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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. In what is Augustine particularly interested?
(a) How he can become successful in the church.
(b) The importance of a person's intentions.
(c) The history of the world.
(d) The ways religion all led to the same place.

5. What does Augustine resent about his studies of Latin and Greek literature?
(a) How the teachers thought they were so important.
(b) How he was led astray morally by some of the stories.
(c) How it took up so much of his youth.
(d) How it alienates him from his classmates.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Augustine believe a person starts sinning?

2. Besides thievery, in what is Augustine involved?

3. Into what has St. Augustine sunk?

4. With what is Augustine in love?

5. What interests Augustine more than higher goals or values?

(see the answer key)

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