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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How would you characterize Augustine in this Book?
(a) A serious and studies young man.
(b) A mama's boy.
(c) A sinful young man.
(d) A pious young man.

3. Why does Augustine find a woman to live with him while his fiance is too young?
(a) He cannot stand to be without a woman.
(b) He is soft hearted and she needs a home.
(c) He wants to provide a home for this woman until she has his baby.
(d) He thinks a man should always have a woman to show him the right way to live.

4. At what age does Augustine decide to become a philosopher?
(a) 16.
(b) 25.
(c) 33.
(d) 19.

5. What indicates that Augustine is not quite ready to fully embrace the way of being a priest of Christianity?
(a) He still goes to the houses of "ill repute."
(b) He still has a mistress.
(c) He has not yet divorced his wife.
(d) He still attends Manichean rites.

Short Answer Questions

1. What interests Augustine more than higher goals or values?

2. How long as Augustine been a member of the Manichean sect when he is 29?

3. Who offers Augustine explanations of the Manichean philosophy which does not satisfy Augustine?

4. How is Augustine a paradox within himself?

5. Why does Augustine read books of rhetoric?

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