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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. Why doesn't Ambrose want wine brought to the tombs?
(a) It may encourage drunkeness.
(b) He doesn't mind wine at the tombs.
(c) It encourages sloth.
(d) It will ferment more and create bad smells.

2. Why does Augustine get in trouble?
(a) He has no discipline.
(b) He follows his friends who are smarter than he.
(c) He believes he deserves a better life.
(d) He is angry with his father.

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

4. Upon what does Augustine wonder?
(a) Whether Jesus really existed.
(b) The lack of even the basic morality of observance of the Ten Commandments in his vicinity.
(c) If his father was truly moral.
(d) If his mother wanted him to become a philosopher.

5. Instead of studying the literal meaning of a phrase what is important to study?
(a) The implied meaning, though it is also literal.
(b) It is better not to study, but to pray for enlightment.
(c) The spirit and intent of the Scriptures.
(d) The individual meanings of the words in the phrase.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the meaning of the phrase that God creates man in his own image?

2. How could Augustine's "journey" be categorized?

3. What is one of Augustine's future struggles in life?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who teaches Augustine about astrology and what does he say?

3. What is Augustine's primary thoughts of when he arrives in Carthage and what does he do with them?

4. What did Augustine write about that involved a theft of pears and how did he feel about it?

5. What gives Augustine an excuse to continue following his baser desires?

6. What type of job does Augustine do and where does he get his money?

7. Basically, what is Confessions about?

8. As a young man how does Augustine feel about love and what doesn't he understand about it?

9. What does Augustine fear about the effect of studying pagan myths when he was young?

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

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