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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What sect does Augustine prefer?
(a) Manachean.
(b) Hermite.
(c) Gnostics.
(d) Judain.

3. What do the Manicheans believe when one their "Elect" digest food gifts?
(a) The Elect move forward on the wheel of time.
(b) The gifts' energy feeds the universe.
(c) Angels or spirits are released to the Manichean's benefit.
(d) The gift is transmuted into divine energy.

4. What does Augustine teach?
(a) Liberal arts and rhetoric.
(b) Algebra and Calculus.
(c) Theology.
(d) Painting and architecture.

5. Who offers Augustine explanations of the Manichean philosophy which does not satisfy Augustine?
(a) Remeer.
(b) Marlette.
(c) Faustus.
(d) Cicero.

Short Answer Questions

1. Though Augustine is proficient in learning the sciences and philosophy of his time what is he unable to formulate?

2. How long as Augustine been a member of the Manichean sect when he is 29?

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

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

5. Who is Adeodatus?

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