St. Anselm: Basic Writings Test | Final Test - Easy

St. Anselm
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St. Anselm: Basic Writings Test | Final 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. The incarnation is the method of God expressing divine ______________.
(a) Hope.
(b) Peace.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Compassion.

2. He must be born of a woman. Why?
(a) So God would know what it was like to have a son.
(b) Otherwise, He would be disconnected from a human lineage.
(c) So he could be on earth, first, as a baby.
(d) So others would trust Him.

3. How is "Cur Deus Homo" translated?
(a) "How God Became Man."
(b) "Who is God?"
(c) "Why God Became Man."
(d) "When Will God Become Man?"

4. Anselm argues that human salvation follows from Christ's death by what?
(a) Faith in His death for humanity's sins.
(b) Hope for His resurrection.
(c) Fear in one's own death.
(d) Faith in His resurrection.

5. Should we believe in the Trinity?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Maybe.
(d) Only after one gains understanding.

6. What is the document by Anselm?
(a) The greatest conceivable island.
(b) In Behalf of the Fool.
(c) His reply to Gaunilo's argument.
(d) Jesus, the Island.

7. When men are resurrected, will they have the same bodies they had in this world?
(a) Yes.
(b) Maybe.
(c) Probably not.
(d) No.

8. Chapter five maintains that only God could redeem humanity. Why?
(a) He knows how He wants His creation redeemed.
(b) Human sin is too serious for any human to do it.
(c) It would take too long for humanity to give up sin.
(d) Humans are not interested in redemption.

9. Why must the Island have this property?
(a) Since it is greater to have faith than not to have faith.
(b) Since it is greater to exist than not to exist.
(c) Since it is greater to understand than not to understand.
(d) Since it is greater to love than not to love.

10. Who can be perfectly good and make up an infinite debt?
(a) Saints.
(b) Angels.
(c) Man.
(d) God.

11. They say that Christians do injustice to God by claiming what?
(a) He was born a man.
(b) He was born of a virgin.
(c) He died.
(d) He had a son.

12. What is the reason that the rational mind was created?
(a) So it can think through problems.
(b) So it does not feel emotion.
(c) So that it might love its Creator, God.
(d) So it one can be organized.

13. What is Boso's role?
(a) He challenges all of Anselm's theories.
(b) He challenges Anselm's theory of atonement.
(c) He is Anselm's ally.
(d) He contradicts all that Anselm believes.

14. And any soul that hates God will be __________ for all of time.
(a) Fearful.
(b) Righteous.
(c) Powerful.
(d) Miserable.

15. Man would never have ________ unless he sinned.
(a) Anger.
(b) Love.
(c) Died.
(d) Fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Does Christ die because of a debt He has incurred?

2. Anselm turns to argue that one should believe what?

3. God must exist. Why?

4. The rational mind is the closest method of approaching who or what?

5. Can one merely believe?

(see the answer keys)

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