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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Is Anselm's task of defending the Christian faith complete?
(a) Almost.
(b) Yes.
(c) For the most part.
(d) No.

2. What is the document by Anselm?
(a) Jesus, the Island.
(b) His reply to Gaunilo's argument.
(c) The greatest conceivable island.
(d) In Behalf of the Fool.

3. God is greater than what?
(a) Nothing.
(b) A being with all of God's properties save one.
(c) Most beings.
(d) A being with all of God's properties save two.

4. What is the purpose of Gaunilo's piece?
(a) To have Anselm clarify his beliefs.
(b) To critique Anselm's beliefs.
(c) To question God.
(d) To complain.

5. The rational mind is the closest method of approaching who or what?
(a) Mankind.
(b) Ourselves.
(c) Nirvana.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. God must exist. Why?

2. When men are resurrected, will they have the same bodies they had in this world?

3. Chapter nine emphasizes that only who within the Trinity can take on the nature of man?

4. Should we believe in the Trinity?

5. What must we understand?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Chapters 3 through 8 discuss?

2. What does Anselm outline to prepare the reader for Book II?

3. What is known about each human soul?

4. How is the Greatest Conceivable Island compared to God?

5. What can be known about the Trinity?

6. What does Gaunilo submit?

7. Why must humans be saved?

8. Why is the sacrifice of the God-man so important?

9. What do Chapters 1, 2, and 3 explain?

10. What does Anselm say about Satan and the Fallen Angels?

(see the answer keys)

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