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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Augustine's father is willing to shoulder large financial burdens?
(a) To have servants to care for his children.
(b) To have large doweries for his daughters.
(c) To give his wife a luxurious lifestyle.
(d) To help Augustine succeed.

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

3. How does Augustine later view the Manichean myths?
(a) As evil.
(b) As correct by incomplete.
(c) As misguided.
(d) As ridiculous.

4. What sect does Augustine prefer?
(a) Gnostics.
(b) Judain.
(c) Hermite.
(d) Manachean.

5. What does Augustine fabricate in order to be accepted by his peers?
(a) Stories of the wealth of his family.
(b) Stories about meeting the Emperor.
(c) Stories of sexual conquests.
(d) Stories of his sisters' beauty.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. With what is Augustine in love?

3. What does Augustine struggle to learn in school?

4. Why does Augustine wish his family had arranged a marriage for him?

5. With what is Augustine preoccupied?

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