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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As what does the Word exist?
(a) A thing.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A place.
(d) An idea.

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

3. 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) "Killed."
(c) "Begotten."
(d) "Born."

4. We cannot even do what without His help?
(a) Be influenced.
(b) Make choices.
(c) Sin.
(d) Seek God.

5. When we compare two objects, we must implicitly rely on what?
(a) The object which is better to stand out.
(b) Our common sense to distinguish which is better.
(c) Someone to tell us which is better.
(d) Some standard or ideal to distinguish which is better.

6. Why must God exist?
(a) We would not exist without Him.
(b) The world would fall apart without Him.
(c) To say He does not exist is blasphemous.
(d) He is the standard by which all other things are judged.

7. Chapter eight explains how God can be compassionate but also lack what?
(a) Understanding.
(b) The feeling of compassion.
(c) Love.
(d) Justice.

8. God exists in every place and time. Can he also exist in neither any place nor any time?
(a) No.
(b) Maybe.
(c) Yes.
(d) Most likely.

9. How does God exist?
(a) Surprisingly.
(b) Surely.
(c) Complexly.
(d) Simply.

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

11. Chapter thirty-six explains that God creates and knows His creation in what kind of manner?
(a) A comprehensible manner.
(b) An incomprehensible manner.
(c) An unusual manner.
(d) A distant manner.

12. God is best understood as existing every "where" rather than in every _________.
(a) Word.
(b) Place.
(c) One.
(d) Thing.

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

14. Chapters one through six describe the relationship of God to what?
(a) His existence.
(b) Satan.
(c) Man.
(d) His angels.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Anselm believes that his project of proving God's existence is a case of "________ seeking understanding."

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

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

4. Some being had to __________ being.

5. What is the only method of creating the world?

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