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

2. Chapter nine emphasizes that only who within the Trinity can take on the nature of man?

3. Chapters four and five argue that God must complete His original plan to do what?

4. How is man alienated from God?

5. God is greater than what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Anselm outline to prepare the reader for Book II?

3. How will souls be rewarded?

4. Was the God-man born with original sin? How does this affect Him?

5. What do Chapters 3 through 8 discuss?

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

7. What is known about each human soul?

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

9. In what should we believe?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Anselm denies it is a fallacy to deduce the existence of a being in reality to one that exists in the understanding.

Part 1) Do you agree with him? Why or why not? How does he support his belief? Are his points valid? Why or why not?

Part 2) What does this belief reveal about Anselm's beliefs about man's abilities to conceive and understand?

Part 3) Is God, according to Anselm, greater than what one can conceive? Why or why not? Do you agree? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

In Cur Deus Homo, Anselm represents his argument in dialogue form.

Part 1) Describe this dialogue. Why might he choose to use dialogue form? Why has he not used it in his other writings?

Part 2) How effective is this dialogue? Explain. How does it support his other writings?

Part 3) What else, besides the dialogue form, is unique to this writing? Why?

Essay Topic 3

God exists necessarily.

Part 1) What does Anselm mean by this? How does this support Anselm's belief in one God?

Part 2) How does this aspect of God make him, in a sense, unapproachable? Is this good or bad? Why?

Part 3) How is God's existence also in need of unity? Why?

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