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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Augustine claim to be the central law of love and the message of Christianity?
(a) That the one illuminated truth is to love thy neighbor who loves God.
(b) That one should find illuminated truth to love God and thy neighbor.
(c) That one thing that is illuminated truth is loving God and then thy neighbor.
(d) That one should love God and love thy neighbor.

2. Since Augustine regards his disciples as "divinely instituted," what responsibility falls on his students?
(a) They have the duty to develop their "inner eye."
(b) They have the duty to discover their "special gift."
(c) They have the duty to apply good social and intellectual practices.
(d) They have the duty to know the difference between things and signs.

3. What does Augustine identify as a necessary subject that a student must learn to understand Scripture?
(a) The Apocrypha so the hidden meaning of Scriptural signs can be illuminated.
(b) Records of the Council of Trent to know the points of sound doctrine.
(c) The working order of the Catholic Church to understand where to go for sound reference and guidance.
(d) The relevant languages and make all the translations he can find.

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

5. Of these influences on personal thought, which does Augustine claim Scripture teaches can lead a Christian to positive patterns?
(a) That God always calls His chosen people to work productively.
(b) That "leaving and cleaving" that forms marriage is a reflection of God's character.
(c) That Priests are a model of what St. Paul inferred in Hebrews was the "Priesthood of Believers," and are therefore a legitimate source of guidance.
(d) That God uses angels to direct men to human communities to learn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Augustine claim is the consequence of refusing to learn in a proper setting for Scriptural learning?

2. What was the first type of criticism Augustine suggests his work "On Christian Doctrine" would face?

3. What are some of the practices of these categories in which humans must not participate?

4. What is the nature of the second important distinction Augustine identifies in Book One?

5. In approaching this distinction, what is Augustine's first focus in Book One?

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