St. Anselm: Basic Writings Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

St. Anselm
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St. Anselm: Basic Writings Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

St. Anselm
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapters one and two argue that a being which is "best, and greatest and highest of all existing beings" _________ exist.
(a) Might.
(b) Must.
(c) Do not.
(d) Could.

2. This being is the best of all beings for what reason?
(a) It is the source of all being.
(b) It is the most compassionate of all beings.
(c) It is the best of all beings.
(d) It is the smartest of all beings.

3. There must be an ideal by which to do what?
(a) Understand all things.
(b) Create.
(c) Compare all things.
(d) Consider.

4. Through ________ man suffers in misery.
(a) Sin.
(b) Fear.
(c) Pain.
(d) Doubt.

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

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

7. Does God derive His existence through nothing?
(a) Yes.
(b) Maybe.
(c) No.
(d) Most likely.

8. Who or what is this Word?
(a) Adam.
(b) Jesus Christ.
(c) Man.
(d) All of Creation.

9. In chapter fourteen, Anselm follows up by arguing that God can be seen but also not seen by who?
(a) The devil.
(b) The angels.
(c) All of mankind.
(d) Those who follow and seek Him.

10. God is defined as the being "than which ______________ can be conceived."
(a) Nothing lesser.
(b) Nothing greater.
(c) Everything lesser.
(d) Everything greater.

11. Why is the answer to number 33 this type of goodness?
(a) If it were not, it would be ideal.
(b) If it were not, it would not be an ideal.
(c) Only one type of goodness exists.
(d) Only some things can be good.

12. God the Father and the Son both possess properties together. Does God also possess separate properties?
(a) Not at first.
(b) Maybe.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

13. What does this Word help to "express" or create?
(a) Many thing.s
(b) Nothing.
(c) The world.
(d) Some things.

14. God is identical with what?
(a) His own life.
(b) Justice.
(c) Man.
(d) Love.

15. God's idea of Himself is equivalent to what?
(a) Himself.
(b) Ourselves.
(c) Oneself.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. He exclaims that the mind was created to do what?

2. Humans were created primarily to do what?

3. We cannot even do what without His help?

4. Chapter five argues that this being must exist through what?

5. Chapters one through six describe the relationship of God to what?

(see the answer keys)

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