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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 better to seek after than earthly pleasures?
(a) Heaven through being an ascetic.
(b) Joyful living with God.
(c) To be kind to all.
(d) Marriage and propagating as God commanded.

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

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

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

5. Why does he prefer that sect at that time in his life?
(a) Because it seemed more logical.
(b) Because it fit in better with his lifestyle at that time.
(c) Because it was simple.
(d) Because it did not ask much of him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Besides thievery, in what is Augustine involved?

2. What does Augustine feel when he reads of Zeus engaging in fornication and being powerful?

3. What is one of Augustine's future struggles in life?

4. Why does Augustine write the confessions?

5. With what is Augustine in love?

(see the answer key)

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