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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 denies this to be true.
(c) He is not sure if this is true.
(d) He believes this to be true.

2. Can two objects both possess goodness, but to differing degrees?
(a) Maybe.
(b) Yes.
(c) Sometimes.
(d) No.

3. Does God have beginning and/or end?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Only at first.
(d) Sometimes.

4. This _________ contains all ideals; this being is God.
(a) Ideal.
(b) Thought.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Hope.

5. What must exist to make choices between two or more things?
(a) Goodness.
(b) Prayer.
(c) An ideal.
(d) Thought.

Short Answer Questions

1. God is defined as the being "than which ______________ can be conceived."

2. God must create from what?

3. Anselm begins the Proslogium in the preface by stating his dissatisfaction with _______________ and his rationale for writing the Proslogium.

4. We can only ascribe certain properties to God within what?

5. How is the answer to number 59 stated in the Old Testament?

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