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

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

3. Will anything exist before or after Him?
(a) No.
(b) Maybe.
(c) Yes.
(d) Probably.

4. All things live through whom?
(a) God.
(b) Satan.
(c) Man.
(d) Angels.

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

6. In chapter seven, Anselm argues that God is not only omnipotent but incapable of certain things. What can He not do?
(a) He cannot care about others and He cannot hear our pleas.
(b) He cannot force us to believe and He cannot bend our wills.
(c) He cannot do evil and He cannot fail to have maximal power.
(d) He cannot be tricked by evil and He cannot have complete power.

7. God the Father and the Son both possess properties together. Does God also possess separate properties?
(a) No.
(b) Not at first.
(c) Yes.
(d) Maybe.

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

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

10. Chapter thirty argues that the expression of God consists of only one what?
(a) Phrase.
(b) Sound.
(c) Word.
(d) Thought.

11. Does God derive His existence through nothing?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Most likely.
(d) Maybe.

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

13. There must be an ideal by which to do what?
(a) Consider.
(b) Understand all things.
(c) Create.
(d) Compare all things.

14. Men should not expect to understand Him until he has lived with his belief for how long?
(a) A lifetime.
(b) Some time.
(c) A short time.
(d) Twenty years.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Monologium is ______________ than the Proslogium.

3. Anselm knows what he believes, but he also wants to know what?

4. Humans were created primarily to do what?

5. Why must the answer to number 35 exist?

(see the answer keys)

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