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

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

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

4. Into what has St. Augustine sunk?
(a) Sin and lustful behavior.
(b) A pit of despair.
(c) A deep depression.
(d) The a life of glory for God.

5. What does Augustine fabricate in order to be accepted by his peers?
(a) Stories of the wealth of his family.
(b) Stories about meeting the Emperor.
(c) Stories of sexual conquests.
(d) Stories of his sisters' beauty.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Instead of learning Christian stories, what does Augustine learn?

3. What does a Christian priest predict of Augustine?

4. Why does Augustine read books of rhetoric?

5. For what is there always a rationale?

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