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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Simplicianus say Victorinus has to do?
(a) Ask Jesus to open his eyes.
(b) Become a priest.
(c) Make a pilgrimage to the Holy Lands.
(d) Go to the Church and convert publicly to Christianity.

2. What interests Augustine more than higher goals or values?
(a) Love and friendship.
(b) Success and fame.
(c) Wealth.
(d) Intellectual knowledge.

3. Who does Augustine arrange to marry?
(a) A woman he meets there in Milan who is a teacher also.
(b) No one; he decides to never marry.
(c) A girl who is two years underage.
(d) A woman he knew from childhood.

4. Why should Monica think Rome is a good place for Augustine?
(a) His asthma will benefit by the dry air.
(b) He might meet the Pope.
(c) Because he is close to the heart of Christianity.
(d) He can see the wages of sin of the Roman Empire.

5. What does Augustine call his living arrangement?
(a) A temporary truce with lust.
(b) The best of both worlds.
(c) An arrangement of convenience based on lust.
(d) A marriage made in heaven.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom is Augustine married?

3. For what is there always a rationale?

4. What does Augustine struggle to learn in school?

5. Which of Augustine's friends laughed at predicting the future through stargazing?

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