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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Instead of learning Christian stories, what does Augustine learn?
(a) He learned and admired the Gods in pagan myths.
(b) The precepts of Buddhism.
(c) How to be a soldier.
(d) How to be a successful businessman.

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

3. What is Augustine's position in his circle of friends?
(a) He is a loner.
(b) A follower.
(c) Someone on the fringes.
(d) A leader.

4. Though formlessness is close to nothing, it is not the same as what?
(a) Possibility.
(b) Hope.
(c) Potential.
(d) Nothingness.

5. What drives Augustine farther away from thoughts of God?
(a) Making money.
(b) Studying the Greek philosophers.
(c) Being a soldier.
(d) Sexual adventures.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Augustine say is another way to look at the Trinity?

2. What does scripture not discuss?

3. What is one of Augustine's future struggles in life?

4. Why does Augustine wish his family had arranged a marriage for him?

5. What does Augustine refuse?

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