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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. From what does Augustine decide to withdraw?
(a) From the Catholic church.
(b) From his reading of philosophy.
(c) From his mistress.
(d) From his teaching position.

3. How can memory make you unhappy?
(a) Not letting go of the negative emotion with a memory.
(b) Remembering the slights of others and feeling resentful.
(c) By remembering something in the past which disgusts you now.
(d) Thinking about what might have been.

4. Where does Augustus go for the Vintage holiday?
(a) To Carthage.
(b) To a country retreat estate in Cassiciacum.
(c) To Florence.
(d) To Britian.

5. Besides concrete detail, what else does the mind remember?
(a) Dates.
(b) Feelings.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Ideas.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Augustine believe it is not the motion of the heavenly bodies that determines the length of a day?

2. In the Manichean doctrine, what does light and darkness represent?

3. When does Augustine reject astrology?

4. As time goes on, what happens to the future?

5. How can things deeply hidden in memory be recalled?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Augustine see different interpretations of Scripture?

2. What does Augustine think of the term formless matter?

3. What does Augustine say about writing his confession?

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

5. Discuss the idea Augustine had about the beginning of all and on time.

6. How does Augustine describe wisdom?

7. What happened at the church in Milan and what Christian tradition was started there?

8. What does Augustine say about music and pleasure?

9. What is Alypius' view of Jesus and what is Augustine's?

10. What does Augustine say about memory?

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