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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Anselm respond the way he does in the answer to number 56?
(a) These properties are a part of God, therefore, they can explain who He is.
(b) These properties are a part of God, as well as representations of God, so he is not sure if this is enough.
(c) These properties are only representations of Him to us, and not the whole being.
(d) These properties are representations of God, at the least and should be tested.

2. Through ________ man suffers in misery.
(a) Fear.
(b) Doubt.
(c) Pain.
(d) Sin.

3. Chapter thirty argues that the expression of God consists of only one what?
(a) Phrase.
(b) Word.
(c) Thought.
(d) Sound.

4. God and His Word bear the same relationship to all creation. Do they sustain these relations separately?
(a) Yes.
(b) Maybe.
(c) Probably.
(d) No.

5. God's conception of Himself and His relation to the world is The Word that has always existed where?
(a) In front of Him.
(b) Far from Him.
(c) Near Him.
(d) With Him.

6. God is defined as the being "than which ______________ can be conceived."
(a) Nothing greater.
(b) Everything greater.
(c) Everything lesser.
(d) Nothing lesser.

7. Should the believer, once God has rescued him, question his belief?
(a) Sometimes.
(b) Yes.
(c) No.
(d) Often.

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

9. Anselm believes that his project of proving God's existence is a case of "________ seeking understanding."
(a) Despair.
(b) The unsure.
(c) Disbelief.
(d) Faith.

10. Chapters twenty-five through twenty-nine discuss the fact that God is an unchanging ____________.
(a) Friend.
(b) Son.
(c) Father.
(d) Substance.

11. We can only ascribe certain properties to God within what?
(a) His understanding.
(b) Our understanding.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Reason.

12. Humans were created primarily to do what?
(a) See God.
(b) Play.
(c) Relax.
(d) Exist.

13. What is the only absolutely true thing that can be said of God?
(a) Everyone believes He exists.
(b) He can be understood.
(c) He is the only God.
(d) He is what He is.

14. What must exist to make choices between two or more things?
(a) Goodness.
(b) Prayer.
(c) An ideal.
(d) Thought.

15. Chapter seventeen reiterates what about God?
(a) His justice.
(b) His simplicity.
(c) His understanding.
(d) His love.

Short Answer Questions

1. All beings others than God exist through whom?

2. God has how many ultimate descriptions?

3. Who or what is this Word?

4. Will anything exist before or after Him?

5. Chapter five argues that this being must exist through what?

(see the answer keys)

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