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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Augustine suggest a conception of Christian love will serve for the student?
(a) It will help the student understand God's motivation for interacting with creation.
(b) It is integral to applying the principles of community.
(c) It is integral to proper Scriptural interpretation.
(d) It will guide the student to become a teacher.

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

3. According to Augustine, what are competing influences on an individual's thinking?
(a) Laborers and land owners.
(b) Priests and Rabbis.
(c) The devil and angels.
(d) Husbands and wives.

4. What is an important distinction that Augustine teaches students to understand through three Books of "On Christian Doctrine?
(a) The difference between "things" and "signs."
(b) The difference between original sin and human nature.
(c) The difference between "special gifts" and talents.
(d) The difference between sins of omission and original sin.

5. Of these influences on personal thought, which does Augustine claim Scripture teaches can lead a Christian to positive patterns?
(a) That "leaving and cleaving" that forms marriage is a reflection of God's character.
(b) That God uses angels to direct men to human communities to learn.
(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 always calls His chosen people to work productively.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Augustine recommend to avoid the negative influences on individual thought?

2. What is the problem for the critics that Augustine addresses in the Preface when they choose to teach?

3. When Augustine focuses on one of the types of criticism he expects to receive, what does he suggest to the reader?

4. What other subject does Augustine addresses in Book Three and Book Four?

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

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