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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what is the stealing of the pear a metaphor?
(a) The desire for goodness without being good.
(b) Those who grab the fruits of goodness without having the spirit of righteousness.
(c) The good of the earth tainted by Satan.
(d) The hopes for fruit without labor.

2. Instead of learning Christian stories, what does Augustine learn?
(a) He learned and admired the Gods in pagan myths.
(b) How to be a successful businessman.
(c) The precepts of Buddhism.
(d) How to be a soldier.

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

4. Why does Augustine get in trouble?
(a) He follows his friends who are smarter than he.
(b) He believes he deserves a better life.
(c) He has no discipline.
(d) He is angry with his father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leaves Augustine to return to Africa?

2. What is one of Augustine's greatest faults as a boy and young man?

3. What motivates Augustine's decision to become a philosopher?

4. Into what has St. Augustine sunk?

5. In what is Augustine particularly interested?

(see the answer key)

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