Deus Homo, Book I, Chapters I - XXV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Cur Deus Homo written?
(a) To answer various questions.
(b) To answer one question.
(c) To support the Monologium.
(d) To support the Proslogium.

2. What is Boso's role?
(a) He contradicts all that Anselm believes.
(b) He is Anselm's ally.
(c) He challenges all of Anselm's theories.
(d) He challenges Anselm's theory of atonement.

3. Chapters twenty-five through twenty-nine discuss the fact that God is an unchanging ____________.
(a) Son.
(b) Friend.
(c) Substance.
(d) Father.

4. Chapter sixteen raises a challenge: since God is equivalent to all his properties, can't we understand God when we understand these properties? How does Anselm respond?
(a) He will test this to see if it is true.
(b) He believes this to be true.
(c) He denies this to be true.
(d) He is not sure if this is true.

5. God's conception of Himself and His relation to the world is The Word that has always existed where?
(a) With Him.
(b) Near Him.
(c) Far from Him.
(d) In front of Him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is "Cur Deus Homo" translated?

2. Chapter five maintains that only God could redeem humanity. Why?

3. Souls will be awarded according to what?

4. Does God have beginning and/or end?

5. God exists in every place and time. Can he also exist in neither any place nor any time?

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