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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Augustine wonder about concerning God before creation?
(a) If God really created everything.
(b) If God created himself at the same time as creation.
(c) If God existed doing nothing.
(d) If God creates god and Satan creates evil at the same time to cancel each other out.

2. What does not signal the end of Augustine's struggles?
(a) His acceptance of the existence of both good and evil.
(b) His study of the Old Testament.
(c) Giving up his materialistic desires.
(d) His Christian faith.

3. For what is the stealing of the pear a metaphor?
(a) The desire for goodness without being good.
(b) Those who grab the fruits of goodness without having the spirit of righteousness.
(c) The hopes for fruit without labor.
(d) The good of the earth tainted by Satan.

4. What is Augustine's native language?
(a) Gaelic.
(b) German.
(c) Greek.
(d) Latin.

5. Besides concrete detail, what else does the mind remember?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Feelings.
(c) Dates.
(d) Ideas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of a book Augustine wrote that he later lost?

2. Instead of learning Christian stories, what does Augustine learn?

3. What does Simplicianus say Victorinus has to do?

4. Who is Fautus?

5. Who leaves Augustine to return to Africa?

(see the answer key)

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