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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 periods of oppression of those seeking His blessings.
(c) That they precede periods of peace and prosperity.
(d) That they follow miraculous events.

2. 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?
(a) Augustine's system requires great expense in accessing the necessary documents of learning whereas the critics allow for the interpretation of the spirit through tongues.
(b) Augustine's system requires finding a qualified Priest to hand down the official teaching of the Church whereas the critics allow free interpretation.
(c) Augustine's system requires study and application of rules whereas the critics believe they can understand through special gifts.
(d) Augustine's system of learning requires study in Greek philosophy whereas the critics require researching copies of manuscripts.

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

4. When Augustine focuses on one of the types of criticism he expects to receive, what does he suggest to the reader?
(a) That these types of critics will either understand Scripture or believe they do.
(b) That these types of critics, if they gather a following around their criticism, are dangerously close to practicing heresy.
(c) That these types of critics are a threat to the true Church.
(d) That these types of critics are stagnant in their thoughts and threaten to limit the influence of Divine guidance.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Augustine's attitude toward those who have a "special gift" for interpretation from God?

2. What setting does Augustine recommend for sound Scriptural learning?

3. What are the two main tools that God uses to teach men what to do, as identified by Augustine?

4. With what prediction does Augustine start "On Christian Doctrine"?

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

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