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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book III.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At one point, what does Augustine believe about evil?
(a) That it is just one aspect of God.
(b) That it is as powerful a force as God.
(c) That it is an independant force.
(d) That it doesn't exist.

2. What author does Augustine dislike?
(a) Plato.
(b) Homer.
(c) Virgil.
(d) Socrates.

3. What is better to seek after than earthly pleasures?
(a) Marriage and propagating as God commanded.
(b) Joyful living with God.
(c) Heaven through being an ascetic.
(d) To be kind to all.

4. For what is there always a rationale?
(a) Studying esoteric philosophies.
(b) Making money.
(c) Sin.
(d) Going to Rome.

5. Instead of learning Christian stories, what does Augustine learn?
(a) How to be a successful businessman.
(b) The precepts of Buddhism.
(c) He learned and admired the Gods in pagan myths.
(d) How to be a soldier.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what age does Augustine decide to become a philosopher?

2. What does Augustine fear that the pagan myths that he learned studying literature led to?

3. What is Augustine's native language?

4. What does the book Hortensius give Augustine?

5. What does Augustine feel when he reads of Zeus engaging in fornication and being powerful?

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