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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to a friend who is ill and unconscious?
(a) He is baptized.
(b) His is exorcised.
(c) They use leeches on him.
(d) He has a miraculous recovery and outlives Augustine.

2. What is something Augustine finds very difficult to follow in real life?
(a) The precepts of the Manicheans.
(b) Monogamy.
(c) The Golden Rule.
(d) It is necessary to follow the word of God, and not even be tied down to one's own flesh.

3. How does Augustine possibly cross the boundaries between friendship and sex?
(a) Being sexually involved with a male friend.
(b) Having sex with the wives of male friends.
(c) Being friends with a woman and then seducing her under the guise of friendship.
(d) He never confuses the two states of being.

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

5. What type of behavior is not tolerate in Rome?
(a) Showing no regard for one's parents.
(b) Spitting on the streets.
(c) Students who are disruptive.
(d) Refusing to stand when a teacher enters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Manicheans believe about man's soul?

2. Why is Augustine's father is willing to shoulder large financial burdens?

3. Where does Augustine go to study?

4. What does Augustine find odd about Hortensius?

5. What happens when men act wickedly?

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