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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Augustine's father is willing to shoulder large financial burdens?
(a) To have large doweries for his daughters.
(b) To help Augustine succeed.
(c) To have servants to care for his children.
(d) To give his wife a luxurious lifestyle.

2. What is something Augustine finds very difficult to follow in real life?
(a) It is necessary to follow the word of God, and not even be tied down to one's own flesh.
(b) Monogamy.
(c) The Golden Rule.
(d) The precepts of the Manicheans.

3. What does Augustine refuse?
(a) His best friend's position at the college.
(b) Animal sacrifice for help.
(c) A woman's offer of marriage.
(d) His mother's suggestion that he leave Carthage.

4. How does Augustine see Christianity as being deficient?
(a) It fails to impress Augustine with its superior viewpoint to the many other religions and sects available.
(b) It doesn't promote change through violence or any means possible.
(c) It is too simplistic.
(d) It is too improbable.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a flaw in the book in number 70?

2. Why is Augustine angry with the Manicheans?

3. Who is Adeodatus?

4. What story does Augustine learn from a man named Firminus?

5. What does Simplicianus tell Augustine Victorinus does before his recent passing?

(see the answer key)

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