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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Fautus?
(a) A character in a play by Cicero.
(b) The Pope's Secretary.
(c) Bishop of the Manicheans.
(d) Archbishop of Carthage.

2. At one point, what does Augustine believe about evil?
(a) That it is as powerful a force as God.
(b) That it doesn't exist.
(c) That it is just one aspect of God.
(d) That it is an independant force.

3. By what does Augustine feel overwhelmed?
(a) By his inability to corrupt his friends faith.
(b) By the task set before him by God.
(c) By his friend's miraculous recovery.
(d) By the power of sin and death.

4. Upon what does Augustine wonder?
(a) If his mother wanted him to become a philosopher.
(b) Whether Jesus really existed.
(c) The lack of even the basic morality of observance of the Ten Commandments in his vicinity.
(d) If his father was truly moral.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why should Monica think Rome is a good place for Augustine?

2. With what is Augustine in love?

3. What does Augustine refuse?

4. What is Augustine's position in his circle of friends?

5. With what is Augustine preoccupied?

(see the answer key)

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