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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 reason, from the scriptural reference regarding the hazard of learning, that a student must be sure to develop.
(a) Diligently apply Scripture properly in every case.
(b) To grow love in one's heart first and foremost.
(c) Sensitivity to compare signs to what is being learned from Scripture.
(d) Care of how eschatology is applied.

2. What is the first important distinction that Augustine makes in Book One?
(a) The distinction between discovering what Scripture teaches and communicating it.
(b) The distinction between "enjoy" and "use."
(c) The distinction between the Christian conception of love and the pagan conception of love.
(d) The distinction between learning and teaching.

3. What is Augustine's perception of God's dispensation of "special gifts" of interpreting Scripture?
(a) Dispensing of such gifts is atypical.
(b) That they follow miraculous events.
(c) That they follow periods of oppression of those seeking His blessings.
(d) That they precede periods of peace and prosperity.

4. What are subjects that Augustine identifies that 'must be learned'?
(a) Measurements of all kinds, alphabets, history, medicine and astronomy.
(b) Dietary laws of Israel, miracles of the Pentateuch, and the sermons of Christ.
(c) The manifestations of creation throughout Scripture, every perspective of eschatology, the application of minor prophets to community.
(d) The miracles of the Church immediately after the ascension of Christ, the languages of the Roman Empire, and the laws of Israel.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What important understanding must the student of scripture possess, as stated in Book Two?

2. What Scriptural reference does Augustine make to prove his point regarding checking this hazard to learning the fields pertaining to Scripture?

3. What does Augustine state signs are regardless of whether they want to be?

4. What does Augustine consider to be the ultimate thing to be enjoyed?

5. What does it mean that Augustine requires his students to have such broad knowledge to master his course?

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