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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before the Heavens and the Earth existed what does Augustine say did not exist?
(a) Evil.
(b) Everything.
(c) Love.
(d) Cycles of the sun, the moon, or the planets.

2. Why does Augustine believe it is not the motion of the heavenly bodies that determines the length of a day?
(a) Because God could not have created the earth in 7 earth days.
(b) Because heavenly bodies are motionless and therefore cannot make time move.
(c) Because heavenly bodies are in a set relation to each other always.
(d) Because different heavenly bodies move at different speeds.

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

4. What book does Augustine understand that challenges many people?
(a) The Ten Categories.
(b) The Categories that Govern the Stars.
(c) The Ten Comandments of Manichean Life.
(d) The Categorical Allusion.

5. With whom does Augustine return to Milan?
(a) With his mother.
(b) No one.
(c) With his friend Alypius.
(d) With his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Verecundus before his death?

2. How does Augustine possibly cross the boundaries between friendship and sex?

3. Who is Fautus?

4. Beyond what is memory?

5. On what does Augustine eventually blame his actions?

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