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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. God is not just with respect to _______. He is just to Himself because He does what is perfectly good.

2. God has no ___________________.

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

4. Chapter thirty argues that the expression of God consists of only one what?

5. All beings others than God exist through whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Chapters 1 through 6 describe?

2. How and why does God lack feelings of emotions? Of what else is he also incapable?

3. How is God a substance? What does Anselm have to say about God as a substance?

4. What set of problems does Chapter 9 of the Proslogium introduced? How does Chapter 10 add to this?

5. What does Anselm say about existence and the creation of beings?

6. How is God a substance and also transcends substance?

7. How does Jesus derive existence from God? Why?

8. What does Chapter 3 of the Proslogium make?

9. How are Chapters 1 and 2 prefigure the ontological argument and also are importantly different?

10. Why does Anselm say that only a fool would not believe in God?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The expression of God consists of only one "Word."

Part 1) What does Anselm mean by this? How is this "Word" a thing, according to Anselm? How is the "Word" like "Himself?"

Part 2) How does the "Word" create the world? What is the connection between the "Word" and Jesus Christ?

Part 3) What are your thoughts on this belief regarding the "Word?" Does Anselm well-support this belief? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Anselm concludes that he has shown how the core ideas of the Old and New Testaments are true.

Part 1) Give four ways that Anselm has shown the Bible to be true.

Part 2) Could Anselm be disputed? Why or why not? What do these core ideas and Anselm's interpretation of them reveal about the church?

Part 3) How have these core ideas influenced our culture as a whole? Is this good? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

St. Anselm prays to God that his work will reveal the truth.

Part 1) Why does he make this prayer? What does this reveal about him?

Part 2) In your opinion, s St. Anselm's prayer answered? Why or why not? Can prayer make one's actions and thoughts absolutely correct? Why or why not?

Part 3) What truth, if any, do Anselm's writings provide?

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