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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Augustine define formlessness?
(a) As substance to be wrought by the thought of God.
(b) As ineffable.
(c) As everything.
(d) As close to nothing, but capable of receiving form.

2. In what does Augustine try to be honest?
(a) In paying his taxes to Rome.
(b) In telling his parents about his life.
(c) In how he teaches.
(d) In the various competitions in which he participates.

3. What is one of Augustine's future struggles in life?
(a) To have the spirit of truth and faith to inform his and others' good deeds.
(b) To allow those he love to walk their own path.
(c) If he should take vows with the church.
(d) Whether to marry his childhood sweetheart and enter into sins of the flesh.

4. Besides concrete detail, what else does the mind remember?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Ideas.
(c) Feelings.
(d) Dates.

5. With what is Augustine preoccupied?
(a) Becoming holy.
(b) Taking a trip to the Holy Lands.
(c) Learning languages.
(d) Drama both on stage and in real life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Augustine struggle to learn in school?

2. What does the Roman empress Justina favor?

3. Why does Augustine believe it is not the motion of the heavenly bodies that determines the length of a day?

4. What is Augustine's new life?

5. What does Augustine say about people like his mother, Monica?

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