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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Augustine find a woman to live with him while his fiance is too young?
(a) He wants to provide a home for this woman until she has his baby.
(b) He is soft hearted and she needs a home.
(c) He thinks a man should always have a woman to show him the right way to live.
(d) He cannot stand to be without a woman.

2. What concept does Augustine have difficult understanding?
(a) That God has emotions.
(b) That Christ is the same as others but more enlightened.
(c) That Christ is God and has a body.
(d) That God has no body but loves man who does.

3. What does Hortensius promote?
(a) The general goal of seeking the truth.
(b) Belief in oneself.
(c) Hedonistic living.
(d) Violence for change.

4. At one point, what does Augustine believe about evil?
(a) That it is as powerful a force as God.
(b) That it is an independant force.
(c) That it is just one aspect of God.
(d) That it doesn't exist.

5. What does Ambrose say to bring to the tombs of the saints?
(a) Food.
(b) Money.
(c) Prayers.
(d) Animal sacrifices.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Augustine angry with the Manicheans?

2. Why does Simplicianus have to stop teaching rhetoric?

3. What does Alypius finally give up doing?

4. What does Augustine say about people like his mother, Monica?

5. What is Ambrose's intent about his preferences at the tombs?

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