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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What motivates Augustine's decision to become a philosopher?
(a) The money philosophers make in those days.
(b) The power to change people.
(c) Pride at being smarter than many other of his peers.
(d) His father's desire for him to do so.

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 is as powerful a force as God.
(d) That it doesn't exist.

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

4. How could Augustine's "journey" be categorized?
(a) From one of being a sinful youth to becoming a great investigator of the truth and of the nature of God.
(b) From prison to ruling a country.
(c) From rags to riches.
(d) From riches to rags.

5. Why does Augustine wish his family had arranged a marriage for him?
(a) So his mother could be taken care of.
(b) So that at least his sexual lust would have produced a family.
(c) So that he wouldn't have to become a monk.
(d) For the prestige that a marriage could have brought.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Augustine and his friends steal a pear?

2. How is Augustine a paradox within himself?

3. What happens when men act wickedly?

4. At the beginning of this book, where is Augustine a student?

5. What does Hortensius promote?

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