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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what is there always a rationale?
(a) Sin.
(b) Making money.
(c) Going to Rome.
(d) Studying esoteric philosophies.

2. 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.

3. What author does Augustine dislike?
(a) Virgil.
(b) Plato.
(c) Homer.
(d) Socrates.

4. Who leaves Augustine to return to Africa?
(a) His mother.
(b) His mistress of many years.
(c) Ambrose.
(d) His best friend Alypius.

5. Why does Augustine want to move to Rome?
(a) He wants to go to a milder climate.
(b) He wants to study Roman law.
(c) He has heard the students are more disciplined there.
(d) He wants to be near the Pope.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Besides thievery, in what is Augustine involved?

3. Why does Augustine wish his family had arranged a marriage for him?

4. With what is Augustine in love?

5. What is one of Augustine's greatest faults as a boy and young man?

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