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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Augustine wish his family had arranged a marriage for him?
(a) So that at least his sexual lust would have produced a family.
(b) So his mother could be taken care of.
(c) So that he wouldn't have to become a monk.
(d) For the prestige that a marriage could have brought.

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

4. What happens to Verecundus before his death?
(a) He is ex-communicated.
(b) He is baptized.
(c) He has a vision of angels hovering around him.
(d) He converts to Manicheanism.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who leaves Augustine to return to Africa?

2. What happens when men act wickedly?

3. With whom does Augustine return to Milan?

4. Upon what does Augustine reflect as to the nature of life and death?

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

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