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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In approaching this distinction, what is Augustine's first focus in Book One?
(a) On "special gifts."
(b) On things as things.
(c) On sins of omission.
(d) On original sin.

2. How does Augustine state a student should consider an evil command given to its intended target?
(a) As being good for the individual or group at the time.
(b) That God is becoming intolerant of defiance against his laws.
(c) As a sign that God will exercise an act of judgment.
(d) That God requires that his will be followed.

3. What doctrine does Augustine introduce to explain how Truth can be seen?
(a) The doctrine of the "inner eye" that can see eternal truths even when tainted by sin because it is illuminated by God.
(b) The doctrine of "special gifts of seeing" that God grants when individuals seek eternal truths illuminated by God.
(c) The doctrine of "things and signs" helps an individual know which things and signs illuminate eternal truths.
(d) The doctrine of "community vision" is achieved when individuals join their desires to seek eternal truths illuminated by God.

4. How are things separated by Augustine?
(a) Categories of things that are things and things that are signs.
(b) Categories of things that are enjoyed and things that are used.
(c) Categories of things under God's authority and things that are sinful.
(d) Categories of things that are Biblical and things that are non-Biblical.

5. What is a requirement of Augustine's disciples?
(a) To use their "inner eye."
(b) To identify signs and their role in Scriptural learning.
(c) To understand God's revelation.
(d) To use their "special gift."

Short Answer Questions

1. By making the demands of understanding Scripture difficult, who was Augustine criticizing?

2. What does Augustine claim to be the central law of love and the message of Christianity?

3. According to Augustine in Book Three, what is the purpose of Scripture in reporting the condition that affects holy men?

4. According to Book Two, what is the most important knowledge a student of scripture can have?

5. What items or situations does Augustine use to illustrate his distinction of things?

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