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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. God is identical with what?
(a) Justice.
(b) Love.
(c) His own life.
(d) Man.

2. The _______________ of dignity and existence of all things comes in degrees.
(a) Inequality.
(b) Need.
(c) Sense.
(d) Equality.

3. In chapter seven, Anselm argues that all beings other than God derive their nature from whom?
(a) Satan.
(b) Man.
(c) God.
(d) Other gods.

4. Does God have beginning and/or end?
(a) Yes.
(b) No.
(c) Only at first.
(d) Sometimes.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Anselm argues that the Word "derives" existence from God through His birth, but not His __________.

3. Anselm begins the Proslogium in the preface by stating his dissatisfaction with _______________ and his rationale for writing the Proslogium.

4. Is God properly listed among common substances?

5. God and His Word bear the same relationship to all creation. Do they sustain these relations separately?

(see the answer key)

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