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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. Who is Adeodatus?
(a) Augustine's cousin.
(b) Augustine's brother.
(c) Augustine's current rhetoric teacher.
(d) Augustine's son.

2. Though Augustine is proficient in learning the sciences and philosophy of his time what is he unable to formulate?
(a) A personal moral system on the use of knowledge.
(b) How the Manichean thought system can be used in the area of mathematics.
(c) A personal belief system.
(d) A way to merge Manichean and Chrisitan philosophies.

3. At one point, what does Augustine believe about evil?
(a) That it is just one aspect of God.
(b) That it doesn't exist.
(c) That it is as powerful a force as God.
(d) That it is an independant force.

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

5. Besides thievery, in what is Augustine involved?
(a) Murder.
(b) Cheating on his exams.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Pranks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Augustine read books of rhetoric?

2. What drives Augustine farther away from thoughts of God?

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

4. What does Augustine feel when he reads of Zeus engaging in fornication and being powerful?

5. Why does Augustine get in trouble?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Basically, what is Confessions about?

5. What do the Manicheans believe about food?

6. What does Augustine feel the pear tree incident symbolized?

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

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

9. Where does Augustine want to move and why?

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

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