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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Monologium, Chapters VII - XXVIII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Men should not expect to understand Him until he has lived with his belief for how long?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) A lifetime.
(c) Some time.
(d) A short time.

2. On Anselm's view, when we do not ______________ the concept of God, only then can we conceive of Him not existing.
(a) Believe.
(b) Understand.
(c) Read.
(d) Hear.

3. God and His idea of Himself exist as what?
(a) Many substances.
(b) A few substances.
(c) One substance.
(d) No substances.

4. God exists in every place and time. Can he also exist in neither any place nor any time?
(a) No.
(b) Most likely.
(c) Maybe.
(d) Yes.

5. God is best understood as existing every "where" rather than in every _________.
(a) Thing.
(b) One.
(c) Word.
(d) Place.

Short Answer Questions

1. Anselm's arguments will be consistent with what?

2. God's idea of Himself is equivalent to what?

3. Some being had to __________ being.

4. Why must God exist?

5. Chapter sixteen raises a challenge: since God is equivalent to all his properties, can't we understand God when we understand these properties? How does Anselm respond?

(see the answer key)

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