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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapters one and two _____________ the ontological argument.
(a) Prefigure.
(b) Explain.
(c) Consider.
(d) Confuse.

2. God is not just with respect to _______. He is just to Himself because He does what is perfectly good.
(a) Us.
(b) His angels.
(c) Himself.
(d) Jesus.

3. Does God derive His existence through nothing?
(a) Yes.
(b) Maybe.
(c) Most likely.
(d) No.

4. Chapters one through six describe the relationship of God to what?
(a) His existence.
(b) His angels.
(c) Satan.
(d) Man.

5. Chapter eight explains how God can be compassionate but also lack what?
(a) The feeling of compassion.
(b) Justice.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only absolutely true thing that can be said of God?

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

3. 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?

4. Chapters twenty-five through twenty-nine discuss the fact that God is an unchanging ____________.

5. Can two objects both possess goodness, but to differing degrees?

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