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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what is Augustine in love?
(a) With violence.
(b) With being in love.
(c) With vice.
(d) With himself.

2. What interests Augustine more than higher goals or values?
(a) Intellectual knowledge.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Love and friendship.
(d) Success and fame.

3. When does Augustine believe a person starts sinning?
(a) Right at infancy.
(b) Never.
(c) When one becomes married.
(d) At puberty.

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

5. Where does Augustine go to study?
(a) Carthage.
(b) Rome.
(c) Florence.
(d) The Vatican.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hortensius promote?

2. What does a Christian priest predict of Augustine?

3. At what age does Augustine decide to become a philosopher?

4. What does the book Hortensius give Augustine?

5. What drives Augustine farther away from thoughts of God?

(see the answer key)

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