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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 encourage his critics to remember in the Preface?
(a) To be wary of falling into the trap of heresy.
(b) To practice the rhetorical skills he embraces to make criticism more effective.
(c) To patiently contemplate his points before they make a judgment.
(d) To remember experiencing learning for themselves.
2. What does Augustine use to illustrate a thing to be enjoyed?
(a) A delicious meal.
(b) The pot for cooking a delicious meal.
(c) The gathering of friends who come to share a delicious meal.
(d) The special gift that enables one to cook 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 receive access to the types of references that make learning complete.
(b) The student loses the opportunity to participate in mutual love.
(c) The student does not learn from the experience of a learned devotee of Scripture.
(d) The student does not benefit from an environment that has been modeled by Scriptural standards.
4. What does Augustine use to illustrate a thing to be used?
(a) A friend who has the special gift to cook a delicious meal.
(b) Community that develops among friends during a delicious meal.
(c) A pot for cooking a delicious meal.
(d) A delicious meal used to to bring friends together.
5. How are things separated by Augustine?
(a) Categories of things that are enjoyed and things that are used.
(b) Categories of things under God's authority and things that are sinful.
(c) Categories of things that are things and things that are signs.
(d) Categories of things that are Biblical and things that are non-Biblical.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Augustine, what are competing influences on an individual's thinking?
2. What are the two primary reasons that Augustine devotes his time to those questions?
3. How does Augustine expect to get the knowledge that he lacks?
4. What does Augustine conclude are the only things that can be enjoyed?
5. How does Augustine characterize things in Book One?
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