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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Besides thievery, in what is Augustine involved?
(a) Pranks.
(b) Cheating on his exams.
(c) Murder.
(d) Gambling.

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

4. What drives Augustine farther away from thoughts of God?
(a) Studying the Greek philosophers.
(b) Being a soldier.
(c) Sexual adventures.
(d) Making money.

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

2. What does Augustine fabricate in order to be accepted by his peers?

3. Instead of studying the literal meaning of a phrase what is important to study?

4. At what age does Augustine decide to become a philosopher?

5. With what is Augustine in love?

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