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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How does Augustine later view the Manichean myths?
(a) As ridiculous.
(b) As correct by incomplete.
(c) As misguided.
(d) As evil.

4. What does a Christian priest predict of Augustine?
(a) He will become a great defender of the Greek gods.
(b) He will change and convert to Christianity.
(c) He will die in his sins.
(d) He will never live long enough to repent.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What motivates Augustine's decision to become a philosopher?

4. How does Augustine see Christianity as being deficient?

5. What does Augustine resent about his studies of Latin and Greek literature?

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