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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Adeodatus?
(a) Augustine's current rhetoric teacher.
(b) Augustine's brother.
(c) Augustine's cousin.
(d) Augustine's son.

2. Into what can the devil make himself?
(a) An average human.
(b) A minor deity.
(c) A reasonable temptation.
(d) An angel of light (Lucifer) who is evil.

3. What books bring a change to Augustine's thinking?
(a) Books of the Platonists.
(b) The Illiad and Odyssey.
(c) Grendal and the Four Horsemen.
(d) Books of the disciples of Socrates.

4. In what does Augustine try to be honest?
(a) In how he teaches.
(b) In paying his taxes to Rome.
(c) In the various competitions in which he participates.
(d) In telling his parents about his life.

5. How can memory make you unhappy?
(a) Remembering the slights of others and feeling resentful.
(b) By remembering something in the past which disgusts you now.
(c) Thinking about what might have been.
(d) Not letting go of the negative emotion with a memory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Augustine think would happen if there was really a kingdom of light versus a kingdom of darkness?

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

3. To whom is Augustine married?

4. Instead of having a body, how does Augustine see God?

5. What tempts Augustine in this part of his life?

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