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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. God is greater than what?
(a) Most beings.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A being with all of God's properties save one.
(d) A being with all of God's properties save two.

2. Anselm turns to argue that one should believe what?
(a) Some of what he has already discussed.
(b) Nothing.
(c) The facts he has already discussed.
(d) What one wants to believe.

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

4. Gaunilo's argument is that Anselm's Ontological Argument, if correct, proves what?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Too little.
(c) Too much.
(d) A little.

5. Chapter nine emphasizes that only who within the Trinity can take on the nature of man?
(a) One of the persons.
(b) Two of the persons.
(c) All of the persons.
(d) None of the persons.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Cur Deus Homo written?

2. The Appendix of Anselm: Basic Writings contains how many documents?

3. How is man alienated from God?

4. Anselm argues that human salvation follows from Christ's death by what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do Chapters 1, 2, and 3 explain?

4. What is the purpose of Cur Deus Homo? How do you know this? Describe this book.

5. What is Gaunilo's argument?

6. What do Chapters 4 and 5 argue?

7. What happens when the soul loves God? What happens when a soul hates God?

8. What does Gaunilo submit?

9. What do Chapters 6 and 7 argue?

10. What does the Appendix of Anselm: Basic Writings contain?

(see the answer keys)

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