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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who joins Augustus in Milan?
(a) His brother.
(b) No one.
(c) His mother.
(d) His wife.

2. To whom was the book he lost dedicated?
(a) Hiereus.
(b) His wife.
(c) Disenyum.
(d) Monica, his mother.

3. Where does Augustine go to study?
(a) Carthage.
(b) The Vatican.
(c) Florence.
(d) Rome.

4. What do the Manicheans believe about man's soul?
(a) Women have souls but men do not.
(b) Man does not have a soul.
(c) Every man has a soul of light, good, and a soul of darkness.
(d) Men have souls but women do not.

5. What does Augustine resent about his studies of Latin and Greek literature?
(a) How the teachers thought they were so important.
(b) How it alienates him from his classmates.
(c) How it took up so much of his youth.
(d) How he was led astray morally by some of the stories.

Short Answer Questions

1. Instead of learning Christian stories, what does Augustine learn?

2. What is the name of a book Augustine wrote that he later lost?

3. How does Augustine leave Carthage and his mother?

4. Why does Augustine get in trouble?

5. Why does Augustine want to move to Rome?

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