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

2. Instead of having a body, how does Augustine see God?
(a) As thought only.
(b) As spirit only.
(c) As having some sort of material substance.
(d) As vibration.

3. How can things deeply hidden in memory be recalled?
(a) In dreams.
(b) By hypnotism.
(c) In a conversation.
(d) Through a conscious effort to remember.

4. What does the Roman empress Justina favor?
(a) The Arian heresy over Christianity.
(b) The Pope over the Greek gods.
(c) The Greek gods over those of the Romans.
(d) Celtic gods.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the mind retain in memory?

2. Why is Augustine angry with the Manicheans?

3. What does Augustine say is wrong about the existence of God in time?

4. Where does Augustus go for the Vintage holiday?

5. How does Augustine create his own image of the Heaven of Heavens?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Augustine decide to do at the beginning of Book IX? How does he do it?

2. By the beginning of Book VII, how does Augustine begin to think of God?

3. Explain why Augustine rejects astrology.

4. How does Augustine see evil?

5. What does Augustine say about the past, future and present?

6. What does Augustine say about formlessness?

7. What does Augustine say is the use of the senses in dealing with time?

8. Augustine says why people hate the truth. What does he say about the truth?

9. What does Augustine say about memory?

10. What does Augustine say about writing his confession?

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