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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was given light and made to exist?
(a) Man.
(b) Darkness.
(c) Thought.
(d) Matter.

2. What does Augustine warn will happen if we move away from God's responsibility for the creation?
(a) We are moving away from reality, since God is the creator of all things.
(b) We imply creation is an illusion.
(c) We assume responsibility ourselves for creation.
(d) We then hand over responsibility for creation to Lucifer.

3. How can things deeply hidden in memory be recalled?
(a) In dreams.
(b) In a conversation.
(c) Through a conscious effort to remember.
(d) By hypnotism.

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

5. Why is Augustine unable to believe in Jesus?
(a) He thinks it is impossible for God to be also human.
(b) He thinks Jesus wasn't a real person.
(c) He thinks Jesus is too good to be true.
(d) He thinks Christ would be defiled by being born of the Virgin Mary.

Short Answer Questions

1. What concept does Augustine have difficult understanding?

2. What drives Augustine farther away from thoughts of God?

3. What does Augustine resent about his studies of Latin and Greek literature?

4. Before the Heavens and the Earth existed what does Augustine say did not exist?

5. What happens when men act wickedly?

(see the answer key)

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