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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Though Augustine is proficient in learning the sciences and philosophy of his time what is he unable to formulate?
(a) A personal moral system on the use of knowledge.
(b) How the Manichean thought system can be used in the area of mathematics.
(c) A personal belief system.
(d) A way to merge Manichean and Chrisitan philosophies.

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

3. What is the heaven of heavens?
(a) The sky over the earth.
(b) The highest level of heaven to which man can rise.
(c) The sky over heaven.
(d) A place where God has his house and the angels and other beings are.

4. How is the covering of Adam and Eve by God a metaphor for something else?
(a) As God clothed Adam and Eve, the Scriptures stretch over man like a covering.
(b) As God clothed Adam and Eve, so does light cover darkness.
(c) As God clothed Adam and Eve, so does darkness cover light.
(d) As God clothed Adam and Eve, so does the heavens cover the earth.

5. What motivates Augustine's decision to become a philosopher?
(a) Pride at being smarter than many other of his peers.
(b) The money philosophers make in those days.
(c) The power to change people.
(d) His father's desire for him to do so.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what is Augustine particularly interested?

2. What is something Augustine finds very difficult to follow in real life?

3. What concept does Augustine have difficult understanding?

4. What does Augustine fabricate in order to be accepted by his peers?

5. What does Augustine think would happen if there was really a kingdom of light versus a kingdom of darkness?

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