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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Augustine publish his Confessions?
(a) To convert pagans.
(b) To see if there were others out there like him.
(c) To earn some money.
(d) So the public to know what he once was and what he is now after his Christian conversion.

2. What is something Augustine finds very difficult to follow in real life?
(a) The precepts of the Manicheans.
(b) Monogamy.
(c) It is necessary to follow the word of God, and not even be tied down to one's own flesh.
(d) The Golden Rule.

3. To what does Augustine come to think the predictions of astrologists are due?
(a) A misunderstanding of astronomy.
(b) Purely a matter of chance, plus taking into account a person's condition, wealth, and circumstances.
(c) A weakness of the brain.
(d) Making the predictions so general, they can apply to almost anyone.

4. What concept does Augustine have difficult understanding?
(a) That Christ is God and has a body.
(b) That God has emotions.
(c) That Christ is the same as others but more enlightened.
(d) That God has no body but loves man who does.

5. Which of Augustine's friends laughed at predicting the future through stargazing?
(a) Neferdata.
(b) Archemenon.
(c) Serpius.
(d) Nebridius.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Manichean doctrine, what does light and darkness represent?

2. Into what can the devil make himself?

3. How can things deeply hidden in memory be recalled?

4. What does Augustine call his living arrangement?

5. What differs for each individual and even at different periods of a person's life?

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