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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what prediction does Augustine start "On Christian Doctrine"?
(a) Christians will transform society through piety and rhetorical skill.
(b) Christians will gather around a uniform doctrine.
(c) God will assure that the Church will become the primary social force in the world.
(d) The work will face three kinds of criticism.

2. How does Augustine characterize the argument that his teaching is not needed because it comes from a human source?
(a) It is responsible for allowing "babes in the Faith being devoured by the wolves of the world."
(b) It is being logically inconsistent.
(c) It is intolerant.
(d) It is being heretical.

3. What does Augustine consider as God's typical means of delivering His illumination?
(a) Using the"still quiet moments" to deliver His illumination.
(b) Using nature to deliver His illumination.
(c) Using humans to deliver His illumination.
(d) Using adversity to deliver His illumination.

4. What does Augustine reason is the consequence to human teaching if learning comes from Divine gifts?
(a) That Divine gifts work as a validation of human teaching.
(b) That Divine gifts become the standard against which all teaching is measured.
(c) That there is no point to human teaching if learning only comes through Divine gifts.
(d) That human teaching becomes a validation of Divine gifts.

5. What is Augustine's attitude toward those who have a "special gift" for interpretation from God?
(a) They are blessed.
(b) Augustine considers himself as one.
(c) Such "gifts" were exhausted at Pentecost.
(d) God will appoint them to a position of authority.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the third type of criticism that Augustine suggests "On Christian Doctrine" would face?

3. What was the second type of criticism that Augustine suggests "On Christian Doctrine" would face?

4. What is the main difference between the system of learning that Augustine advocates and that advocated by the critics he focuses on in the Preface?

5. What is the source of teaching Augustine most advocates?

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