2. What is the Fables of Manes?
(a) A book of the Manicheans.
(b) A book written by Aesop.
(c) A book of fables about the creation of the earth.
(d) A book that tells how to care for horses.

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

4. 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.

5. What does Augustine fear that the pagan myths that he learned studying literature led to?
(a) A lack of faith in the true God.
(b) A slovenly attitude towards studying.
(c) His personal corruption.
(d) Being unable to pray for years.

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

7. By what does Augustine feel overwhelmed?
(a) By the power of sin and death.
(b) By his inability to corrupt his friends faith.
(c) By his friend's miraculous recovery.
(d) By the task set before him by God.

8. What do the Manicheans believe when one their "Elect" digest food gifts?
(a) The Elect move forward on the wheel of time.
(b) The gift is transmuted into divine energy.
(c) Angels or spirits are released to the Manichean's benefit.
(d) The gifts' energy feeds the universe.

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

10. What is Augustine's native language?
(a) Latin.
(b) Gaelic.
(c) German.
(d) Greek.

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

12. For what is the stealing of the pear a metaphor?
(a) The good of the earth tainted by Satan.
(b) Those who grab the fruits of goodness without having the spirit of righteousness.
(c) The desire for goodness without being good.
(d) The hopes for fruit without labor.

13. In what way does God work?
(a) In a roundabout way.
(b) In ways that are perfectly logical.
(c) Mysterious ways.
(d) In ways that are lofty.

14. In what is Augustine particularly interested?
(a) The history of the world.
(b) The ways religion all led to the same place.
(c) How he can become successful in the church.
(d) The importance of a person's intentions.

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