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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Into what has St. Augustine sunk?
(a) A pit of despair.
(b) The a life of glory for God.
(c) Sin and lustful behavior.
(d) A deep depression.

2. With what is Augustine preoccupied?
(a) Drama both on stage and in real life.
(b) Learning languages.
(c) Becoming holy.
(d) Taking a trip to the Holy Lands.

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

4. Why does Augustine find a woman to live with him while his fiance is too young?
(a) He thinks a man should always have a woman to show him the right way to live.
(b) He is soft hearted and she needs a home.
(c) He cannot stand to be without a woman.
(d) He wants to provide a home for this woman until she has his baby.

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

6. What is Augustine thinking of doing?
(a) Moving back to Carthage.
(b) Marrying.
(c) Taking vows as a monk.
(d) Going on a mission to Britain.

7. What book does Augustine understand that challenges many people?
(a) The Categorical Allusion.
(b) The Categories that Govern the Stars.
(c) The Ten Categories.
(d) The Ten Comandments of Manichean Life.

8. To whom was the book he lost dedicated?
(a) Hiereus.
(b) His wife.
(c) Monica, his mother.
(d) Disenyum.

9. Who joins Augustus in Milan?
(a) No one.
(b) His brother.
(c) His wife.
(d) His mother.

10. What does Ambrose say to bring to the tombs of the saints?
(a) Prayers.
(b) Food.
(c) Money.
(d) Animal sacrifices.

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

12. Why do Augustine and his friends steal a pear?
(a) For the pure pleasure of thievery.
(b) Because there is a beggar who is starving and they give it to him.
(c) Because the owner of the fruit trees had insulted them.
(d) Because they are hungry students.

13. How long as Augustine been a member of the Manichean sect when he is 29?
(a) 9 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 1 year.
(d) 19 years.

14. How does Augustine change his view of evil?
(a) He sees that evil is caused by corruption and lack of good.
(b) He sees that evil only exists as a concept and is not real.
(c) He believes evil is created by God and can be annihilated by God.
(d) He sees there is not such thing as evil.

15. Who does Augustine meet in Milan?
(a) Bishop John Paul.
(b) Archbishop Marlowe.
(c) Friar Tuck.
(d) Bishop Ambrose.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What notion does Augustine attack?

3. Which of Augustine's friends laughed at predicting the future through stargazing?

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

5. Why does Augustine write the confessions?

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