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1. Bishop Anselm's Ontological Argument is found where?

  • The Bible
  • Proslogion
  • Canterbury Tales

2. When we talk about the ontology of something, what does this mean?

  • It means we are talking about its true nature
  • It means we are talking about God's existence
  • It means we are talking about epistemology

3. What is the primary theological intention of Anselm's Ontological Argument?

  • To prove that Christians believe in the true God
  • To show that people can only understand logical arguments, if they believe in God
  • To demonstrate that God's existence is logically possible

4. Which Christian theologian said that Anselm's Ontological Argument is simply a meditation on the wonder and nature of God?

  • Rudolf Bultmann
  • Karl Barth
  • Emil Brunner

5. Anselm is interested in proving which of these to be an attribute of God?

  • Omnipotence
  • Benevolence
  • Existence

6. Which of these statements summarises Anselm's Ontological Argument?

  • God is the most powerful being immaginable
  • God is that than which nothing greater can be conceived
  • God is the sum of everyone's highest conceptions

7. Which of the following is greater as far as Anselm is concerned?

  • Things we can imagine existing
  • Things we cannot imagine existing
  • Things that actually exist

8. What is the main point of the painter analogy?

  • That an actually existing thing is better than one only thought of
  • That a finished painting can never fully express the true nature of God
  • That artists should begin by thinking about the thing they are going to paint a picture of

9. What does it mean to say God has necessary existence

  • That if Anselm's argument is logical, then God's existence is necessary
  • That imagining God to exist is a necessary thing for Christians to do
  • That God's non-existence is impossible

10. Which of the following statements (for Anselm), expresses the greatest thing we can conceive about God?

  • God exists and God's non-existence is impossible
  • God exists and knowing God's true essense is possible
  • God exists and God answers the prayers of sinners