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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. For what is there always a rationale?
(a) Going to Rome.
(b) Sin.
(c) Studying esoteric philosophies.
(d) Making money.

3. What does Augustine refuse?
(a) Animal sacrifice for help.
(b) A woman's offer of marriage.
(c) His mother's suggestion that he leave Carthage.
(d) His best friend's position at the college.

4. By what does Augustine feel overwhelmed?
(a) By his friend's miraculous recovery.
(b) By his inability to corrupt his friends faith.
(c) By the task set before him by God.
(d) By the power of sin and death.

5. Where does Augustine go to study?
(a) The Vatican.
(b) Rome.
(c) Florence.
(d) Carthage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Augustine's new life?

2. With what is Augustine in love?

3. What does the study of the Platonist do for his study of Christian scripture?

4. What does Augustine find odd about Hortensius?

5. What does Simplicianus say Victorinus has to do?

(see the answer key)

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