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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. God has how many ultimate descriptions?

2. Why can we as humans not win back our salvation?

3. Chapter thirty-six explains that God creates and knows His creation in what kind of manner?

4. Chapters one through six describe the relationship of God to what?

5. All beings others than God exist through whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is God a substance? What does Anselm have to say about God as a substance?

2. What does Chapter 3 of the Proslogium make?

3. What is the "Word?" How does Anselm come to explain this?

4. What does Anselm say in Chapter 1?

5. What challenge is raised in Chapter 16 of the Monologium?

6. How does Anselm begin the Proslogium?

7. How is Chapter 4 connected to Chapters 1 and 2?

8. Can God, according to Anselm, create from nothing?

9. What does Anselm say about God's eternality and omnipresence?

10. Give an example showing why God must exist.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Anselm explains how Christ was free to sin but was sinless and died and suffered happily.

Part 1) How and why was he free to sin? Why did he not sin? What does this reveal about sin?

Part 2) Are humans able to be sinless and die happily? Why or why not? How different would the world be if this occurred in man today?

Part 3) Is sin a choice? Can sin be avoided? How much control does one have over his or her actions and emotions?

Essay Topic 2

The expression of God consists of only one "Word."

Part 1) What does Anselm mean by this? How is this "Word" a thing, according to Anselm? How is the "Word" like "Himself?"

Part 2) How does the "Word" create the world? What is the connection between the "Word" and Jesus Christ?

Part 3) What are your thoughts on this belief regarding the "Word?" Does Anselm well-support this belief? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

God is perfectly just, yet He forgives sinners and has mercy on them.

Part 1) How does Anselm prove that God is perfectly just? Do you agree? Why or why not?

Part 2) Why does Anselm see a contradiction between being just and showing mercy? What does this reveal about him and his culture?

Part 3) How might this contradiction in God compare to gods of other cultures? How does this support Anselm's love of God?

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