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. God expresses Himself through a "____________ Word."
(a) Single.
(b) Strange.
(c) Multi-faceted.
(d) Coeternal.

2. The existence of everything else is caused to be by what?
(a) An accident.
(b) Evolution.
(c) An explosion.
(d) Something else.

3. Anselm argues that the argument in number 47 is what?
(a) Conceivable.
(b) Wrong.
(c) Insane.
(d) Inconceivable.

4. God has how many ultimate descriptions?
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

5. Chapters eighteen through twenty-four describe God's what?
(a) Inability to feel compassion.
(b) Eternality and omnipresence.
(c) Love and kindness.
(d) Desire for justice.

6. What is the only absolutely true thing that can be said of God?
(a) He can be understood.
(b) Everyone believes He exists.
(c) He is the only God.
(d) He is what He is.

7. In chapter seven, Anselm argues that all beings other than God derive their nature from whom?
(a) Satan.
(b) Other gods.
(c) Man.
(d) God.

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

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

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

11. Anselm's arguments will be consistent with what?
(a) Other arguments.
(b) Some Christian denominations.
(c) Most views.
(d) Christian tradition.

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

13. 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.

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

15. Can created substances be accurately compared to Him?
(a) Probably.
(b) Maybe.
(c) No.
(d) Yes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the answer to number 86 follow?

2. All things live through whom?

3. We can understand aspects of Him, but we cannot do what?

4. God's idea of Himself is equivalent to what?

5. The first man, Adam, discarded a state of unity with God which was __________ to keep.

(see the answer keys)

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