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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of Tyconius' rules for interpreting Scripture that Augustine examined, which two relate to the subjects that Augustine recommended for study in Book Two?
(a) On species and genus and On measurements of time.
(b) On the Lord and his body and On the promises and the law.
(c) On the Lord's twofold body and On genus and species.
(d) On the promises and the law and On the devil and his body.

2. What should be the nature of the relationship between humans and God according to Augustine?
(a) God should be enjoyed by humans.
(b) Humans should submit to God's authority.
(c) Humans should fear the authority of God over judgment.
(d) Humans should become like God.

3. What ethical principle of the Bible does Augustine require for students to use as a guide for interpretation of Scripture?
(a) The principle of God's authority over judgment.
(b) The principle of original sin.
(c) The principle of love.
(d) The principle of the omnipotence of God.

4. What does Augustine suggest a conception of Christian love will serve for the student?
(a) It will guide the student to become a teacher.
(b) It is integral to proper Scriptural interpretation.
(c) It is integral to applying the principles of community.
(d) It will help the student understand God's motivation for interacting with creation.

5. Augustine endeavors to answer many questions about what subject in Book One?
(a) The Christian conception of love.
(b) The Christian conception of Christ's deity.
(c) The doctrine of God's omnipotence.
(d) The doctrine of Scriptural infallibility.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the difference between the time that God might deliver what seems to be an evil command in the Old Testament and the current time, according to Augustine?

2. What does Augustine say the student pass through if he/she will be able to understand Scripture?

3. What does Augustine prove from the demands he expects from his students that he began defending against critics in the Preface?

4. What does Augustine call the types of grammar used through Scripture?

5. What is an important distinction that Augustine teaches students to understand through three Books of "On Christian Doctrine?

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