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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Cur Deus Homo, Book I, Chapters I - XXV.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When we compare two objects, we must implicitly rely on what?
(a) Someone to tell us which is better.
(b) The object which is better to stand out.
(c) Some standard or ideal to distinguish which is better.
(d) Our common sense to distinguish which is better.

2. 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?
(a) He denies this to be true.
(b) He believes this to be true.
(c) He will test this to see if it is true.
(d) He is not sure if this is true.

3. Chapter five argues that this being must exist through what?
(a) Others.
(b) Itself.
(c) Human beings.
(d) Gods and men.

4. Why must God exist?
(a) He is the standard by which all other things are judged.
(b) We would not exist without Him.
(c) To say He does not exist is blasphemous.
(d) The world would fall apart without Him.

5. There is no contradiction between any two statements about the Trinity; thus, we can understand how it is what?
(a) False.
(b) Insane.
(c) Not false.
(d) Odd.

Short Answer Questions

1. The rational mind is the "mirror and image" of what?

2. The first man, Adam, discarded a state of unity with God which was __________ to keep.

3. Is this word like the name of created beings?

4. How is Cur Deus Homo written?

5. What is the reason that the rational mind was created?

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