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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who has Augustine already studied much?
(a) The Gnostics.
(b) The Greek gods.
(c) The Platonists and their natural philosophy.
(d) The development of Chrisitanity in Britian.

2. With what is Augustine in love?
(a) With himself.
(b) With being in love.
(c) With vice.
(d) With violence.

3. Upon what does Augustine wonder?
(a) If his father was truly moral.
(b) Whether Jesus really existed.
(c) If his mother wanted him to become a philosopher.
(d) The lack of even the basic morality of observance of the Ten Commandments in his vicinity.

4. What does Augustine fabricate in order to be accepted by his peers?
(a) Stories about meeting the Emperor.
(b) Stories of his sisters' beauty.
(c) Stories of the wealth of his family.
(d) Stories of sexual conquests.

5. Who is Simplicianus?
(a) Augustine's new born son.
(b) One of the teachers in Carthage whom Augustine despises.
(c) Augustine's mother's older brother.
(d) An old man and a teacher of Ambrose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Augustine want to move to Rome?

2. Who joins Augustus in Milan?

3. Why does Augustine get in trouble?

4. How does Augustine change his view of evil?

5. Where does Augustine go to study?

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