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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Augustine recommend to avoid the negative influences on individual thought?
(a) Devoting regular time in prayer to become sensitive to Divine guidance.
(b) Isolating from temptations.
(c) Paying careful attention to rules for Scriptural learning.
(d) Regular participation in church activities.

3. What basic fact do the critics discussed in the Preface ignore by discounting teaching from Augustine and others?
(a) Trial and error application often give non-Christians the opportunity to "mock God."
(b) The fact that they learned important tools, such as the alphabet, from other humans.
(c) Many writers have intensely studied Scriptures and have left their impressions for their use.
(d) The works of writers closer to the time of the authors of Scripture are frequently incomplete, disjointed, and often unverifiable.

4. What was the first type of criticism Augustine suggests his work "On Christian Doctrine" would face?
(a) Criticism that his demands for linguistic studies were too exclusive.
(b) Criticism from those who cannot grasp his teaching.
(c) Criticism that blending Greek and Christian philosophies was heretical.
(d) Criticism that his moral demands would be restricted to pagan converts.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the primary tool for interpretation for the critics that Augustine primarily focuses on in the Preface?

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

3. What does Augustine encourage his critics to remember in the Preface?

4. Augustine wrote that the critics he mainly focuses on in the Preface base their positions on what belief?

5. Of these influences on individual thought, which does Augustine claim Scripture teaches are negative to Christian thought?

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