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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Augustine suggest that God would use confusing signs?
(a) Because God wants his community to work through things and signs.
(b) Because God wants students to understand the context of words.
(c) Because God wants students to examine Scripture so they can discover His illuminated truth.
(d) Because humans find grasping the nature of things by analogy more satisfying.

2. According to Augustine, how can signs become ambiguous?
(a) By being words that appear as things.
(b) By being used things that are also enjoyed.
(c) By being things that don't appear as signs.
(d) By containing misunderstood words or expressions.

3. Why does Augustine claim that words as signs are difficult to understand?
(a) Because words as signs are only understood within a scriptural context.
(b) Because God provides Scriptural complexity to satisfy a hard-working mind.
(c) Because God inspires believers to master tongues and interpret signs.
(d) Because God created with words and wants believers to know their impact.

4. Why does Augustine claim this knowledge is required to understand what Scripture teaches?
(a) Because knowing the demands of the law of Israel helps to understand the freedom that Christians have through the atoning death of Christ.
(b) Because knowing the history of Israel and the prophecies concerning Christ makes a full connection between Israelite and Christian Scriptures.
(c) Because knowing the language, culture, and settings of the Scriptural record guides in making correct interpretations of Scripture.
(d) Because knowing the dietary and moral laws of the Nazarites aids in understanding the life and miracles of Christ.

5. What setting does Augustine recommend for sound Scriptural learning?
(a) Human communities.
(b) An ecclesiastical structure.
(c) A private audience with a well-trained Priest.
(d) A properly sanctioned site of Scriptural education.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the primary possessions of the student of Scripture, according to Augustine in Book Two?

2. What basic fact do the critics discussed in the Preface ignore by discounting teaching from Augustine and others?

3. Upon what does Augustine focus most of his efforts in the Preface of "On Christian Doctrine"?

4. What does Augustine use to illustrate a thing to be used?

5. What comes of loving oneself for reasons other than that which Augustine specified?

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