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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In chapter forty-one we discover that God "begets" in the most perfect and true way but is also __________ in the most perfect and true way.
(a) "Ridiculed."
(b) "Begotten."
(c) "Killed."
(d) "Born."

2. God has no ___________________.
(a) Feelings.
(b) Beginning.
(c) End.
(d) Beginning or end.

3. 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 believes this to be true.
(b) He is not sure if this is true.
(c) He will test this to see if it is true.
(d) He denies this to be true.

4. Souls will be awarded according to what?
(a) Hope.
(b) Love.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Justice.

5. Chapters one and two _____________ the ontological argument.
(a) Consider.
(b) Explain.
(c) Confuse.
(d) Prefigure.

Short Answer Questions

1. This being exists in the ________ sense.

2. God's compassion and justice are compatible because through __________________, God will make the wicked good and thus worthy of forgiveness.

3. Can we truly understand the nature of the Trinity?

4. God can be properly called what, in regards to the Trinity?

5. Why must God exist?

(see the answer key)

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