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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who writes Hortensius?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Homer.
(c) Plato.
(d) Cicero.

2. What does Hortensius promote?
(a) Hedonistic living.
(b) The general goal of seeking the truth.
(c) Belief in oneself.
(d) Violence for change.

3. At the beginning of this book, where is Augustine a student?
(a) School of Philosophy in Athens.
(b) He is out of school.
(c) School of Rhetoric in Carthage.
(d) Lysortium Rhetorium in Rome.

4. Into what has St. Augustine sunk?
(a) The a life of glory for God.
(b) A pit of despair.
(c) Sin and lustful behavior.
(d) A deep depression.

5. What motivates Augustine's decision to become a philosopher?
(a) His father's desire for him to do so.
(b) The money philosophers make in those days.
(c) The power to change people.
(d) Pride at being smarter than many other of his peers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the book Hortensius give Augustine?

2. What does Ambrose say to bring to the tombs of the saints?

3. What does Simplicianus tell Augustine Victorinus does before his recent passing?

4. What does Alypius finally give up doing?

5. What do the Manicheans believe about man's soul?

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