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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Augustine's position in his circle of friends?
(a) Someone on the fringes.
(b) He is a loner.
(c) A follower.
(d) A leader.

2. 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 sexual conquests.
(d) Stories of the wealth of his family.

3. What does a Christian priest predict of Augustine?
(a) He will become a great defender of the Greek gods.
(b) He will change and convert to Christianity.
(c) He will die in his sins.
(d) He will never live long enough to repent.

4. Who is Adeodatus?
(a) Augustine's current rhetoric teacher.
(b) Augustine's son.
(c) Augustine's brother.
(d) Augustine's cousin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom is Augustine married?

2. What happens when men act wickedly?

3. With what is Augustine in love?

4. For what is the stealing of the pear a metaphor?

5. What does Augustine call his living arrangement?

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