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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Augustine see as his responsibility?
(a) Preaching to the heathen.
(b) Learning the commandments of God.
(c) Teaching Jesus's gospel.
(d) All his actions.

2. Who has Augustine already studied much?
(a) The Platonists and their natural philosophy.
(b) The Gnostics.
(c) The Greek gods.
(d) The development of Chrisitanity in Britian.

3. Why does Simplicianus have to stop teaching rhetoric?
(a) His eyesight is failing.
(b) The Roman Emperor Julian forbids Christians to teach rhetoric.
(c) The Pope forbids it of Christians.
(d) His congregation thinks it is heretical.

4. With what word in the scriptures is Augustine particularly fascinated?
(a) Time.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Formlessness.
(d) Creation.

5. What does Augustine warn will happen if we move away from God's responsibility for the creation?
(a) We imply creation is an illusion.
(b) We assume responsibility ourselves for creation.
(c) We then hand over responsibility for creation to Lucifer.
(d) We are moving away from reality, since God is the creator of all things.

6. What must one avoid in interpreting the scriptures?
(a) Slothful thinking.
(b) Satan's insidious whispers.
(c) Heresy.
(d) Pride.

7. Beyond what is memory?
(a) Life.
(b) Death.
(c) Mere memory of sensory impressions and bodily touch.
(d) Oneness with God.

8. If two people both believe in the word of God, what can be fruitful?
(a) Witnessing to a third.
(b) Debate about interpretations.
(c) Compromise on interpretation.
(d) Agreement.

9. What concept does Augustine have difficult understanding?
(a) That Christ is God and has a body.
(b) That God has no body but loves man who does.
(c) That God has emotions.
(d) That Christ is the same as others but more enlightened.

10. What does Augustine think would happen if there was really a kingdom of light versus a kingdom of darkness?
(a) The light would outshine the dark and there could then be no dark.
(b) The darkness would cover up the light and there would therefore be no light.
(c) God would destroy the kingdom of darkness.
(d) They would cancel each other out and there would be nothing.

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

12. What does scripture not discuss?
(a) The creation of formless matter.
(b) The creation of mankind.
(c) How to be creators also.
(d) Why God creates.

13. What question does Augustine ask?
(a) What does it mean to love God?
(b) How can I know I am going to heaven?
(c) Why have I been placed on this earth.
(d) How does Jesus, a dead person, know me.

14. What tempts Augustine in this part of his life?
(a) Music.
(b) Drink.
(c) Women.
(d) Vanity.

15. What does Simplicianus tell Augustine Victorinus does before his recent passing?
(a) Converts to the Manichean sect.
(b) Prophesizes that Augustine will be a lion of God.
(c) Prophesizes that Augustine will die in sin.
(d) Converted to Christianity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Verecundus before his death?

2. Why can there be more than one interpretation of a piece of scripture?

3. What is an argument that Augustine learns from his friend Nebridius?

4. How does God create sky, water and earth?

5. What does Simplicianus say Victorinus has to do?

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