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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Victorinus become a Christian?
(a) By seeing how joyful Christians are.
(b) By realizing the simple logic of the Christian doctrine.
(c) By studying the Christian Scriptures.
(d) By asking for a revelation from Jesus.

2. What about Augustine are both of his parents proud?
(a) His kindness.
(b) His appeal to women.
(c) His intellect.
(d) His wit.

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

4. What do the Manicheans believe about man's soul?
(a) Man does not have a soul.
(b) Women have souls but men do not.
(c) Every man has a soul of light, good, and a soul of darkness.
(d) Men have souls but women do not.

5. What is Ambrose's intent about his preferences at the tombs?
(a) To promote restraint and moral behavior.
(b) To keep the wrong kind of people out.
(c) To promote a higher spiritual communion.
(d) To keep people from getting too joyful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What drives Augustine farther away from thoughts of God?

2. Why does Augustine read books of rhetoric?

3. Why does Augustine want to move to Rome?

4. Why is Augustine's father is willing to shoulder large financial burdens?

5. On what does Augustine eventually blame his actions?

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