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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first man, Adam, discarded a state of unity with God which was __________ to keep.
(a) Unimportant.
(b) Somewhat difficult.
(c) Hard.
(d) Easy.

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

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

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

5. Acquiring accidents is a process of ___________.
(a) Learning.
(b) Change.
(c) Mistake.
(d) Habit.

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

7. Is this "Word" the same substance as Himself?
(a) Probably.
(b) No.
(c) Maybe.
(d) Yes.

8. To be God is to be what?
(a) The only god.
(b) The thing that has no equal and no superior.
(c) The leader of the gods.
(d) Cool.

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

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

11. Anselm begins the Proslogium in the preface by stating his dissatisfaction with _______________ and his rationale for writing the Proslogium.
(a) The Monologium.
(b) The Duologium.
(c) The Proslogium.
(d) The Triologium.

12. We can only ascribe certain properties to God within what?
(a) Our understanding.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Reason.
(d) His understanding.

13. What does the answer to number 86 follow?
(a) The Ten Commandments.
(b) The Nicene Creed.
(c) The Apostles' Creed.
(d) The Lord's Prayer.

14. 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) "Killed."
(b) "Begotten."
(c) "Born."
(d) "Ridiculed."

15. Anselm knows what he believes, but he also wants to know what?
(a) What he does not believe.
(b) Whether he should believe it.
(c) Why he believes it.
(d) Why it is true.

Short Answer Questions

1. The expression of God is identical with _______.

2. We cannot even do what without His help?

3. God the Father and the Son both possess properties together. Does God also possess separate properties?

4. 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?

5. Why is the answer to number 33 this type of goodness?

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