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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Can One can infer the existence of X in reality from its existence in the understanding?
(a) Most likely.
(b) No.
(c) Yes.
(d) Maybe.

2. Anselm argues that God must incarnate as one from whose race?
(a) Adam's.
(b) Joseph's.
(c) Jesus'.
(d) Mary's.

3. Why does God do what He does in the answer to number 99?
(a) He loves making people.
(b) He is blessed all the more.
(c) He is happy.
(d) He hates to see us in pain.

4. When the soul loves God, He is blessed and God does what?
(a) Smiles.
(b) Returns love to His creatures.
(c) Ends pain.
(d) Makes more humans.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the reason that the rational mind was created?

2. What is Boso's role?

3. We must be aware that each human soul is ________________ and so will be either completely happy or completely unhappy.

4. Who can be perfectly good and make up an infinite debt?

5. What is a being with all of God's properties missing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Anselm say about Satan and the Fallen Angels?

2. What do Chapters 3 through 8 discuss?

3. On Gaunilo's view, why does the argument fail?

4. For what have Christians been ridiculed? What is Anselm's response to this?

5. How is the Greatest Conceivable Island compared to God?

6. How does Gaunilo use the greatest conceivable island?

7. Why is Anselm's task of defending the Christian faith not complete?

8. Why must humans be saved?

9. In what should we believe?

10. How will souls be rewarded?

(see the answer keys)

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