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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Augustine get in trouble?
(a) He has no discipline.
(b) He follows his friends who are smarter than he.
(c) He is angry with his father.
(d) He believes he deserves a better life.

2. What does Augustine call his living arrangement?
(a) An arrangement of convenience based on lust.
(b) A temporary truce with lust.
(c) The best of both worlds.
(d) A marriage made in heaven.

3. In what does Augustine try to be honest?
(a) In how he teaches.
(b) In telling his parents about his life.
(c) In paying his taxes to Rome.
(d) In the various competitions in which he participates.

4. Which of Augustine's friends laughed at predicting the future through stargazing?
(a) Nebridius.
(b) Neferdata.
(c) Archemenon.
(d) Serpius.

5. What is Augustine's position in his circle of friends?
(a) A leader.
(b) A follower.
(c) He is a loner.
(d) Someone on the fringes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What interests Augustine more than higher goals or values?

2. At what age does Augustine decide to become a philosopher?

3. Why does Augustine find a woman to live with him while his fiance is too young?

4. To whom was the book he lost dedicated?

5. What does Hortensius promote?

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