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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Augustine struggle to learn in school?
(a) To learn the rules of mathematics.
(b) To learn Latin grammar and works by Virgil, such as the Aeneid.
(c) To get along well with his classmates.
(d) To be humble when he knows more than the teachers.

2. At one point, what does Augustine believe about evil?
(a) That it is just one aspect of God.
(b) That it is an independant force.
(c) That it doesn't exist.
(d) That it is as powerful a force as God.

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

4. What is one of Augustine's greatest faults as a boy and young man?
(a) He really had few faults, not too bad.
(b) Pride.
(c) Too serious.
(d) Overly diligent.

5. Besides thievery, in what is Augustine involved?
(a) Murder.
(b) Gambling.
(c) Cheating on his exams.
(d) Pranks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Augustine fear that the pagan myths that he learned studying literature led to?

2. What about Augustine are both of his parents proud?

3. What does Augustine fabricate in order to be accepted by his peers?

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

5. When does Augustine believe a person starts sinning?

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