View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what is Augustine preoccupied?
(a) Drama both on stage and in real life.
(b) Becoming holy.
(c) Taking a trip to the Holy Lands.
(d) Learning languages.

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

3. With whom does Augustine return to Milan?
(a) With his wife.
(b) With his friend Alypius.
(c) With his mother.
(d) No one.

4. What does Alypius finally give up doing?
(a) Following the Manichean sect.
(b) Studying Buddhism.
(c) Watching the gladiator and circus games.
(d) Sex outside of marriage.

5. What is the Fables of Manes?
(a) A book of fables about the creation of the earth.
(b) A book written by Aesop.
(c) A book that tells how to care for horses.
(d) A book of the Manicheans.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of this book, where is Augustine a student?

2. What does the story of Victorinus's conversion indicate to Augustine?

3. To whom is Augustine married?

4. What book does Augustine understand that challenges many people?

5. What is Augustine thinking of doing?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 302 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample