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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Augustine relate Truth and God?
(a) God created truth, but humans misuse things to reject truth.
(b) God creates things and Truth, but the way humans use things and accept Truth determines whether humans enjoy the experience.
(c) Truth is based upon an unchanging standard and God is that unchanging standard.
(d) God creates things and things can be used to prove truth.

2. What does Augustine use to illustrate a thing to be enjoyed?
(a) The gathering of friends who come to share a delicious meal.
(b) The special gift that enables one to cook a delicious meal.
(c) A delicious meal.
(d) The pot for cooking a delicious meal.

3. What does Augustine claim is the consequence of refusing to learn in a proper setting for Scriptural learning?
(a) The student does not learn from the experience of a learned devotee of Scripture.
(b) The student loses the opportunity to participate in mutual love.
(c) The student does not receive access to the types of references that make learning complete.
(d) The student does not benefit from an environment that has been modeled by Scriptural standards.

4. What is the doctrine that Augustine claims critics of human teaching defend?
(a) That God will communicate through signs and symbols.
(b) That God will communicate the meaning of Scripture through "special gifts."
(c) That God will communicate through tongues.
(d) That God will communicate through the in dwelling of the Holy Spirit.

5. What is the significance of Augustine recommending mastery of so many fields in Book Two?
(a) Broad knowledge is needed to properly interpret Scripture.
(b) Broad knowledge helps exercise the inner eye.
(c) Learning all that God has put before the student through all history helps the student better know the mind of God.
(d) Attempting to absorb so much information exercises the mind and helps the student find their special gift.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Augustine claim that words as signs are difficult to understand?

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

3. What is the subject that Augustine addresses in Book One and Book Two?

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

5. What Scriptural defense does Augustine use for encouraging critics to consider the validity of "On Christian Doctrine"?

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