Confessions Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Monica want Augustine to be?
(a) In Rome.
(b) In Florence.
(c) In the Vatican.
(d) In Carthage and Africa.

2. What does Augustine feel when he reads of Zeus engaging in fornication and being powerful?
(a) Repulsed.
(b) He wants to do these deeds.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Curious as to why a god would do that.

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

4. What does a Christian priest predict of Augustine?
(a) He will die in his sins.
(b) He will never live long enough to repent.
(c) He will change and convert to Christianity.
(d) He will become a great defender of the Greek gods.

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

6. On what does Augustine eventually blame his actions?
(a) His parents pushing his to succeed.
(b) An evil force.
(c) His own violition.
(d) God's disinterest in him.

7. Why does Augustine want to move to Rome?
(a) He has heard the students are more disciplined there.
(b) He wants to go to a milder climate.
(c) He wants to be near the Pope.
(d) He wants to study Roman law.

8. Why is Augustine's father is willing to shoulder large financial burdens?
(a) To have servants to care for his children.
(b) To give his wife a luxurious lifestyle.
(c) To have large doweries for his daughters.
(d) To help Augustine succeed.

9. At what age does Augustine decide to become a philosopher?
(a) 16.
(b) 19.
(c) 25.
(d) 33.

10. What is one of Augustine's greatest faults as a boy and young man?
(a) Overly diligent.
(b) Pride.
(c) Too serious.
(d) He really had few faults, not too bad.

11. How could Augustine's "journey" be categorized?
(a) From riches to rags.
(b) From rags to riches.
(c) From prison to ruling a country.
(d) From one of being a sinful youth to becoming a great investigator of the truth and of the nature of God.

12. What does Hortensius promote?
(a) Violence for change.
(b) The general goal of seeking the truth.
(c) Belief in oneself.
(d) Hedonistic living.

13. What does Augustine call his living arrangement?
(a) A marriage made in heaven.
(b) The best of both worlds.
(c) A temporary truce with lust.
(d) An arrangement of convenience based on lust.

14. What is a flaw in the book in number 70?
(a) It ignores the possibility of God's existence.
(b) It has only one premise and no synthesis.
(c) It uses poor logic.
(d) It's thesis is flawed.

15. What does the book Hortensius give Augustine?
(a) Bad dreams.
(b) A desire to become a famous orator.
(c) A love for philosophy.
(d) Knowledge to learn Greek.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sect does Augustine prefer?

2. What sort of philosophy does Augustine have?

3. Into what has St. Augustine sunk?

4. What does Augustine struggle to learn in school?

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

(see the answer keys)

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