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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What drives Augustine farther away from thoughts of God?
(a) Studying the Greek philosophers.
(b) Making money.
(c) Sexual adventures.
(d) Being a soldier.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what is there always a rationale?

2. How does Augustine possibly cross the boundaries between friendship and sex?

3. What does Augustine teach?

4. What is one of Augustine's greatest faults as a boy and young man?

5. What is the name of a book Augustine wrote that he later lost?

Short Essay Questions

1. What intensifies as Augustine grows into a young man and of what type of behavior does he indulge?

2. What type of religion ensnares Augustine's interest?

3. How does Augustine feel about the Christianity he comes in contact with and what does he observe about the morals of Christians?

4. What are Augustine's reflections on life and death?

5. Where is Augustine a student in Carthage and why does he study so diligently?

6. What does Augustine believe about the men in the Bible and how does he apply that to people in general?

7. How has Augustine solved the problem of his lust and what is the result of this solution?

8. What does Augustine say about his "sins" as a schoolboy and his teachers reaction to them?

9. Where does Augustine want to move and why?

10. What does Augustine decide about reading Scripture and interpreting it?

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