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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What happens when men act wickedly?
(a) They do damage to their own soul.
(b) They chose their will and not God's.
(c) They are punished either now or later.
(d) They enjoy evil passions.

4. What notion does Augustine attack?
(a) That women are not equal to men.
(b) That there is no wrong behavior.
(c) That if one studies diligently, one can come to understand how the world works.
(d) The idea of the innocence of childhood.

5. Though Augustine is proficient in learning the sciences and philosophy of his time what is he unable to formulate?
(a) A way to merge Manichean and Chrisitan philosophies.
(b) A personal moral system on the use of knowledge.
(c) A personal belief system.
(d) How the Manichean thought system can be used in the area of mathematics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides thievery, in what is Augustine involved?

2. What does Augustine call his living arrangement?

3. In what does Augustine try to be honest?

4. How would you characterize Augustine in this Book?

5. What happens to a friend who is ill and unconscious?

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