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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sort of philosophy does Augustine have?
(a) Fundamentalist.
(b) Materialistic.
(c) Spiritual.
(d) Hedonist.

2. Who is Adeodatus?
(a) Augustine's brother.
(b) Augustine's son.
(c) Augustine's cousin.
(d) Augustine's current rhetoric teacher.

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

4. How does Augustine change his view of evil?
(a) He sees that evil is caused by corruption and lack of good.
(b) He sees that evil only exists as a concept and is not real.
(c) He believes evil is created by God and can be annihilated by God.
(d) He sees there is not such thing as evil.

5. What does Augustine say about people like his mother, Monica?
(a) That though righteous, she did not always have the best of intentions.
(b) That she had very little influence on him.
(c) That she led him astray through her wantoness.
(d) That she was the only one whose intentions were always best for Augustine.

Short Answer Questions

1. At one point, what does Augustine believe about evil?

2. Why does Augustine find a woman to live with him while his fiance is too young?

3. What does Alypius finally give up doing?

4. What does Simplicianus say Victorinus has to do?

5. What is Augustine's native language?

(see the answer key)

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